About the Authors

Shih-Hsin Hsiao

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

H. Eugene Liu

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsin-Lun Lee

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chii-Lan Lin

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Yu Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Zhung-Han Wu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Sey-En Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Sey-En Lin, Ling-Ling Chiang

hayasi@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ling-Ling Chiang

Contributed equally to this work with: Sey-En Lin, Ling-Ling Chiang

Affiliation School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Li Chung

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHH LLC SEL CLC. Performed the experiments: SHH HEL HLL CLL WYC ZHW LLC SEL CLC. Analyzed the data: SHH LLC SEL CLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHH HEL HLL CLL WYC ZHW LLC SEL CLC. Wrote the paper: SHH HEL HLL CLL WYC ZHW LLC SEL CLC.