About the Authors

Chao-Ming Chuang

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Hungkuang University, Shalu County, Taichung City, Taiwan

Chi-Huang Chang

Affiliation Research Institute of Biotechnology, Hungkuang University, Shalu County, Taichung City, Taiwan

Hui-Er Wang

Affiliation Department of Food and Applied Technology, Hungkuang University, Shalu County, Taichung City, Taiwan

Kuan-Chou Chen

kc.chen416@msa.hinet.net (K-CC); misspeng@ms2.hinet.net (C-CP); clhsieh@ncue.edu.tw (C-LH)

Affiliations Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Zhonghe, Taipei, Taiwan

Chiung-Chi Peng

kc.chen416@msa.hinet.net (K-CC); misspeng@ms2.hinet.net (C-CP); clhsieh@ncue.edu.tw (C-LH)

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Xin-Yi District, Taipei, Taiwan

Chiu-Lan Hsieh

kc.chen416@msa.hinet.net (K-CC); misspeng@ms2.hinet.net (C-CP); clhsieh@ncue.edu.tw (C-LH)

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, Changhua University of Education, Jin-De Campus, Changhua, Taiwan

Robert Y. Peng

Affiliation Research Institute of Biotechnology, Hungkuang University, Shalu County, Taichung City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RYP CCP. Performed the experiments: CLH KCC. Analyzed the data: CMC HEW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLH CHC. Wrote the paper: RYP.