Immunomodulatory Effect of Influenza Virus Infection

Herbal ginseng medication has reported beneficial effects on human health development. We examined whether Red Ginseng Extract (RGE) preventively affects in vivo and in vitro influenza A virus infection. RGE was found to enhance the survival of human influenza virus epithelial cells. In addition, the RGE therapy was possibly partially reduced by interaction with reactive flu influenza oxygen forming molecules, due to the expression of pro-inflammatory genes (IL-6 , IL-8). Mice with RGE have had many long-term oral administration of immunomodulatory effects, such as enhancing IFN-α-cell antiviral development after infection with flu A. RGE administration in mice also stopped inflammatory cells from penetration into the bronchial lumens. Consequently, RGE may have the potential beneficial effects of several immunomodulatory roles on influenza A viral infections.