About the Authors
- Taiji Nakashima
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Masatoshi Jinnin
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* E-mail: mjin@kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Tomomi Etoh
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Satoshi Fukushima
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Shinichi Masuguchi
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Keishi Maruo
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Yuji Inoue
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Tsuyoshi Ishihara
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Hironobu Ihn
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Competing Interests
This study was supported in part by grants from a commercial source (Rohto, Shiseido and Mitsubishi Pharma). The funders do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TN. Performed the experiments: TN MJ TE SF SM KM YI TI HI. Analyzed the data: TN MJ TE SF SM KM YI TI HI. Wrote the paper: TN.