About the Authors

Ching-Yuang Lin

cylin@mail.cmuh.org.tw

Affiliations Clinical Immunology Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Tze-Yi Lin

Affiliations Department of Pathology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Min-Chun Lee

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Shih-Chieh Chen

Affiliation Clinical Immunology Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Jeng-Shou Chang

Affiliation Clinical Immunology Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the animal experiments: MCL. Performed the pathological analysis: TYL. Performed validation of identified genes: SCC. Performed the confocal and immunochemical studies: JSC. Conceived and designed the experiments: CYL. Wrote the paper: CYL.