About the Authors

Hye-Jung Yeom

Contributed equally to this work with: Hye-Jung Yeom, Ok Jae Koo

Affiliation Transplantation Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Ok Jae Koo

Contributed equally to this work with: Hye-Jung Yeom, Ok Jae Koo

Affiliations Transplantation Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Designed Animal Resource Center and Biotransplant Research Institute, Seoul National University Green-Bio Research Complex, Gangwon-do, Korea

Jaeseok Yang

Affiliations Transplantation Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Bumrae Cho

Affiliations Transplantation Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Department of Theriogenology and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Jong-Ik Hwang

Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, Laboratory of G Protein Coupled Receptors, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Sol Ji Park

Affiliation Department of Theriogenology and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Sunghoon Hurh

Affiliation Transplantation Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Hwajung Kim

Affiliation Transplantation Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Eun Mi Lee

Affiliation Transplantation Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Han Ro

Affiliations Transplantation Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Jung Taek Kang

Affiliation Department of Theriogenology and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Su Jin Kim

Affiliation Department of Theriogenology and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Jae-Kyung Won

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Center, Seoul National University Cancer Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Philip J. O'Connell

Affiliation The Center for Transplant Renal Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Hyunil Kim

Affiliation Optifarm Solution Inc., Seonggeo-eup, Cheonan, Korea

Charles D. Surh

Affiliation The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Byeong-Chun Lee

curie@snu.ac.kr (AC); bclee@snu.ac.kr (B-CL)

Affiliations Department of Theriogenology and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Designed Animal Resource Center and Biotransplant Research Institute, Seoul National University Green-Bio Research Complex, Gangwon-do, Korea

Curie Ahn

curie@snu.ac.kr (AC); bclee@snu.ac.kr (B-CL)

Affiliations Transplantation Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Designed Animal Resource Center and Biotransplant Research Institute, Seoul National University Green-Bio Research Complex, Gangwon-do, Korea, Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Division of Nephrology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

Hyunil Kim is employed by Optifarm Solution Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJY OJK JY BC EML HR BCL CA. Performed the experiments: HJY OJK BC JIH SJP SH Hwajung Kim JTK SJK Hyunil Kim. Analyzed the data: HJY OJK JY BC JIH SJP SH EML HR JTK SJK JKW PJO CDS BCL CA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJY OJK BC JIH SJP SH HK EML HR JTK SJK. Wrote the paper: HJY OJK JY PJO CDS BCL CA.