About the Authors

Sher-Wei Lim

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Chiali, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Nursing, Min-Hwei College of Health Care Management, Tainan, Taiwan

Yow-Ling Shiue

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chung-Han Ho

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacy, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan

Shou-Chun Yu

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Chiali, Tainan, Taiwan

Pei-Hsin Kao

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Jhi-Joung Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Jinn-Rung Kuo

kuojinnrung@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Neurosurgery, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SWL JRK YLS. Formal analysis: CHH SCY. Methodology: JRK YLS. Project administration: SWL. Resources: JJW CHH. Software: JJW. Supervision: JRK. Writing – original draft: SWL SCY PHK JRK. Writing – review & editing: CHH JRK.