About the Authors

Wei-Ling Lin

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yi-Shiuan Lin

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Guey-Yueh Shi

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Chuan-Fa Chang

affa@mail.ncku.edu.tw (CFC); halnwu@mail.ncku.edu.tw (HLW)

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Hua-Lin Wu

affa@mail.ncku.edu.tw (CFC); halnwu@mail.ncku.edu.tw (HLW)

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WLL YSL. Performed the experiments: WLL YSL. Analyzed the data: WLL YSL CFC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GYS CFC HLW. Wrote the paper: WLL YSL GYS CFC.