About the Authors

Chung-Hsi Hsing

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia-Ling Chen

Affiliation Translational Research Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Chieh Lin

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Chiou-Feng Lin

cflin2014@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHH CFL. Performed the experiments: CHH CLC WCL. Analyzed the data: CHH CFL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHH WCL. Wrote the paper: CHH CFL.