About the Authors

Kuan-Hsing Chen

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Hsiang-Hao Hsu

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Cheng-Chia Lee

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Tzu-Hai Yen

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yi-Ching Ko

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chih-Wei Yang

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Cheng-Chieh Hung

cchung9651@yahoo.com

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KHC HHH CCH CCL. Performed the experiments: KHC YCK CCH. Analyzed the data: KHC HHH THY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HHH THY CWY. Wrote the paper: KHC CCH.