About the Authors

Tadafumi Yokoyama

Affiliations Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ayumi Yoshizaki

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Karen L. Simon

Affiliations Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Martha R. Kirby

Affiliation Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stacie M. Anderson

Affiliation Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Fabio Candotti

Fabio.Candotti@chuv.ch

Affiliations Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Immunology and Allergy, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TY FC. Performed the experiments: TY MRK SMA. Analyzed the data: TY FC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AY KLS. Wrote the paper: TY AY KLS FC.