About the Authors
- Yin-Ku Lin
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Affiliations School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
- Sien-Hung Yang
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Affiliations School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Chin-Chuan Chen
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Affiliation Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Hsiao-Ching Kao
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Affiliation Pharmaceutics Laboratory, Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Jia-You Fang
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* E-mail: fajy@mail.cgu.edu.tw
Affiliations Pharmaceutics Laboratory, Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Chinese Herbal Medicine Research Team, Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Research Center for Industry of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Competing Interests
3M Pharmaceuticals (Leicestershire, UK) donated imiquimod cream (Aldara®) for the purpose of this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: JYF YKL SHY. Performed the experiments: YKL CCC HCK. Analyzed the data: YKL HCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YKL. Wrote the paper: YKL SHY JYF.