About the Authors

Hsiao-Yun Shao

Current address: Vaccine R&D Center, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli, Taiwan, ROC

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Hsue-Yin Hsu

Affiliation Department and Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Kuan-Sju Wu

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Siow-Wey Hee

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Lee-Ming Chuang

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jih-I Yeh

jihiyeh@mail.tcu.edu.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JIY. Performed the experiments: HYS KSW LMC SWH. Analyzed the data: HYS KSW JIY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HYH LMC SWH JIY. Wrote the paper: JIY.