About the Authors

Hyun Jae Lee

Affiliations Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Research Center for Human Natural Defense System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Yu-Mi Yang

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, Brain Korea 21 Project, Oral Science Research Center, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea

Kyubo Kim

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kang-Dong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Dong Min Shin

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, Brain Korea 21 Project, Oral Science Research Center, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea

Joo-Heon Yoon

Affiliations Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Airway Mucus Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Research Center for Human Natural Defense System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Hyung-Ju Cho

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Jae Young Choi

jychoi@yuhs.ac

Affiliations Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Airway Mucus Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JYC DMS JHY. Performed the experiments: HJL YMY. Analyzed the data: HJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YMY HJC. Wrote the paper: HJL JYC KK.