About the Authors

Mikiro Takaishi

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan

Masahito Tarutani

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan

Junji Takeda

Affiliation Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

Shigetoshi Sano

sano.derma@kochi-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Takaishi SS. Performed the experiments: M. Takaishi. Analyzed the data: M. Takaishi M. Tarutani SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Takaishi JT. Wrote the paper: M. Takaishi SS.