About the Authors

Sien-Hung Yang

dryang@cgmh.org.tw

Affiliations Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Division of Chinese Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, School of Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ting-I Kao

Affiliations Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Division of Chinese Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Natural Products, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Bor-Luen Chiang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Immunology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsing-Yu Chen

Affiliations Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Division of Chinese Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Kuang-Hua Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jiun-Liang Chen

Affiliations Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Division of Chinese Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, School of Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHY BLC. Performed the experiments: TIK. Analyzed the data: HYC KHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BLC JLC KHC. Wrote the paper: TIK SHY.