About the Authors

Teruaki Nakatsuji

Affiliations Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs (VA) San Diego Healthcare Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Yu-Tsueng Liu

Affiliation Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Cheng-Po Huang

Affiliations Veterans Affairs (VA) San Diego Healthcare Center, San Diego, California, United States of America, Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Richard L. Gallo

Affiliations Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs (VA) San Diego Healthcare Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Chun-Ming Huang

*E-mail: chunming@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs (VA) San Diego Healthcare Center, San Diego, California, United States of America, Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMH. Analyzed the data: YL CMH TN CPH RG. Wrote the paper: CMH. Other: Designed the study: RG CMH. Collected data or performed experiments for this study: TN CMH CPH. Contributed to writing the papers: CMH TN.