About the Authors

Seung-hwa Baek

Contributed equally to this work with: Seung-hwa Baek, Sik-Won Choi

Affiliations Laboratory of Translational Therapeutics, Pharmacology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon, 305-600, Republic of Korea, Department of Food Science & Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea

Sik-Won Choi

Contributed equally to this work with: Seung-hwa Baek, Sik-Won Choi

Affiliation Laboratory of Translational Therapeutics, Pharmacology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon, 305-600, Republic of Korea

Sang-Joon Park

Affiliation Department of Histology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea

Sang-Han Lee

Affiliation Department of Food Science & Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea

Hang-Suk Chun

Affiliation Alternative Toxicological Methods Research Center, Department of Predictive Toxicology, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Daejeon, 305-600, Republic of Korea

Seong Hwan Kim

hwan@krict.re.kr

Affiliation Laboratory of Translational Therapeutics, Pharmacology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon, 305-600, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHK. Performed the experiments: SHB SWC SJP SHL HSC SHK. Analyzed the data: SHB SWC SJP SHL HSC SHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHB SWC SJP SHL HSC SHK. Wrote the paper: SHB SWC SJP SHK.