About the Authors

Mi-Hyun Kim

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea, Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Jeong Su Cho

Affiliation Department of thoracic surgery, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Yeongdae Kim

Affiliation Department of thoracic surgery, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Chang Hun Lee

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea

Min Ki Lee

donghshin@chol.com (DHS); leemk@pusan.ac.kr (MKL)

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Dong Hoon Shin

donghshin@chol.com (DHS); leemk@pusan.ac.kr (MKL)

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea, Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DHS CHL MKL. Performed the experiments: MHK DHS. Analyzed the data: MHK DHS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSC YK. Wrote the paper: MHK DHS.