About the Authors

Zhihai Ma

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Helen Swede

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

David Cassarino

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Elizabeth Fleming

Affiliation Department of Genetics/Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Andrew Fire

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Soheil S. Dadras

dadras@uchc.edu

Affiliations Department of Genetics/Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSD AF. Performed the experiments: ZM EF. Analyzed the data: SSD ZM HS EF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSD. Wrote the paper: SSD. Confirmed histological diagnoses and build TMA: DC.