About the Authors

Hao-Ping Liu

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Chia-Chun Chen

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Chih-Ching Wu

Affiliations Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Yi-Chuan Huang

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Shu-Chen Liu

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Ying Liang

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Kai-Ping Chang

Affiliation Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou, Taiwan

Yu-Sun Chang

ysc@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Affiliations Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HPL. Performed the experiments: HPL CCC YCH YL. Analyzed the data: HPL CCC CCW SCL YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCW SCL KPC YSC. Wrote the paper: HPL YSC.