About the Authors

Chiao-Yin Sun

Affiliations School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

Shih-Chung Chang

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Mai-Szu Wu

maxwu1@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliations School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYS MSW. Performed the experiments: CYS SCC. Analyzed the data: CYS SCC MSW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYS SCC. Wrote the paper: CYS.