About the Authors

Min-Kyung Park

Affiliations Department of Human Nutrition and Food Science, Chungwoon University, Namjang-Ri, Hongsung-Eup, Hongsung-Kun, Chungnam, Korea, Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Vu NGO

Affiliation Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Young-Man Kwon

Affiliation Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Young-Tae Lee

Affiliation Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sieun Yoo

Affiliation Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Young-Hee Cho

Affiliation Department of Animal Resource Science, Dankook University, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Korea

Sung-Moon Hong

Affiliation Department of Animal Resource Science, Dankook University, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Korea

Hye Suk Hwang

Affiliation Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Eun-Ju Ko

Affiliation Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yu-Jin Jung

Affiliation Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dae-Won Moon

Affiliation Tobico Inc. Chungnam Techno Park, Jiksan-Eup, Seobuk-Gu, Cheonan-Si, Chungnam, Korea

Eun-Ji Jeong

Affiliation Tobico Inc. Chungnam Techno Park, Jiksan-Eup, Seobuk-Gu, Cheonan-Si, Chungnam, Korea

Min-Chul Kim

Affiliations Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yu-Na Lee

Affiliation Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ji-Hun Jang

Affiliation Tobico Inc. Chungnam Techno Park, Jiksan-Eup, Seobuk-Gu, Cheonan-Si, Chungnam, Korea

Joon-Suk Oh

Affiliation Tobico Inc. Chungnam Techno Park, Jiksan-Eup, Seobuk-Gu, Cheonan-Si, Chungnam, Korea

Cheol-Hyun Kim

Affiliation Department of Animal Resource Science, Dankook University, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Korea

Sang-Moo Kang

skang24@gsu.edu

Affiliation Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that Tobico Inc partially funded this research. They declare that DWM, EJJ, JHJ, and JSO are employees in Tobico Inc. CHK and JSO have patents. MKP, JSO, and CHK hold stock options in Tobico Inc. The authors declare that co-author Sang-Moo Kang is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. They confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKP VN YMK YTL CHK SMK. Performed the experiments: MKP VN YMK YTL SY YHC SMH HSH EJK YJJ DWM. Analyzed the data: MKP VN YMK YTL HSH EJK YNL SMK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DWM EJJ MCK JHJ JSO CHK SMK. Wrote the paper: MKP SMK.