1. Department of Medical Research; Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital; Hualien Taiwan
2. Institutes of Medical Sciences and Pharmacology & Toxicology; Hualien Taiwan
3. Department of Life Sciences; Tzu Chi Center of Vascular Medicine, College of Life Sciences; Hualien Taiwan
4. Tzu Chi College of Technology; Hualien Taiwan
5. Department of Pathology, College of Medicine; Tzu Chi University; Hualien Taiwan
6. Department of Pharmacology; Southern Illinois University School of Medicine; Springfield IL USA