Acknowledgement
KL(corresponding author) and HYP contributed to the design of all experiments and interpreted the results of the data. HYP and JK interpreted the results of the data and revised the paper. YP collected the data, undertook the statistical analyses, and wrote the manuscript. IJ carried out the studies and provided technical support. All of the authors read and approved the final manuscript. The authors would like to thank the Exercise & Nutrition Laboratory for their excellent laboratory work. This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2019S1A5A2A03034583).
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