About the Authors

In-Su Cho

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, Graduate Neuroscience Program, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, BK21, Division of Cell Transformation and Restoration, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea

Miyoung Jung

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea

Ki-Sun Kwon

Affiliation Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, South Korea

Eunpyo Moon

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea

Jang-Hyeon Cho

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kun-Ho Yoon

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Ji-Won Kim

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Young-Don Lee

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, Control for Cell Death Regulating Biodrug, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea

Sung-Soo Kim

hysuh@ajou.ac.kr (HS-K); kimdmg@ajou.ac.kr (S-SK)

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, Control for Cell Death Regulating Biodrug, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea

Haeyoung Suh-Kim

hysuh@ajou.ac.kr (HS-K); kimdmg@ajou.ac.kr (S-SK)

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, Graduate Neuroscience Program, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, BK21, Division of Cell Transformation and Restoration, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ISC YDL SSK HYSK. Performed the experiments: ISC MYJ JWK. Analyzed the data: ISC MYJ EPM JHC KHY SSK HYSK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSK YDL SSK HYSK. Wrote the paper: ISC SSK HYSK.