About the Authors

Cheng-Chou Yu

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jyh-Chin Yang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yen-Ching Chang

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jiing-Guang Chuang

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Wu Lin

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Shiang Wu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Lu-Ping Chow

chowip@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LPC. Performed the experiments: CCY YCC. Analyzed the data: CCY LPC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGC CWL JCY MSW. Wrote the paper: CCY LPC.