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Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine and Institute of Biotechnology in Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Divisions of Biochemistry and Cardiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan 3 School of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University and Cardiovascular Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 110, Taiwan 5 Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine and Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Health Care, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan Departments of Urology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medical Research, Genetics Centre and Center for Personalized Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan Department of Respiratory erapy, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan