About the Authors

Yuan-Chung Kao

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuan-Chung Kao, Shinn-Jong Jiang

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Shinn-Jong Jiang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuan-Chung Kao, Shinn-Jong Jiang

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Wen-An Pan

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Kuan-Chieh Wang

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Po-Ku Chen

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Hsi-Ju Wei

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Wei-Sheng Chen

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Bi-Ing Chang

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Guey-Yueh Shi

gyshi@mail.ncku.edu.tw (GYS); halnwu@mail.ncku.edu.tw (HLW)

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Center for Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Hua-Lin Wu

gyshi@mail.ncku.edu.tw (GYS); halnwu@mail.ncku.edu.tw (HLW)

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Center for Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCK SJJ GYS HLW. Performed the experiments: YCK SJJ WAP PKC HJW WSC. Analyzed the data: YCK KCW PKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BIC. Wrote the paper: YCK.