About the Authors

Qian Sun

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Ram Prasad

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Eben Rosenthal

Affiliations Department of Surgery-Otolaryngology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Santosh K. Katiyar

skatiyar@uab.edu

Affiliations Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QS RP SKK. Performed the experiments: QS RP. Analyzed the data: SKK ER RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKK ER. Wrote the paper: SKK.