About the Authors

Hsin Chi

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Tamshui, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsin-Fu Liu

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Tamshui, Taiwan, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan

Li-Chuan Weng

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Tamshui, Taiwan

Nai-Yu Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Tamshui, Taiwan

Nan-Chang Chiu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan

Mei-Ju Lai

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

Yung-Cheng Lin

Affiliation Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan

Yu-Ying Chiu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Shyang Hsieh

lmhuang@ntu.edu.tw (LMH); ms2wshsieh@yahoo.com.tw (WSH)

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Li-Min Huang

lmhuang@ntu.edu.tw (LMH); ms2wshsieh@yahoo.com.tw (WSH)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

Li-Min Huang is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member, but this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Li-Min Huang, MD, PhD.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC WSH LMH. Performed the experiments: LCW NYW MJL. Analyzed the data: HC HFL YCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC NCC YYC. Wrote the paper: HC.