About the Authors

Chul Ho Jang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, 501–757, Republic of Korea

Yu Lan Piao

Affiliation Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju, 501–759, South Korea

Xiaoqin Huang

Affiliation Molecular Modeling and Biopharmaceutical Center and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States of America

Eun Jeong Yoon

Affiliation Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju, 501–759, South Korea

So Hee Park

Affiliation Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju, 501–759, South Korea

Kyoung Lee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Changwon National University, Changwon, Kyongnam, 641–773, Republic of Korea

Chang-Guo Zhan

zhan@uky.edu (CGZ); hcho@chosun.ac.kr (HC)

Affiliation Molecular Modeling and Biopharmaceutical Center and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States of America

Hoon Cho

zhan@uky.edu (CGZ); hcho@chosun.ac.kr (HC)

Affiliation Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju, 501–759, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHJ CGZ HC. Performed the experiments: YLP XH EJY SHP KL. Analyzed the data: CHJ CGZ HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHJ CGZ HC. Wrote the paper: CHJ CGZ HC.