About the Authors

Moonsup Jeong

Affiliations Biopharmaceutical Research Laboratories of Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kyunggi-Do, Korea, Department of Neurosurgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Yong-Sam Kwon

Affiliation Biopharmaceutical Research Laboratories of Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kyunggi-Do, Korea

Soon-Hye Park

Affiliation Biopharmaceutical Research Laboratories of Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kyunggi-Do, Korea

Chae-Young Kim

Affiliation Biopharmaceutical Research Laboratories of Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kyunggi-Do, Korea

Sin-Soo Jeun

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Kang-Won Song

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Yong Ko

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Paul D. Robbins

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Timothy R. Billiar

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Byong-Moon Kim

bmkim@donga.co.kr (BMK); seold@kyungwon.ac.kr or (DWS)

Affiliation Biopharmaceutical Research Laboratories of Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kyunggi-Do, Korea

Dai-Wu Seol

bmkim@donga.co.kr (BMK); seold@kyungwon.ac.kr or (DWS)

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Life Science, Kyungwon University, Kyunggi-Do, Korea, Gachon BioNano Research Institute, Kyungwon University, Kyunggi-Do, Korea

Competing Interests

Authors Moonsup Jeong, Yong-Sam Kwon, Soon-Hye Park, Chae-Young Kim & Byong-Moon Kim are employees of Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Dai-Wu Seol is a patent holder of stTRAIL. The other authors declare no competing financial interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSJ PDR TB BMK DWS. Performed the experiments: MJ YSK SHP CYK KWS YK DWS. Analyzed the data: MJ YSK SHP CYK SSJ KWS YK PDR TB BMK DWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PDR DWS. Wrote the paper: SSJ PDR TB BMK DWS.