About the Authors

Li-Chiu Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Chiu Wang, Shang-Rung Wu, Hui-Wen Yao

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliations School of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shang-Rung Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Chiu Wang, Shang-Rung Wu, Hui-Wen Yao

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Institute of Oral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hui-Wen Yao

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Chiu Wang, Shang-Rung Wu, Hui-Wen Yao

Roles Data curation, Investigation

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Pin Ling

Roles Investigation, Supervision

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Guey-Chuen Perng

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yen-Chi Chiu

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Institute of Oral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Sheng-Min Hsu

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

shengmin@mail.ncku.edu.tw (S-MH); shunhua@mail.ncku.edu.tw (S-HC)

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shun-Hua Chen

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

shengmin@mail.ncku.edu.tw (S-MH); shunhua@mail.ncku.edu.tw (S-HC)

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.