About the Authors

Hee-Jung Choi

Contributed equally to this work with: Hee-Jung Choi, Tae-Wook Chung

Affiliation Department of Korean Medical Science, School of Korean Medicine and Korean Medicine Research Center for Healthy Aging, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea

Tae-Wook Chung

Contributed equally to this work with: Hee-Jung Choi, Tae-Wook Chung

Affiliation Department of Korean Medical Science, School of Korean Medicine and Korean Medicine Research Center for Healthy Aging, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea

Mi-Ju Park

Affiliation Department of Korean Medical Science, School of Korean Medicine and Korean Medicine Research Center for Healthy Aging, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea

Kyu Sup Lee

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan, Republic of Korea

Youngjin Yoon

Affiliation Department of Korean Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea

Hyung Sik Kim

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, SungKyunKwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Jun Hee Lee

Affiliation Laboratory for Vascular Medicine and Stem Cell Biology, Department of Physiology, Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea

Sang-Mo Kwon

Affiliation Laboratory for Vascular Medicine and Stem Cell Biology, Department of Physiology, Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea

Syng-Ook Lee

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Technology, Keimyung University, Daegu, Republic of Korea

Keuk-Jun Kim

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, TaeKyeung University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea

Jin-Ho Baek

Affiliation Daechubatbaek Korean Medical Clinic, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea

Ki-Tae Ha

hagis@pusan.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Korean Medical Science, School of Korean Medicine and Korean Medicine Research Center for Healthy Aging, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJC TWC JHB KTH. Performed the experiments: HJC TWC MJP SOL KJK. Analyzed the data: KSL YY HSK JHB KTH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HSK JHL SMK SOL JHB KTH. Wrote the paper: HJC TWC KTH.