About the Authors

Hye Sook Kim

Affiliation Division of Oncology/Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Jae Sook Sung

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Song-Ju Yang

Affiliation Macroge Inc., Seoul, Korea

Nak-Jung Kwon

Affiliation Macroge Inc., Seoul, Korea

LiHua Jin

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Seung Tae Kim

Affiliation Division of Oncology/Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Kyong Hwa Park

Affiliation Division of Oncology/Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Sang Won Shin

Affiliation Division of Oncology/Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Han Kyeom Kim

Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Jin-Hyoung Kang

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Seoul Saint Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Jeong-Oh Kim

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Oncology, Research Institutes of Medical Science, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea

Jae Yong Park

Affiliation Lung Cancer Center, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea

Jin Eun Choi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea

HyoungKyu Yoon

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea

Chan Kwon Park

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea

Kap-Seok Yang

Affiliation Macroge Inc., Seoul, Korea

Jeong-Sun Seo

yhk0215@korea.ac.kr (YHK); jeongsun@snu.ac.kr (J. Seo)

Affiliations Macroge Inc., Seoul, Korea, Genomic Medicine Institute (GMI), Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Department of Biochemistry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea

Yeul Hong Kim

yhk0215@korea.ac.kr (YHK); jeongsun@snu.ac.kr (J. Seo)

Affiliations Division of Oncology/Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Cancer Research Institute, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

Song-Ju Yang, Nak-Jung Kwon, Kap-Seok Yang and Jeong-Sun Seo are employed by Macroge Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors. This study is only funded by national grant from ministry of health and welfare of Korea, and there is no financial support from Macrogen Inc. Along with any other relevant declarations relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products etc., all authors in academic institutions did not affected by any financial, professional or personal interest with Macrogen Inc.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Sung SJY JHK JYP HKY J. Seo YHK. Performed the experiments: NJK LHJ JOK JEC CKP KSY. Analyzed the data: HSK STK KHP SWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJY SWS HKK JHK JYP HKY CKP J. Seo YHK. Wrote the paper: HSK J. Sung LHJ YHK.