About the Authors

Yun Hee Jeong

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea

Min Chan Kim

Affiliation Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea

Eun-Kyung Ahn

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea

So-Young Seol

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea

Eun-Ju Do

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea

Hong-Jo Choi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea

In-Sun Chu

Affiliation Medical Genomics Research Center, Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea

Wun-Jae Kim

Affiliation Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea

Woo Jin Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Kangwon-Do, Korea

Yangil Sunwoo

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea

Sun-Hee Leem

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: shleem@dau.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL YJ YS. Performed the experiments: YJ EA SS ED. Analyzed the data: SL YJ MK EA SS ED IC WK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL MK HC IC WK WK. Wrote the paper: SL.