About the Authors

Feng-Chi Chen

fcchen@nhri.org.tw (FC); hsiung@nhri.org.tw (CAH)

Affiliations Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan, Department of Life Sciences, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yu-Chieh Liao

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Jie-Mao Huang

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Chieh-Hua Lin

Affiliations Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan, Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Yih-Yuan Chen

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Horng-Yunn Dou

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Chao Agnes Hsiung

fcchen@nhri.org.tw (FC); hsiung@nhri.org.tw (CAH)

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FCC YCL JMH. Performed the experiments: JMH YCL CHL YYC. Analyzed the data: FCC JMH YCL CHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FCC HYD CAH. Wrote the paper: FCC YCL HYD CAH.