About the Authors

Kwesi Teye

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830–0011, Japan

Sanae Numata

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830–0011, Japan

Norito Ishii

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830–0011, Japan

Rafal P. Krol

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830–0011, Japan

Atsunari Tsuchisaka

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830–0011, Japan

Takahiro Hamada

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830–0011, Japan

Hiroshi Koga

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830–0011, Japan

Tadashi Karashima

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830–0011, Japan

Chika Ohata

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830–0011, Japan

Daisuke Tsuruta

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hideyuki Saya

Affiliation Division of Gene Regulation, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Marek Haftek

Affiliation University of Lyon 1, EA 4169 and CNRS, Lyon, France

Takashi Hashimoto

hashimot@med.kurume-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830–0011, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT MH SN DT T. Hashimoto. Performed the experiments: KT SN AT TK HK RPK. Analyzed the data: KT SN RPK MH NI DT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: T. Hamada HS NI HK TK CO. Wrote the paper: KT SN MH T. Hashimoto.