About the Authors

Hyejin Shin

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science & Technology, Institute of Biomedical Science & Technology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

Haengseok Song

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, College of Life Science, CHA University, Seoul, Korea

Chang Suk Suh

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea

Hyunjung Jade Lim

hlim@konkuk.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science & Technology, Institute of Biomedical Science & Technology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The corresponding author is an academic editor of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJS HSS CSS HJL. Performed the experiments: HJS. Analyzed the data: HJS HSS CSS HJL. Wrote the paper: HJS HJL.