About the Authors

Song Yee Kim

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Moo Suk Park

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Young Sam Kim

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Se Kyu Kim

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Joon Chang

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Dongeun Yong

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Hyun Sook Kim

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Kyungwon Lee

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Young Ae Kang

mdkang@yuhs.ac

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YAK SYK. Performed the experiments: YAK SYK MSP HSK KWL. Analyzed the data: YAK SYK MSP YSK DEY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YAK SYK MSP SKK JC. Wrote the paper: YAK SYK.