About the Authors

Chang Seong Kim

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Soo Yeon Joo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Ko Eun Lee

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Joon Seok Choi

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Eun Hui Bae

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Seong Kwon Ma

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Suhn Hee Kim

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea

JongUn Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Soo Wan Kim

skimw@chonnam.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSK JSC EHB SKM SHK JUL SWK. Performed the experiments: CSK SYJ. Analyzed the data: CSK SYJ KEL JSC SWK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SYJ KEL EHB SKM JUL. Wrote the paper: CSK SWK.