About the Authors
- Chun-Ching Chiu
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Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Neurology and Department of Medical Intensive Care Unit, Chunghua Christian Hospital, Chunghua, Taiwan
- Ya-Fang Shi
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Jiann-Jou Yang
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Yuan-Chao Hsiao
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Bor-Show Tzang
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* E-mail: bstzang@csmu.edu.tw (BST); htc@csmu.edu.tw (TCH)
¶BST and TCH contributed equally as corresponding authors.
Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Tsai-Ching Hsu
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* E-mail: bstzang@csmu.edu.tw (BST); htc@csmu.edu.tw (TCH)
¶BST and TCH contributed equally as corresponding authors.
Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TCH BST. Performed the experiments: CCC YFS YCH TCH. Analyzed the data: CCC YFS TCH BST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCC JJY TCH BST. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TCH BST.