About the Authors

Hsiao-Yun Lin

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Wei-Lan Yeh

Affiliation Cancer Research Center, Department of Medical Research, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Bor-Ren Huang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taichung Branch, Taichung, Taiwan

Chingju Lin

Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chih-Ho Lai

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ho Lin

hlin@dragon.nchu.edu.tw (HL); dahyuu@mail.cmu.edu.tw (D-YL)

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Dah-Yuu Lu

hlin@dragon.nchu.edu.tw (HL); dahyuu@mail.cmu.edu.tw (D-YL)

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H-YL HL D-YL. Performed the experiments: H-YL W-LY B-RH C-HL CL. Analyzed the data: H-YL W-LY HL D-YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: B-RH HL D-YL. Wrote the paper: H-YL W-LY HL D-YL.