About the Authors

Jasper G. van den Boorn

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and the Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Debby Konijnenberg

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and the Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Esther P. M. Tjin

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and the Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Daisy I. Picavet

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and the Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Nico J. Meeuwenoord

Affiliation Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

Dmitri V. Filippov

Affiliation Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

J. P. Wietze van der Veen

Affiliations Department of Dermatology and the Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Dermatology, Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jan D. Bos

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and the Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Cornelis J. M. Melief

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Rosalie M. Luiten

r.m.luiten@amc.uva.nl

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and the Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGvdB RML. Performed the experiments: JGvdB DK EPMT DIP. Analyzed the data: JGvdB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NJM DVF. Wrote the paper: JGvdB RML. Dermatological advice: JPWvdV. Supervision and medical advice: JDB. Supervision and immunological advice: CJM.