About the Authors

Sung Un Kang

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, Center for Cell Death Regulating Biodrug, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Yoo Seob Shin

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, Center for Cell Death Regulating Biodrug, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Hye Sook Hwang

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, Center for Cell Death Regulating Biodrug, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Seung Joon Baek

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Seong-Ho Lee

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Chul-Ho Kim

ostium@ajou.ac.kr

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, Center for Cell Death Regulating Biodrug, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHK. Performed the experiments: SUK HSH. Analyzed the data: SJB SHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YSS. Wrote the paper: SUK.