About the Authors

Soong Lee

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seonam University, Namwon, Korea

Moon-Jong Han

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seonam University, Namwon, Korea

Ki-Sang Lee

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seonam University, Namwon, Korea

Seung-Chul Back

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seonam University, Namwon, Korea

David Hwang

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seonam University, Namwon, Korea

Hwan-Young Kim

Affiliation Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea

Jong-Hee Shin

Affiliation Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea

Soon-Pal Suh

Affiliation Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea

Dong-Wook Ryang

Affiliation Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea

Hye-Ran Kim

KimHR@chonnam.ac.kr (HRK); mgshin@chonnam.ac.kr (MGS)

Affiliations Brain Korea 21 Project, Center for Biomedical Human Resources, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea, Environmental Health Center for Childhood Leukemia and Cancer, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea

Myung-Geun Shin

KimHR@chonnam.ac.kr (HRK); mgshin@chonnam.ac.kr (MGS)

Affiliations Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea, Environmental Health Center for Childhood Leukemia and Cancer, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HRK MGS. Performed the experiments: HYK. Analyzed the data: MJH KSL SCB DH. Wrote the paper: MGS HRK. Edited the manuscript: JHS SPS DWR. Collected the samples and provided clinical information: SL.