About the Authors

Hyun-Kyoung Kim

Affiliations Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Korea, Department of Microbiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Hai-Li Hwang

Affiliation Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Korea

Seong-Yeol Park

Affiliation Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Korea

Kwang Man Lee

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea

Won Cheol Park

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea

Han-Seong Kim

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Korea

Tae-Hyun Um

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Korea

Young Jun Hong

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Korea

Jin Kyung Lee

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Korea

Sun-Young Joo

Current address: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Ju-Young Seoh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Yeong-Wook Song

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Soo-Youl Kim

Affiliation Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Korea

Yong-Nyun Kim

kmhong@ncc.re.kr (KMH); ynk@ncc.re.kr (YNK)

Affiliation Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Korea

Kyeong-Man Hong

kmhong@ncc.re.kr (KMH); ynk@ncc.re.kr (YNK)

Affiliation Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMH YNK. Performed the experiments: HKK HLH SYP JYS. Analyzed the data: HKK KMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KML WCP SYK HSK THU YJH JKL SYJ YWS. Wrote the paper: HKK YNK KMH.