About the Authors

Yuval Ramot

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

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuval Ramot, Stephan Tiede

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Tamás Bíró

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Research Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Mohd Hilmi Abu Bakar

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia

Koji Sugawara

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Michael P. Philpott

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

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

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, Biocenter Kuopio, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Ralf Paus

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.