About the Authors
- Andreas Gast
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Affiliations Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
- Justo Lorenzo Bermejo
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Rainer Claus
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Affiliation Department of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Andreas Brandt
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Affiliation Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Marianne Weires
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Affiliation Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Alexander Weber
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Affiliation Junior Research Group Toll-like Receptors and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Christoph Plass
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Affiliation Department of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Antje Sucker
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
- Kari Hemminki
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Affiliation Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Dirk Schadendorf
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Contributed equally to this work with: Dirk Schadendorf, Rajiv Kumar
Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
- Rajiv Kumar
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Contributed equally to this work with: Dirk Schadendorf, Rajiv Kumar
* E-mail: r.kumar@dkfz.de
Affiliation Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AG KH DS RK. Performed the experiments: AG RC AS. Analyzed the data: AG JLB AB MW AW RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG CP AS KH DS RK. Wrote the paper: AG RK AW KH DS RK.