About the Authors
- Yongxiong Chen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yongxiong Chen, Shiuh-Lin Hwang
Affiliations The Eye Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong Medical Center, Hong Kong, SAR, China
- Shiuh-Lin Hwang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yongxiong Chen, Shiuh-Lin Hwang
Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Vera S. F. Chan
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong Medical Center, Hong Kong, SAR, China
- Nancy P. Y. Chung
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong Medical Center, Hong Kong, SAR, China
- Shu-Rong Wang
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Zhongye Li
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Affiliation The Eye Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
- Jing Ma
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Affiliation The Eye Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
- Chia-Wei Lin
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Ya-Ju Hsieh
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Kao-Ping Chang
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Sui-Sum Kung
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Yi-Chia Wu
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Cheng-Wei Chu
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Hsiao-Ting Tai
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- George F. Gao
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
- Bojian Zheng
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong Medical Center, Hong Kong, SAR, China
- Kazunari K. Yokoyama
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Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Jonathan M. Austyn
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* E-mail: jon.austyn@nds.ox.ac.uk (JMA); stevelin@kmu.edu.tw (CLSL)
Affiliation Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Chen-Lung S. Lin
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* E-mail: jon.austyn@nds.ox.ac.uk (JMA); stevelin@kmu.edu.tw (CLSL)
Affiliations Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived the idea, designed the experimental strategy, interpreted data: JMA CLSL. Performed most of the experiments: YC SLH Performed experiments and contributed to experimental design and data interpretation: VSFC NPYC SRW ZL JM CWL YJH KPC SSK YCW CWC HTT KKY. Contributed to the study of recombinant gp120 and HIV-1(+) serum: GFG BZ Analyzed and interpreted the data of every experiment in this study: JMA CLSL. Prepared recombinant gp120 and provided HIV(+) serum, respectively: GFG BZ. Wrote the paper: JMA CLSL.