About the Authors

Chia-Chung Lee

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Yang Lo

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Ling-Jun Ho

Affiliation Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institute, Zhunan, Taiwan

Jenn-Haung Lai

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Shiu-Bii Lien

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Leou-Chyr Lin

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Chun-Liang Chen

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Tsung-Chih Chen

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Feng-Cheng Liu

huanghs99@tmu.edu.tw (HSH); lfc10399@yahoo.com.tw (FCL)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsu-Shan Huang

huanghs99@tmu.edu.tw (HSH); lfc10399@yahoo.com.tw (FCL)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCL LJH JHL FCL HSH. Performed the experiments: CCL YL FCL CLC TCC. Analyzed the data: CCL FCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJH JHL SBL LCL FCL HSH. Wrote the paper: CCL FCL HSH. Synthesized chemical compounds: CCL YL.