About the Authors

Hyun-Ki Kim

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

Hye Jin Chung

Roles Methodology

Affiliation College of Pharmacy and Research institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea

Hương Giang Lê

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Republic of Korea, BK21Plus Team for Anti-aging Biotechnology and Industry, Department of Convergence Medical Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea

Byoung-Kuk Na

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Republic of Korea, BK21Plus Team for Anti-aging Biotechnology and Industry, Department of Convergence Medical Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea

Min-Chul Cho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mccho@gnu.ac.kr

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Republic of Korea, Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

This study was funded by Roche Diagnostics Korea. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.