About the Authors

So Young Kim

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

Gibeom Park

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Kyu-Hee Han

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

Ahreum Kim

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

Ja-Won Koo

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea, Sensory Organ Research Institute, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Sun O. Chang

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Sensory Organ Research Institute, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Seung Ha Oh

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Sensory Organ Research Institute, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Woong-Yang Park

Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea, Translational Genomics Laboratory, Samsung Genome Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Byung Yoon Choi

choiby@snubh.org

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea, Sensory Organ Research Institute, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GBP ARK WYP BYC. Performed the experiments: GBP ARK WYP BYC. Analyzed the data: SYK KHH BYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SYK KHH ARK JWK SOC SHO BYC. Wrote the paper: SYK ARK WYP BYC.