About the Authors

Po-Kong Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Po-Kong Chen, Hsin-Hou Chang

Affiliation Institute of Medical Science, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Hsin-Hou Chang

Contributed equally to this work with: Po-Kong Chen, Hsin-Hou Chang

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Institute of Medical Science, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Guan-Ling Lin

Affiliation Institute of Medical Science, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Tsung-Pao Wang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Yi-Ling Lai

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Ting-Kai Lin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Ming-Chun Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Jyh-Hwa Kau

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsin-Hsien Huang

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Hui-Ling Hsu

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Yuan Liao

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Der-Shan Sun

dssun@mail.tcu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Institute of Medical Science, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HHC DSS. Performed the experiments: PKC GLL TPW YLL TKL MCH. Analyzed the data: HHC DSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHK HHH HLH CYL. Wrote the paper: HHC DSS.