About the Authors

Ling-Jun Ho

Affiliations Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institute, Zhunan, Taiwan, R.O.C., Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, PhD Program of Aging, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Li-Feng Hung

Affiliation Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institute, Zhunan, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Feng-Cheng Liu

Affiliation Rheumatology/Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Tsung-Yun Hou

Affiliation Rheumatology/Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Leou-Chyr Lin

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

Chuan-Yueh Huang

Affiliation Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institute, Zhunan, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Jenn-Haung Lai

laiandho@gmail.com

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJH LFH JHL. Performed the experiments: LJH LFH FCL CYH. Analyzed the data: LJH TYH JHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJH LFH TYH LCL. Wrote the paper: LJH JHL.