About the Authors

Che-Chang Chan

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Ling-Yi Cheng

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jean Lu

Affiliation Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yi-Hsiang Huang

yhhuang@vghtpe.gov.tw (YH); shchiou@vghtpe.gov.tw (SC)

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shih-Hwa Chiou

yhhuang@vghtpe.gov.tw (YH); shchiou@vghtpe.gov.tw (SC)

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Stem Cell Lab, Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Ping-Hsing Tsai

Affiliations Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Stem Cell Lab, Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Teh-Ia Huo

Affiliations Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Han-Chieh Lin

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Fa-Yauh Lee

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC YH SC JL TH FL. Performed the experiments: CC LC PT. Analyzed the data: CC LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC HL. Wrote the paper: CC. Obtained permission for use of cell line: SC.