Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the patients who provided samples for RNA-Seq.

Patient	Group	Race	Age	Site	Etiology	Lesion Duration	Lesion Size	Prior Treatments	Keloid Family History
1	Control	East Asian	43/F	Abdomen	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
2	Control	East Asian	28/F	Chest	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
3	Control	East Asian	36/F	Flank	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
4	Keloid	East Asian	31/F	Ear	Piercing	7 years	4x2cm	Excision	Keloid
5	Keloid	East Asian	33/F	Ear	Piercing	8 years	3x1cm	Excision	Normal
6	Keloid	East Asian	23/F	Ear	Piercing	5 years	2x2cm	None	Normal