About the Authors

Hae-Ahm Lee

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea, Cell and Matrix Research Institute, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea

Min-Ji Song

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea

Young-Mi Seok

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea, Korea Promotion Institute for Traditional Medicine Industry, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712–260, Republic of Korea

Seol-Hee Kang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea

Sang-Yeob Kim

Affiliations Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 138–736, Republic of Korea, Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul 138–736, Republic of Korea

Inkyeom Kim

inkim@knu.ac.kr

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea, Cell and Matrix Research Institute, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAL. Performed the experiments: HAL MJS YMS SHK SYK. Analyzed the data: HAL SYK. Wrote the paper: HAL IKK.