About the Authors

Pei-Chien Tsai

Affiliation Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Szu-Wei Huang

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hsiang-Lin Tsai

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Cheng-Jen Ma

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ming-Feng Hou

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

I-Ping Yang

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Shu-Zen College of Medicine and Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yung-Song Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Suh-Hang Hank Juo

cy614112@ms14.hinet.net (JYW); hjuo@kmu.edu.tw (SHJ)

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jaw-Yuan Wang

cy614112@ms14.hinet.net (JYW); hjuo@kmu.edu.tw (SHJ)

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCT SHHJ JYW. Performed the experiments: PCT SWH HLT CJM MFH. Analyzed the data: PCT YSW IPY SHHJ JYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCT YSW IPY SHHJ JYW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PCT SHHJ JYW.