About the Authors

Santosh K. Katiyar

skatiyar@uab.edu

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Center for Aging, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Sudheer K. Mantena

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Syed M. Meeran

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKK SMM SKM. Performed the experiments: SMM SKM. Analyzed the data: SKK SMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKK. Wrote the paper: SKK SMM.