About the Authors

Chun-Ching Chiu

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

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Jiann-Jou Yang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yuan-Chao Hsiao

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Bor-Show Tzang

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

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.