About the Authors

Gi-Shih Lien

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Shun Wu

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Mauo-Ying Bien

Affiliations School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Hsin Chen

Affiliation Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Huang Lin

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Bing-Chang Chen

bcchen@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliation School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GSL MSW CHC MYB BCC. Performed the experiments: BCC. Analyzed the data: GSL MSW BCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHL BCC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BCC.