About the Authors

Yun-Ting Lou

Contributed equally to this work with: Yun-Ting Lou, Chao-Wen Chen

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Genomic Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, E-DA Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chao-Wen Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Yun-Ting Lou, Chao-Wen Chen

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yun-Ching Fan

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Genomic Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wei-Chiao Chang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Genomic Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University-Wanfang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Master Program for Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Yu Lu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

I-Chen Wu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wen-Hung Hsu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ching-Wen Huang

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

Jaw-Yuan Wang

cy614112@ms14.hinet.net

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Genomic Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University-Wanfang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Biomarkers and Biotech Drugs, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YTL CWC JYW. Performed the experiments: YTL YCF CWC CYL CWH. Analyzed the data: YTL CWC WCC ICW WHH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YTL YCF CWC WCC JYW. Wrote the paper: YTL CWC JYW.