About the Authors

Seiji Mori

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Vu Tran

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Kyoko Nishikawa

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Teruya Kaneda

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Yoshinosuke Hamada

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Naomasa Kawaguchi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Masaaki Fujita

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Yoko K. Takada

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Nariaki Matsuura

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Min Zhao

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Yoshikazu Takada

ytakada@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM NM MZ YT. Performed the experiments: VT KN TK YH NK MF YKT. Analyzed the data: SM NM MZ YT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VT KN TK YH NK MF YKT. Wrote the paper: SM YT.