About the Authors
- Sheng-Chun Chiu
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Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
- Shee-Ping Chen
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Affiliation Tzu Chi Stem Cells Center, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
- Sung-Ying Huang
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Mei-Jen Wang
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Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
- Shinn-Zong Lin
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Affiliation Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Horng-Jyh Harn
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* E-mail: cypang@mail.tcu.edu.tw (CYP); duke_harn@yahoo.com.tw (HJH)
Affiliation Department of Pathology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Cheng-Yoong Pang
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* E-mail: cypang@mail.tcu.edu.tw (CYP); duke_harn@yahoo.com.tw (HJH)
Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Institute of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CYP HJH SZL SCC. Performed the experiments: SCC SPC SYH. Analyzed the data: SCC SPC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJH MJW. Wrote the paper: SCC CYP.