About the Authors

Jae-Won Hyun

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea, Ewha Womans University, Graduate School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Su-Hyun Kim

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea

In Hye Jeong

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea

Suk-Won Ahn

Affiliation Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

So-Young Huh

Affiliation Kosin University, College of Medicine, Busan, Korea

Min Su Park

Affiliation Yeungnam University, College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

Young In Eom

Affiliation Ajou University, School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea

In Soo Joo

Affiliation Ajou University, School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea

Joong-Yang Cho

Affiliation Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea

Eun Bin Cho

Affiliations Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Neuroscience Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Ju-Hong Min

Affiliations Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Neuroscience Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Byoung Joon Kim

Affiliations Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Neuroscience Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Nam-Hee Kim

Affiliation Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea

Jeeyoung Oh

Affiliation Konkuk University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Kee Duk Park

Affiliation Ewha Womans University, Graduate School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ho Jin Kim

hojinkim@ncc.re.kr

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea

Competing Interests

Dr. HJ Kim has received honoraria for speaking or consulting from Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Genzyme, Merck Serono, Novartis, MedImmune, and Teva-Handok and has received research grants from Genzyme, Merck Serono, and Kael-GemVax. He serves on a steering committee for MedImmune and serves as an editorial board member of Multiple Sclerosis Journal—Experimental, Translational and Clinical. Dr. NH Kim has received honoraria for speaking or consulting from Bayer Schering Pharma, UCB, Merck Serono, and Novartis. Dr. J Oh has received honoraria for speaking or consulting from Genzyme. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWH HJK SHK. Performed the experiments: JWH HJK SHK IHJ SWA SYH MSP YIE ISJ JYC EBC JHM BJK NHK JO KDP. Analyzed the data: JWH HJK SHK IHJ SWA SYH MSP YIE ISJ JYC EBC JHM BJK NHK JO KDP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWH HJK SHK. Wrote the paper: JWH HJK SHK IHJ SWA SYH MSP YIE ISJ JYC EBC JHM BJK NHK JO KDP.