About the Authors

James Cheng-Chung Wei

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yu-Wen Hsu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Kuo-Sheng Hung

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Center of Excellence for Clinical Trial and Research, Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, Wan Fang Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Ruey-Hong Wong

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chun-Huang Huang

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yi-Tzu Liu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yuh-Cherng Guo

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Shiro Ikegawa

Affiliation Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan

Wei-Chiao Chang

wcc@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University-Wanfang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW KSH RHW YWH CHH SI WCC. Performed the experiments: YWH CHH YTL. Analyzed the data: JW RHW YWH CHH YCG KSH SI WCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW RHW YCG KSH WCC. Wrote the paper: JW RHW YWH CHH YTL WCC.