About the Authors

Meng-Shao Lai

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yu-Sheng Cheng

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital Douliou Branch, Yunlin, Taiwan, Republic of China

Pei-Rong Chen

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shaw-Jenq Tsai

Affiliation Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Bu-Miin Huang

bumiin@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSL YSC SJT BMH. Performed the experiments: MSL YSC PRC. Analyzed the data: MSL YSC PRC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YSC SJT BMH. Wrote the paper: MSL YSC PRC SJT BMH.