1. Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
2. Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
3. Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
4. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
5. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
6. Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
7. Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.
8. Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
9. School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
10. Division of Nephrology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
11. Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
12. Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.