About the Authors

Chih-Pei Lin

cplin@vghtpe.gov.tw

Affiliations Division of Central Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine and Institute of Biotechnology in Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Po-Hsun Huang

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung Fang Lai

Affiliation Volunteer Scientist, E-da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jaw-Wen Chen

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shing-Jong Lin

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jia-Shiong Chen

Affiliation Institute of Clinical 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: Chih-Pei Lin, Po-Hsun Huang, Jaw-Wen Chen, Chung Fang Lai, and Jia-Shiong Chen. Performed the experiments: Chih-Pei Lin and Jia-Shiong Chen. Analyzed the data: Chih-Pei Lin, Po-Hsun Huang, Chung Fang Lai, and Jia-Shiong Chen. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Chih-Pei Lin, Po-Hsun Huang, and Jia-Shiong Chen. Wrote the paper: Chih-Pei Lin, Po-Hsun Huang, Chung Fang Lai, and Jia-Shiong Chen. Critically revised the article for important intellectual content: Chih-Pei Lin.