About the Authors

Yasushi Ogawa

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Takuya Takeichi

Current address: St John's Institute of Dermatology, 9th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Michihiro Kono

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Nobuyuki Hamajima

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Toshimichi Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Legal Medicine and Bioethics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Kazumitsu Sugiura

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Masashi Akiyama

makiyama@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YO KS MA. Performed the experiments: YO TT MK TY. Analyzed the data: YO KS TT MK TY MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NH. Wrote the paper: YO MK.