About the Authors

Chao-Han Lai

Affiliations Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Kuan-Chieh Wang

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Fang-Tzu Lee

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Hung-Wen Tsai

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

Chih-Yuan Ma

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Tsung-Lin Cheng

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Bi-Ing Chang

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Jen Yang

Affiliations Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Guey-Yueh Shi

halnwu@mail.ncku.edu.tw (HLW); gyshi@mail.ncku.edu.tw (GYS)

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Hua-Lin Wu

halnwu@mail.ncku.edu.tw (HLW); gyshi@mail.ncku.edu.tw (GYS)

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHL KCW HWT YJY GYS HLW. Performed the experiments: CHL KCW FTL HWT CYM TLC BIC. Analyzed the data: CHL KCW FTL HWT CYM TLC BIC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHL HWT YJY GYS HLW. Wrote the paper: CHL KCW FTL HWT CYM TLC BIC YJY GYS HLW.