About the Authors

Shun-Min Yang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Kuo-Feng Hua

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Animal Science, National Ilan University, Ilan, Taiwan, R.O.C

Yu-Chuan Lin

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Ann Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Jia-Ming Chang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Drug Evaluation Platform, Development Center for Biotechnology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Louis Kuoping Chao

Affiliation Department of Cosmeceutics, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C

Chen-Lung Ho

Affiliation Division of Wood Cellulose, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Shuk-Man Ka

mariaka@ndmctsgh.edu.tw; shukmanka@gmail.com

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMY YCL SMK KFH. Performed the experiments: SMY YCL SMK. Analyzed the data: SMY KFH YCL AC SMK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMC CLH LKC. Wrote the manuscript: SMY KFH AC SMK.