1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Republic of China;
2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Republic of China;
3. Institute of Biomedical Science, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Republic of China;
4. Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Republic of China;
5. National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA;
6. Department of Orthopaedics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Republic of China;
7. Division of Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Armed-Forces General Hospital, Taichung, Republic of China;
8. Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Republic of China;
9. Division of Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Republic of China