About the Authors
- Yuval Ramot
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yuval Ramot, Stephan Tiede
Affiliations Department of Dermatology, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Stephan Tiede
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yuval Ramot, Stephan Tiede
Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Tamás Bíró
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Research Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
- Mohd Hilmi Abu Bakar
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Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
- Koji Sugawara
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Michael P. Philpott
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Affiliation Centre for Cutaneous Research, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Wesley Harrison
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Affiliation Centre for Cutaneous Research, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Marko Pietilä
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Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, Biocenter Kuopio, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Ralf Paus
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* E-mail: ralf.paus@uk-sh.de
Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, Epithelial Sciences, School of Translational Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
RP and MP have received academic research grants from Giuliani, and have served in a consultancy function for this company. The authors are neither employees of Giuliani Srl, Milano, nor do they have any direct financial interests in the products of this company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YR ST TB MPP RP. Performed the experiments: YR ST TB MHAB KS MPP WH. Analyzed the data: YR ST TB MHAB KS MPP WH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP. Wrote the paper: YR ST MPP RP MP TB KS WH.