About the Authors

Chiu-Min Cheng

Affiliation Department of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Shey-Cherng Tzou

Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

Ya-Han Zhuang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chien-Chiao Huang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chien-Han Kao

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Kuang-Wen Liao

Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

Ta-Chun Cheng

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chih-Hung Chuang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yuan-Chin Hsieh

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ming-Hong Tai

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tian-Lu Cheng

tlcheng@kmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TLC CMC. Performed the experiments: CMC YHZ CHC YCH CHK TCC SCT KWL TCC. Analyzed the data: CMC YHZ MHT TLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TLC. Wrote the paper: CMC CCH TLC.