About the Authors

Mei Yu

Affiliations Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada

Robert H. Bell

Affiliations Prostate Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Maggie M. Ho

Affiliations Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada

Gigi Leung

Affiliations Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada

Anne Haegert

Affiliations Prostate Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Nicholas Carr

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Jerry Shapiro

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Kevin J. McElwee

kmcelwee@interchange.ubc.ca

Affiliations Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MY JS KJM AH. Performed the experiments: MY MMH GL AH. Analyzed the data: MY RHB KJM AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RHB NC JS. Wrote the paper: MY KJM.