About the Authors
- Zuyi Weng
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Contributed equally to this work with: Zuyi Weng, Bodi Zhang
Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Bodi Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Zuyi Weng, Bodi Zhang
Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Shahrzad Asadi
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Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pharmacy, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Nikolaos Sismanopoulos
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Affiliation Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Alan Butcher
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Affiliation Thorne Research, Inc., Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
- Xueyan Fu
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Affiliation Vitamin K Lab, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Alexandra Katsarou-Katsari
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Affiliation First Department of Dermatology, A. Sygros Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Christina Antoniou
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Affiliation First Department of Dermatology, A. Sygros Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Theoharis C. Theoharides
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* E-mail: theoharis.theoharides@tufts.edu
Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Alan Butcher is the Director of Operations for Thorne Research Inc. that provided the water-soluble quercetin. 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: TCT ZW BZ. Performed the experiments: ZW BZ SA NS XF AK-K CA. Analyzed the data: TCT ZW BZ AK-K CA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB AK-K CA. Wrote the paper: TCT ZW BZ.