About the Authors

Hsin-Bang Leu

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Chia-Min Chung

Affiliations Institutes of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Institute of Biochemical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Shing-Jong Lin

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Yuh-Shiun Jong

Affiliation Department of Health, Tao-Yuan General Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Wen-Harn Pan

jwchen@vghtpe.gov.tw (J-WC); pan@ibms.sinica.edu.tw (W-HP)

Affiliation Institute of Biochemical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Jaw-Wen Chen

jwchen@vghtpe.gov.tw (J-WC); pan@ibms.sinica.edu.tw (W-HP)

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H-BL W-HP J-WC. Performed the experiments: H-BL C-MC S-JL Y-SJ J-WC. Analyzed the data: H-BL C-MC W-HP J-WC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H-BL C-MC S-JL Y-SJ W-HP J-WC. Wrote the paper: H-BL J-WC.