About the Authors

Ji Young Shin

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Bio-Organ Research Center/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Mukesh Kumar Gupta

goops@konkuk.ac.kr (MKG); htl3675@konkuk.ac.kr (HTL)

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Bio-Organ Research Center/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Yoon Hee Jung

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Bio-Organ Research Center/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Sang Jun Uhm

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Bio-Organ Research Center/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Hoon Taek Lee

goops@konkuk.ac.kr (MKG); htl3675@konkuk.ac.kr (HTL)

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Bio-Organ Research Center/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JYS MKG HTL. Performed the experiments: JYS YHJ. Analyzed the data: JYS SJU MKG HTL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MKG SJU HTL. Wrote the paper: SJU MKG HTL.