About the Authors

Congxing Lin

Affiliation Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Yan Yin

Affiliation Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Sheila M. Bell

Affiliation Perinatal Institute of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Neonatology-and Pulmonary Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

G. Michael Veith

Affiliation Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Hong Chen

Affiliation Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Sung-Ho Huh

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

David M. Ornitz

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Liang Ma

lima@dom.wustl.edu

Affiliations Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL LM. Performed the experiments: CL YY SMB GMV HC S-HH. Analyzed the data: CL YY SMB LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMB S-HH DMO. Wrote the paper: CL YY SMB DMO LM.