About the Authors

Yu-Wen Chu

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Pharmacy, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Shu-Ting Liu

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Hsiao-Chun Cheng

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Shih-Ming Huang

ades0431@ms38.hinet.net (WMW); shihming@ndmctsgh.edu.tw (SMH)

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Yung-Lung Chang

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Chien-Ping Chiang

Affiliations Biochemistry Department, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Dermatology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Ying-Chun Liu

Affiliations School of Nursing, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Wei-Ming Wang

ades0431@ms38.hinet.net (WMW); shihming@ndmctsgh.edu.tw (SMH)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Biochemistry Department, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Dermatology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMH CPC WMW. Performed the experiments: YWC HCC STL. Analyzed the data: YWC HCC SMH STL YCL YLC. Wrote the paper: SMH CPC WMW.