About the Authors

Donggou He

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

Hui Li

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

Nabiha Yusuf

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Skin Disease Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Craig A. Elmets

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Skin Disease Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Mohammad Athar

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Skin Disease Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Santosh K. Katiyar

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Skin Disease Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Hui Xu

xuhui@uab.edu

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Skin Disease Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HX CAE SK MA. Performed the experiments: DH HL HX SK. Analyzed the data: MA SK NY HX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA HX NY. Wrote the paper: HX DH.