About the Authors

Jinmi Lee

Affiliation Institute of Medical Research, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Seok-Woo Hong

Affiliation Institute of Medical Research, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Seoung Wan Chae

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Dong Hoon Kim

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ji Hun Choi

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ji Cheol Bae

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Se Eun Park

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Eun-Jung Rhee

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Cheol-Young Park

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ki-Won Oh

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Sung-Woo Park

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Sun-Woo Kim

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Won-Young Lee

drlwy@hanmail.net

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL WYL. Performed the experiments: JL SWH. Analyzed the data: JL SWH SWC DHK JHC JCB SEP EJR CYP KWO SWP SWK WYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL SWH SWC DHK JHC JCB SEP EJR CYP KWO SWP SWK WYL. Wrote the paper: JL EJR WYL.