About the Authors

Hsin-Yi Huang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yu-Yao Cheng

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Wei-Chih Liao

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yu-Wen Tien

Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chih-Hsin James Yang

Affiliation Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Su-Ming Hsu

Current address: Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University and China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Pei-Hsin Huang

phhuang@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PH. Performed the experiments: HH YC. Analyzed the data: HH WL SH PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT CJY. Wrote the paper: PH.