About the Authors
- Chun-Mao Lin
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Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Orthopedics Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chia-Lang Fang
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Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- You-Cheng Hseu
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Affiliations Department of Cosmeceutics, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Chun-Liang Chen
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Hospital Chiali, Tainan, Taiwan
- Jin-Wun Wang
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Hospital Chiali, Tainan, Taiwan
- Sheng-Lung Hsu
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Hospital Chiali, Tainan, Taiwan
- Ming-Dao Tu
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Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Chi Mei Hospital Chiali, Tainan, Taiwan
- Shih-Ting Hung
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Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
- Chein Tai
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Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
- Yih-Huei Uen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yih-Huei Uen, Kai-Yuan Lin
Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Superintendent’s Office, Chi Mei Hospital Chiali, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
- Kai-Yuan Lin
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yih-Huei Uen, Kai-Yuan Lin
* E-mail: d84306@yahoo.com.tw
Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biotechnology, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CML YHU KYL. Performed the experiments: CLF YCH STH. Analyzed the data: CLF YCH MDT CT KYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLC JWW SLH. Wrote the paper: CML YHU KYL.