About the Authors

Te-Lin Lin

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tai-Heng Chen

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Emergency, Department of Emergency, Kaohsiung Medical University and Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ya-Yun Hsu

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yu-Hua Cheng

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Bi-Tzen Juang

Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Yuh-Jyh Jong

yjjong@gap.kmu.edu.tw; yjjongnctu@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Bioengineering, College of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Departments of Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TLL YYH THC YHC BTJ YJJ. Performed the experiments: TLL YHC. Analyzed the data: TLL YYH YJJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TLL THC YJJ. Wrote the paper: TLL YYH BTJ YJJ.