About the Authors

Seong Keun Kwon

otolarynx@snuh.org

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Hee-Bok Kim

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Jae-Jun Song

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Chang Gun Cho

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Seok-Won Park

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Jong-Sun Choi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Junsun Ryu

Affiliation Head and Neck Oncology Clinic, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Se Heang Oh

Affiliation Department of Nanobiomedical Science & WCU Research Center, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea

Jin Ho Lee

Affiliation Department of Advanced Materials, Hannam University, Yuseong Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKK SHO JHL. Performed the experiments: SKK JJS CGC SWP SHO HBK. Analyzed the data: SKK JSC JHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHO JHL. Wrote the paper: SKK JSR SHO JHL.