About the Authors

Dayle McClintock

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Desiree Ratner

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Meepa Lokuge

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

David M. Owens

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Leslie B. Gordon

Affiliation Department of BioMed Pediatrics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Francis S. Collins

Affiliation Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Karima Djabali

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kd206@columbia.edu

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KD. Performed the experiments: KD DM ML. Analyzed the data: FC KD DM DR LG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FC KD DM DR DO LG. Wrote the paper: KD. Other: Provided important help on finalizing the manuscript: LG DR FC.