About the Authors

Chien-Yi Chiang

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Shih-An Liu

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Meei-Ling Sheu

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Fu-Chou Chen

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Chun-Jung Chen

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Hong-Lin Su

Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Hung-Chuan Pan

hcpan2003@yahoo.com.tw

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYC HCP. Performed the experiments: CYC HCP. Analyzed the data: SAL MLS FCC CJC HLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FCC CJC HLS. Wrote the paper: CYC HCP.