About the Authors

Chu-Hsun Cheng

Affiliations Program in Molecular Medicine, National Yang-Ming University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Te Lin

Affiliations Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Nursing, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan

Meng-Jen Lee

Affiliations Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Applied Chemistry, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan

May-Jywan Tsai

Affiliation Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Hung Huang

Affiliation Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Chao Huang

Affiliations Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Lo Lin

Affiliations Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ching-Jung Chen

Affiliation Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Cheng Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen-Cheng Huang, Henrich Cheng

wchuang518@gmail.com

Affiliations Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Center for Neural Regeneration, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Henrich Cheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen-Cheng Huang, Henrich Cheng

Affiliations Program in Molecular Medicine, National Yang-Ming University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Center for Neural Regeneration, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHC WCH HC. Performed the experiments: MJT WHH MCH YLL WCH HC. Analyzed the data: CHC CTL CJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHC CTL MJL MJT WHH MCH YLL CJC WCH HC. Wrote the paper: CHC CTL MJL WCH HC.