About the Authors

Luis Rodriguez-Menocal

Affiliations Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Interdiscipinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Marcela Salgado

Affiliations Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Interdiscipinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Stephen Davis

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jill Waibel

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Arsalan Shabbir

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Audrey Cox

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Evangelos V. Badiavas

ebadiavas@med.miami.edu

Affiliations Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Interdiscipinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EVB. Performed the experiments: LRM MS JW. Analyzed the data: EVB LRM MS SD JW AS AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EVB SD JW. Wrote the paper: LRM EVB MS SD JW AS AC.