About the Authors

Dae Woo Kim

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Division of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Dong-Kyu Kim

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital and Nano-Bio Regenerative Medical Institute, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea

Ara Jo

Affiliation Division of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Hong Ryul Jin

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Kyoung Mi Eun

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ji-Hun Mo

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Chonan, Korea

Seong H. Cho

scho2@health.usf.edu

Affiliation Division of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DWK SHC. Performed the experiments: KME DKK DWK JHM. Analyzed the data: DWK AJ SHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HRJ SHC DWK. Wrote the paper: DWK SHC.