About the Authors

Ya-Hui Huang

Affiliation Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Kwang-Huei Lin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Hua-Chien Chen

Affiliation Department of Life Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ming-Ling Chang

Affiliation Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chao-Wei Hsu

Affiliation Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ming-Wei Lai

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Chang Gung Children Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Tse-Ching Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Chen Lee

Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Hsin Tseng

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chau-Ting Yeh

chautingy@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YHH CTY. Performed the experiments: YHH YHT. Analyzed the data: YHH KHL HCC MLC CWH MWL WCL CTY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YHH KHL HCC MWL TCC CTY. Wrote the paper: YHH CTY.