About the Authors

Wen-Chin Chiu

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yi-Chen Lee

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yu-Han Su

Affiliation Translational Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yen-Yun Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chun-Hao Tsai

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

Yi-An Hou

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chie-Hong Wang

Affiliation Translational Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ying-Fong Huang

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chih-Jen Huang

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Shah-Hwa Chou

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Pei-Wen Hsieh

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Natural Products, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Shyng-Shiou F. Yuan

yuanssf@kmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Translational Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: WCC YCL YYW CHW YFH CJH PWH SSFY. Data curation: WCC YCL. Formal analysis: WCC YCL YHS YYW CHT YAH. Funding acquisition: SHC SSFY. Investigation: WCC YHS CHT YAH CHW. Methodology: WCC YHS YYW CHT. Project administration: WCC SSFY. Resources: YYW YFH CJH SHC PWH SSFY. Supervision: SSFY. Validation: WCC YCL YHS CHT YAH. Visualization: WCC YCL SSFY. Writing – original draft: WCC. Writing – review & editing: WCC SSFY.