About the Authors

Brigitte Teissedre

Contributed equally to this work with: Brigitte Teissedre, Alicia Pinderhughes

Affiliation Departments of Cell Biology and Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Alicia Pinderhughes

Contributed equally to this work with: Brigitte Teissedre, Alicia Pinderhughes

Affiliation Departments of Cell Biology and Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Angela Incassati

Affiliation Departments of Cell Biology and Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Sarah J. Hatsell

Affiliation Departments of Cell Biology and Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Minoti Hiremath

Affiliation Departments of Cell Biology and Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Pamela Cowin

cowinp01@nyumc.org

Affiliation Departments of Cell Biology and Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, 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: PC. Performed the experiments: BT AP AI SH MH. Analyzed the data: BT AP AI SH PC. Wrote the paper: PC.