About the Authors

Chun-Lin Chen

chunlinchen@mail.nsysu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology, National Sun Yat-sen University and Academia Sinica, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, Center for Stem Cell Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Ying-Pin Chen

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Ming-Wei Lin

Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, Center for Stem Cell Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Yaw-Bin Huang

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, Center for Stem Cell Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Fang-Rong Chang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Nature Products, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, Center for Stem Cell Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Tsai-Hui Duh

Affiliation Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Deng-Chyang Wu

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, Center for Stem Cell Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Wei-Chiang Wu

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Yu-Chen Kao

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Pei-Hua Yang

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: C-LC. Performed the experiments: C-LC Y-PC. Analyzed the data: C-LC Y-PC Y-CK P-HY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M-WL Y-BH F-RC T-HD D-CW W-CW. Wrote the paper: C-LC.