About the Authors

Jeong-Hyun Kim

Affiliations Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Hyun Sub Cheong

Affiliation Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jong Sook Park

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea

An-Soo Jang

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea

Soo-Taek Uh

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea

Yong-Hoon Kim

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Disease, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea

Mi-Kyeong Kim

Affiliation Division of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

Inseon S. Choi

Affiliation Department of Allergy, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Sang Heon Cho

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Byoung Whui Choi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University Yongsan Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Joon Seol Bae

Affiliation Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Choon-Sik Park

hdshin@sogang.ac.kr (HDS); schalr@schmc.ac.kr (CSP)

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea

Hyoung Doo Shin

hdshin@sogang.ac.kr (HDS); schalr@schmc.ac.kr (CSP)

Affiliations Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea, Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

SNP Genetics, Inc. provided the iScan scanner instrument and GenomeStudio software used in the research. Co-authors HSC and HDS are employed by SNP Genetics, 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: CSP HDS. Performed the experiments: JHK JSB. Analyzed the data: JHK HSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSP ASJ STU YHK MKK ISC SHC BWC CSP. Wrote the paper: JHK CSP HDS.