About the Authors
- Kyo Chul Koo
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Affiliation Department of Urology and Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Doo Hee Shim
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Chang Mo Yang
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Saet-Byul Lee
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Shi Mun Kim
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Affiliation ATgen, Sungnam, Republic of Korea
- Tae Young Shin
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Affiliation Department of Urology and Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Kwang Hyun Kim
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Affiliation Department of Urology and Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Ho Geun Yoon
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Affiliations Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Severance Medical Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Koon Ho Rha
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Affiliation Department of Urology and Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Jae Myun Lee
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* E-mail: sjhong346@yuhs.ac (SJH); jaemyun@yuhs.ac (JML)
Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Sung Joon Hong
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* E-mail: sjhong346@yuhs.ac (SJH); jaemyun@yuhs.ac (JML)
Affiliation Department of Urology and Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Competing Interests
An author, SMK, is an employee at ATgen who helped with the experimental process. However, 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: KCK HGY KHR JML SJH. Performed the experiments: KCK DHS CMY SL SMK. Analyzed the data: KCK TYS KHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMK HGY KHR JML. Wrote the paper: KCK. Dual corresponding contribution: JML SJH.