About the Authors
- Chih-Yang Wang
-
Affiliations Department of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Ming-Derg Lai
-
Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Nam Nhut Phan
-
Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- Zhengda Sun
-
Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Yen-Chang Lin
-
* E-mail: lycnthu@gmail.com
Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
Competing Interests
ONCOMINE had been merged by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Life Technologies). The authors just utilized Oncomine Research Edition for their analysis without benefit from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Oncomine Research Edition offers free access to the academic and nonprofit cancer research communities. Relevant information can be found on its first page: https://www.oncomine.org/resource/login.html. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not change the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE guidelines on materials and data sharing.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CYW MDL YCL. Performed the experiments: CYW YCL ZS. Analyzed the data: CYW ZS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDL NNP. Wrote the paper: CYW NNP MDL.