About the Authors

Su-Feng Chen

Affiliations Department of Dental Hygiene, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yaoh-Shiang Lin

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Shu-Wen Jao

Affiliation Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yun-Ching Chang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia-Lin Liu

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yu-Ju Lin

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Shin Nieh

niehshin1014@yahoo.com.tw

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SFC SN YSL SWJ. Performed the experiments: SFC SN YCC YJL CLL. Analyzed the data: SFC SN YSL YCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFC SWJ. Wrote the paper: YSL SWJ SN.