About the Authors
- Bae Hyun Shin
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Affiliation Global Research Laboratory, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Korea
- Yunki Lim
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Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Korea
- Hye Jin Oh
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Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Korea
- Sang Min Park
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Affiliation Global Research Laboratory, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Korea
- Sun-Kyung Lee
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Affiliations Department of Life Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, The Research Institute for Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
- Joohong Ahnn
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Affiliation Department of Life Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
- Do Han Kim
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Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Korea
- Woo Keun Song
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Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Korea
- Tae Hwan Kwak
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Affiliation R&D Institute, Mazence Inc., Suwon, Korea
- Woo Jin Park
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* E-mail: woojinpark@me.com
Affiliation Global Research Laboratory, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Korea
Competing Interests
Tae Hwan Kwak is an employee of R&D Mazence Inc. and has a patent which protects the use of β-lapachone for the treatment of metabolic diseases. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BHS WJP. Performed the experiments: BHS YL HJO SMP. Analyzed the data: BHS YL HJO SKL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA DHK WKS THK. Wrote the paper: BHS WJP.