About the Authors

Chi-Hsin Lin

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Chen-Hsuan Wang

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Adapted Physical Education, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Shih-Lan Hsu

Affiliation Department of Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Li-Ya Liao

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ting-An Lin

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chi-Mei Hsueh

cmhsueh@dragon.nchu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHL CMH. Performed the experiments: CHL CHW LYL TAL. Analyzed the data: CHL CHW SLH LYL TAL CMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHL SLH CMH. Wrote the paper: CHL CMH.