About the Authors

Chiara Parodi

Contributed equally to this work with: Chiara Parodi, Jonathan A. Hardman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy

Jonathan A. Hardman

Contributed equally to this work with: Chiara Parodi, Jonathan A. Hardman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Centre for Dermatology Research, University of Manchester, MAHSC, and National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Center, Manchester, United Kingdom

Giulia Allavena

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy

Roberto Marotta

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy

Tiziano Catelani

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy

Marta Bertolini

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Monasterium Laboratory, Münster, Germany, Department of Dermatology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Ralf Paus

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ralf.paus@manchester.ac.uk (RP); benedetto.grimaldi@iit.it (BG)

Affiliations The Centre for Dermatology Research, University of Manchester, MAHSC, and National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Center, Manchester, United Kingdom, Monasterium Laboratory, Münster, Germany, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Benedetto Grimaldi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ralf.paus@manchester.ac.uk (RP); benedetto.grimaldi@iit.it (BG)

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests. A minor component of this study was supported by a basic research grant to CP from the company that markets the anti hair-loss product containing the principal ingredients used in the experiments (Giuliani spa, Milan, Italy), for which RP consults. MB is a part-time employee of a company that specializes in translational skin and hair research (Monasterium Laboratory, Münster, Germany).