About the Authors

Shu-Chen Wei

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yan-Yin Tan

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Meng-Tzu Weng

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Departments of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan

Liang-Chuan Lai

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jen-Hao Hsiao

Affiliation Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Eric Y. Chuang

Affiliations Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia-Tung Shun

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Deng-Cheng Wu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ai-Wen Kao

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Chiao-Shung Chuang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yen-Hsuan Ni

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Jium Shieh

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Deparment of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Chih Tung

Affiliation Department of Integrated Diagnostics and Therapeutics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yun Chen

Affiliation Pediatric Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan

Cheng-Yi Wang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ramnik J. Xavier

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Unit and Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Daniel K. Podolsky

Affiliation UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jau-Min Wong

jmwong@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCW YYT MTW LCL JMW. Performed the experiments: SCW YYT MTW CTS. Analyzed the data: SCW YYT LCL JHH EYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCW DCW AWK CSC YHN CCT YC MJS CYW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SCW YYT RJX DKP JMW.