About the Authors

Jayashri Mahalingam

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Linkou Medical Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chun-Yen Lin

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Linkou Medical Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jy-Ming Chiang

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Colorectal Surgery Section, Department of Surgery, Linkou Medical Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Po-Jung Su

Affiliation Department of Hematology-Oncology, Linkou Medical Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yu-Yi Chu

Affiliation Department of Hematology-Oncology, Linkou Medical Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Hsin-Yi Lai

Affiliation College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jian-He Fang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Linkou Medical Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ching-Tai Huang

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Infectious Diseases, Linkou Medical Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yung-Chang Lin

yclinof@adm.cgmh.org

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Hematology-Oncology, Linkou Medical Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

All authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM C-YL Y-CL. Performed the experiments: JM. Analyzed the data: JM C-YL P-JS Y-CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-MC P-JS Y-YC H-YL J-HF. Wrote the paper: JM C-YL Y-CL. Critical revision of the manuscript: C-YL Y-CL C-TH.