About the Authors

Chien-Yun Lee

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Liang Liu

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology and Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Chung Shan Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Chih-Li Lin

Affiliation Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Guang-Yaw Liu

hchung@dragon.nchu.edu.tw (HCH); liugy@csmu.edu.tw (GYL)

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology and Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Chung Shan Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Hui-Chih Hung

hchung@dragon.nchu.edu.tw (HCH); liugy@csmu.edu.tw (GYL)

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Agricultural Biotechnology Center (ABC), National Chung-Hsing University (NCHU), Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCH GYL. Performed the experiments: CYL YLL. Analyzed the data: CYL YLL HCH GYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HCH.