About the Authors

Caterina Longo

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Alexis Patanarut

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Tony George

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Barney Bishop

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Weidong Zhou

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Claudia Fredolini

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Mark M. Ross

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Virginia Espina

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Giovanni Pellacani

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Emanuel F. Petricoin III

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Lance A. Liotta

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Alessandra Luchini

aluchini@gmu.edu

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The technology described herein is licensed (patent pending) to the authors institutions (George Mason University, USA and Istituto Superiore di Sanita', Italy). Under faculty guidelines the University authors can received a share of the patent royalties owned by the university.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL CF GP EP LL AL. Performed the experiments: CL AP TG WZ AL. Analyzed the data: MMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB CF VE. Wrote the paper: CL VE LL AL.