About the Authors

Lu Zhou

Affiliations Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, Republic of Korea, Department of Sports Medicine, Taishan Medical University, Shandong, China

Sun Jung Yoon

Affiliation Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

Kyu Yun Jang

Affiliation Departments of Pathology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

Young Jae Moon

Affiliation Departments of Biochemistry, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

Sajeev Wagle

Affiliation Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

Kwang Bok Lee

Affiliation Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

Byung-Hyun Park

Affiliation Departments of Biochemistry, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

Jung Ryul Kim

jrkeem@jbnu.ac.kr

Affiliation Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRK KYJ KBL BHP. Performed the experiments: LZ SJY KYJ YJM SW JRK. Analyzed the data: LZ SJY KYJ YJM SW KBL BHP JRK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ SJY KYJ YJM SW JRK. Wrote the paper: LZ SJY KYJ YJM SW KBL BHP JRK.