Sihyung Wang1, Chanbin Lee1, Jieun Kim1, Jeongeun Hyun1, Minso Lim1, Hyuk-Jin Cha2, Seh-Hoon Oh3, Yung Hyun Choi4, Youngmi Jung5,6. 1. Department of Integrated Biological Science, College of Natural Science, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea. 2. Department of Medicine, SogangUniversity, Seoul, Korea. 3. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. 4. Department of Biochemistry, Dongeui University College of Korean Medicine and Anti-Aging Research Center, Dongeui University, Pusan, Korea. 5. Department of Integrated Biological Science, College of Natural Science, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea. y.jung@pusan.ac.kr. 6. Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Science, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea. y.jung@pusan.ac.kr.
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Minso Lim, the fifth author listed on this article[1], did not participate in the study described. Yung Hyun Choi has stated that Minso
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