About the Authors

Okjae Lim

Affiliations BioMedical Science and Engineering Interdisciplinary Program, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, Cell Therapy Team, Mogam Biotechnology Research Institute, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea, Laboratory of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Yuna Lee

Affiliation Cell Therapy Team, Mogam Biotechnology Research Institute, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Hyejin Chung

Affiliation Cell Therapy Team, Mogam Biotechnology Research Institute, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Jung Hyun Her

Affiliation Cell Therapy Team, Mogam Biotechnology Research Institute, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Sang Mi Kang

Affiliation Cell Therapy Team, Mogam Biotechnology Research Institute, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Mi-young Jung

Affiliation Cell Therapy Division, Green Cross LabCell Corp., Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Bokyung Min

Affiliation Cell Therapy Team, Mogam Biotechnology Research Institute, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Hyejin Shin

Affiliation Cell Therapy Division, Green Cross LabCell Corp., Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Tae Min Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Dae Seog Heo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Yu Kyeong Hwang

ykhwang@mogam.re.kr (YKH); ecshin@kaist.ac.kr (ECS)

Affiliation Cell Therapy Team, Mogam Biotechnology Research Institute, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Eui-Cheol Shin

ykhwang@mogam.re.kr (YKH); ecshin@kaist.ac.kr (ECS)

Affiliations BioMedical Science and Engineering Interdisciplinary Program, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, Laboratory of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

Eui-Cheol Shin is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member, and understands that this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: MJ and HS are employed in Green Cross LabCell Corp. Mogam Biotechnology Research Institute is a non-profit research foundation. Patent Number: KR2008-74069. Date Patent Issued: March 28, 2012. Title of Patent: Growth method for natural killer cells. Assignee: Green Cross LabCell Corp. and Seoul National University Hospital. Inventor: Mi-young Jung, Dae Seog Heo, and Yu Kyeong Hwang. Patent Number: JP2011-521023. Date Patent Filed: January 31, 2011. Title of Patent: Growth method for natural killer cells. Assignee: Green Cross LabCell Corp. and Seoul National University Hospital. Inventor: Mi-young Jung, Dae Seog Heo, and Yu Kyeong Hwang. Patent Number: CN200980130121.5. Date Patent Filed: January 30, 2011. Title of Patent: Growth method for natural killer cells. Assignee: Green Cross LabCell Corp. and Seoul National University Hospital. Inventor: Mi-young Jung, Dae Seog Heo, and Yu Kyeong Hwang. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OL YL HC JHH SMK MYJ TMK DSH YKH ECS. Performed the experiments: OL YL HC JHH SMK MYJ BM HS. Analyzed the data: OL YL JHH ECS. Wrote the paper: OL YKH ECS.