About the Authors

Natalia T. Meier

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalia T. Meier, Iain S. Haslam, David M. Pattwell

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany, Department of Pathology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany

Iain S. Haslam

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalia T. Meier, Iain S. Haslam, David M. Pattwell

iain.haslam@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation The Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Inflammation and Repair, School of Translational Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

David M. Pattwell

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalia T. Meier, Iain S. Haslam, David M. Pattwell

Current address: Institute of Learning and Teaching, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston, United Kingdom

Affiliation The Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Inflammation and Repair, School of Translational Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Guo-You Zhang

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany, Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Vladimir Emelianov

Current address: Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Medical School Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany

Roberto Paredes

Current address: Stem Cell and Leukaemia Proteomics Laboratory, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, The University of Manchester, Withington, Manchester, United Kingdom

Affiliation The Healing Foundation Centre, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Sebastian Debus

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Matthias Augustin

Affiliation Center for Dermatological Research, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Wolfgang Funk

Affiliation Clinic Dr. Koslowski, Munich, Germany

Enrique Amaya

Affiliation The Healing Foundation Centre, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Jennifer E. Kloepper

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany

Matthew J. Hardman

Affiliation The Healing Foundation Centre, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Ralf Paus

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany, The Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Inflammation and Repair, School of Translational Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NTM DMP GZ VE R. Paredes SD MA EA JEK ISH R. Paus. Performed the experiments: NTM DMP GZ VE R. Paredes JEK ISH. Analyzed the data: NTM DMP GZ VE SD MA JEK ISH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NTM DMP GZ VE R. Paredes SD MA WF MJH EA JEK ISH R. Paus. Wrote the paper: DMP MJH EA JEK ISH R. Paus.