About the Authors

Jaehyuk Yoo

Contributed equally to this work with: Jaehyuk Yoo, Ha Neul Lee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ha Neul Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Jaehyuk Yoo, Ha Neul Lee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Inho Choi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Dongwon Choi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hee Kyoung Chung

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kyu Eui Kim

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sunju Lee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Berenice Aguilar

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jinjoo Kang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Eunkyung Park

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yong Suk Lee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yong-Sun Maeng

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nam Yoon Kim

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Chester J. Koh

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Young-Kwon Hong

young.hong@usc.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY HNL IC DC HKC KEK SL BA JK EP YSL YSM NYK YKH. Performed the experiments: JY HNL IC DC HKC KEK SL BA JK EP YSL YSM NYK. Analyzed the data: JY HNL IC DC YKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJK. Wrote the paper: YKH.