About the Authors

Chung-Yuan Hsu

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yung-Hsiang Yi

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Kai-Ping Chang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Lin-Kou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yu-Sun Chang

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shu-Jen Chen

sjchen@mail.cgu.edu.tw (SJC); hcchen@mail.cgu.edu.tw (HCC)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hua-Chien Chen

sjchen@mail.cgu.edu.tw (SJC); hcchen@mail.cgu.edu.tw (HCC)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYH. Performed the experiments: CYH YHY. Analyzed the data: CYH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KPC YSC SJC. Wrote the paper: CYH SJC HCC.