About the Authors

Tzu-Yang Weng

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Center for Infectious Diseases and Signal Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Chih-Yang Wang

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Hsuan Hung

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Wei-Ching Chen

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yi-Ling Chen

Affiliation Department of Senior Citizen Services Management, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan

Ming-Derg Lai

a1211207@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, 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: TYW MDL. Performed the experiments: TYW YHH. Analyzed the data: TYW CYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WCC YLC MDL. Wrote the paper: TYW MDL.