About the Authors

Yuanyuan Wu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Karen Wang

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Adrine Karapetyan

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Warnakulusuriya Akash Fernando

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Jennifer Simkin

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Manjong Han

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Elizabeth L. Rugg

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Ken Muneoka

kmuneoka@tulane.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW WAF MH ELR KM. Performed the experiments: YW KW AK WAF. Analyzed the data: YW KW WAF JS ELR KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ELR KM. Wrote the paper: YW KW WAF ELR KM.