About the Authors

Li-Ching Chen

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chin Hsu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chuang Chin Chiueh

Affiliation Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Sen Lee

wslee@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cancer Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCC CH CCC WSL. Performed the experiments: LCC. Analyzed the data: LCC CH CCC WSL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WSL. Wrote the paper: LCC CCC WSL.