About the Authors

Shiou-Ling Jian

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Hsin-Yi Hsieh

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Chun-Ta Liao

Affiliation Head and Neck Oncology Group, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Tzu-Chen Yen

Affiliation Head and Neck Oncology Group, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Shu-Wei Nien

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Ann-Joy Cheng

Affiliation Graduate School of Medical Biotechnology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jyh-Lyh Juang

juang@nhri.org.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, Ph.D. Program for Aging, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLJ SLJ. Performed the experiments: SLJ HYH. Analyzed the data: SLJ HYH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTL TCY SWN AJC. Wrote the paper: JLJ SLJ.