About the Authors

Chiung Chi Peng

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Eugene Chang Yu Chen

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, MD Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Chang-Rong Chen

Roles Project administration, Software

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Charng-Cherng Chyau

Roles Conceptualization, Validation

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Medical and Health Care, Hungkuang University, Shalu District, Taichung, Taiwan

Kuan-Chou Chen

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

kuanchou@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Taipei Medical University Shuang-Ho Hospital, Zhong-He District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, TMU-Research Center of Urology and Kidney, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Robert Y. Peng

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Medical and Health Care, Hungkuang University, Shalu District, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.