About the Authors

Kenshiro Tsuda

Contributed equally to this work with: Kenshiro Tsuda, Keiichi Yamanaka, Makoto Kondo

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Mie University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Keiichi Yamanaka

Contributed equally to this work with: Kenshiro Tsuda, Keiichi Yamanaka, Makoto Kondo

yamake@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Mie University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Makoto Kondo

Contributed equally to this work with: Kenshiro Tsuda, Keiichi Yamanaka, Makoto Kondo

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Mie University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Kimiko Matsubara

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Mie University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Ryogen Sasaki

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mie University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Hidekazu Tomimoto

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mie University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Esteban C. Gabazza

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Mie University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Hitoshi Mizutani

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Mie University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KY HT HM. Performed the experiments: KT KY MK KM RS. Analyzed the data: KT KY. Wrote the paper: KT KY EG HM.