About the Authors

Ching-Ting Lin

gingting@mail.cmu.edu.tw

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Republic of China

Yu-Ching Chen

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Informatics, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan. Republic of China

Tzyy-Rong Jinn

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Republic of China

Chien-Chen Wu

Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yi-Ming Hong

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Republic of China

Wen-Hao Wu

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CTL YCC TRJ CCW. Performed the experiments: CTL TRJ YMH WHW. Analyzed the data: CTL YCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTL TRJ. Wrote the paper: CTL CCW.