Article Information
- Received July 8, 2015
- Revision received September 22, 2015
- Accepted September 25, 2015
- First published November 4, 2015.
- Version of record published November 4, 2015.
Author Information
- Tzer-Bin Lin1,2,3,
- Cheng-Yuan Lai4,5,*,
- Ming-Chun Hsieh4,6,
- Hsueh-Hsiao Wang4,*,
- Jen-Kun Cheng4,7,
- Yat-Pang Chau4,
- Gin-Den Chen8, and
- Hsien-Yu Peng4
- 1Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan,
- 2Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan,
- 3Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan,
- 4Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei, Taiwan,
- 5Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan,
- 6Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan,
- 7Department of Anesthesiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, and
- 8Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Author contributions
Author contributions: H.-Y.P. designed research; T.-B.L., C.-Y.L., M.-C.H., H.-H.W., and H.-Y.P. performed research; C.-Y.L., M.-C.H., H.-H.W., J.-K.C., Y.-P.C., G.-D.C., and H.-Y.P. analyzed data; T.-B.L., M.-C.H., and H.-Y.P. wrote the paper.
↵*C.-Y.L. and H.-H.W. contributed equally to this work.
Disclosures
- Received July 8, 2015.
- Revision received September 22, 2015.
- Accepted September 25, 2015.
This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan (Grants MOST 104-2320-B-715-004-MY3, NSC 102-2628-B-715-001, and 101-2320-B-715-001-MY3 to H.-Y.P. and Grants NSC MOST 104-2320-B-038-019-MY3, MOST 104-2320-B-038-027-MY3, 101-2320-B-039-013-MY3 to T.-B.L.), the Mackay Memorial Hospital (Grants MMH-MM-10206 and MMH-MM-10302 to H.-Y.P.), Taipei Medical University (Grant TMU102-AE1-B06 to T.-B.L.), and Saint Paul's Hospital (Grant SPMRD-U1-6003 to T.-B.L.).
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Hsien-Yu Peng, Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, No.46, Sec. 3, Zhongzheng Rd, Sanzhi Dist, New Taipei, Taiwan 25245. hsien.yu{at}gmail.com
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