About the Authors

Ting-Ting Sheu

tsheu1@mail.tcu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China, Institute of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China

Bor-Luen Chiang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Immunology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jui-Hung Yen

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

Wen-Chi Lin

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TTS. Performed the experiments: TTS. Analyzed the data: TTS WCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TTS JHY. Wrote the paper: TTS BLC.