About the Authors

Mingfei Chen

MC and YL are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliations Institute of Dermatology and Department of Dermatology at No.1 Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Yi Li

MC and YL are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Hong Liu

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Xi'an Fu

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Yiongxiang Yu

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Gongqi Yu

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Chuan Wang

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Fangfang Bao

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Herty Liany

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Zhenzhen Wang

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Zhongxiang Shi

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Dizhan Zhang

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Guizhi Zhou

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Jianjun Liu

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Furen Zhang

zhangfuren@hotmail.com

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FZ. Performed the experiments: MC XF YY GY CW FB. Analyzed the data: YL H. Liu ZW H. Liany. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XF CW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MC YL. Diagnosed the disease: ZS DZ GZ. Provided the platform for data analysis: JL.