About the Authors

Liang Liu

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Hamid Reza Rezvani

Affiliations Biothérapies des maladies génétiques et cancers, Univ. de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Biothérapies des maladies génétiques et cancers, Bordeaux, France

Jung Ho Back

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Mohsen Hosseini

Affiliations Biothérapies des maladies génétiques et cancers, Univ. de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Biothérapies des maladies génétiques et cancers, Bordeaux, France

Xiuwei Tang

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Yucui Zhu

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Walid Mahfouf

Affiliations Biothérapies des maladies génétiques et cancers, Univ. de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Biothérapies des maladies génétiques et cancers, Bordeaux, France

Houssam Raad

Affiliations Biothérapies des maladies génétiques et cancers, Univ. de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Biothérapies des maladies génétiques et cancers, Bordeaux, France

Grace Raji

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Mohammad Athar

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

Arianna L. Kim

ak309@columbia.edu (AK); ak309@columbia.edu (DB)

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

David R. Bickers

ak309@columbia.edu (AK); ak309@columbia.edu (DB)

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Arianna Kim currently serves an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALK MA DRB. Performed the experiments: LL HRR JB MH XT YZ WM HR GR ALK. Analyzed the data: LL HRR JB MH ALK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HRR MH WM HR MA. Wrote the paper: LL ALK DRB.