About the Authors

Tej Pratap Singh

Current address: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliations Research Unit for Photodermatology, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Michael P. Schön

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Katrin Wallbrecht

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Alexandra Gruber-Wackernagel

Affiliation Research Unit for Photodermatology, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Xiao-Jing Wang

Affiliation Departments of Pathology, Otolaryngology, Dermatology, and Craniofacial Biology, Head and Neck Cancer Research, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Peter Wolf

peter.wolf@medunigraz.at

Affiliation Research Unit for Photodermatology, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Interpreted the data: TPS PW. Generated the figures: TPS. Originally generated: XJW. Provided the transgenic animals: MPS KW. Discussed the results: TPS MPS KW AGW XJW PW. Read and commented on the manuscript: TPS MPS KW AGW XJW PW. Conceived and designed the experiments: TPS PW. Performed the experiments: TPS. Analyzed the data: TPS PW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PW AGW MPS KW XJW. Wrote the paper: TPS PW.