About the Authors

Yoshihiro Izumiya

yizumiya@ucdavis.edu (YI); hkung@ucdavis.edu (HJK)

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis (UC Davis) School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Keisuke Kobayashi

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis (UC Davis) School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Department of Basic Pathology, National Defense Medical College, Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

Kevin Y. Kim

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis (UC Davis) School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Mamata Pochampalli

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Chie Izumiya

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Bogdan Shevchenko

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis (UC Davis) School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Don-Hong Wang

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis (UC Davis) School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Steve B. Huerta

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis (UC Davis) School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Anthony Martinez

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Mel Campbell

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis (UC Davis) School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Hsing-Jien Kung

yizumiya@ucdavis.edu (YI); hkung@ucdavis.edu (HJK)

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YI HJK. Performed the experiments: YI KK KYK MP CI SBH. Analyzed the data: YI MC HJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CI BS DHW SBH AM. Wrote the paper: YI MC HJK.