About the Authors

Shee-Chan Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Shee-Chan Lin, Wei-Yu Chen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Yu Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Shee-Chan Lin, Wei-Yu Chen

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Kai-Yuan Lin

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biotechnology, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan

Sheng-Hsuan Chen

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chun-Chao Chang

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Sey-En Lin

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia-Lang Fang

ccllfang@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLF. Performed the experiments: SCL WYC KYL. Analyzed the data: SCL WYC SEL CLF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KYL SHC CCC. Wrote the paper: CLF.