About the Authors

Mika Terao

Contributed equally to this work with: Mika Terao, Mamori Tani

mterao@derma.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

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

Mamori Tani

Contributed equally to this work with: Mika Terao, Mamori Tani

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

Saori Itoi

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

Takuji Yoshimura

Affiliation Laboratory of Reproductive Engineering, The Institute of Experimental Animal Sciences, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Toshimitsu Hamasaki

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Statistics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Hiroyuki Murota

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

Ichiro Katayama

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M.Terao HM IK. Performed the experiments: M.Terao M.Tani SI. Analyzed the data: M.Terao TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M.Terao. Wrote the paper: M.Terao IK. Generation of null mice: TY.