Hongjam is a natural health food that has been shown to have various health-promoting effects, but studies on immunity enhancement have not been done so far. In this study, we investigated whether HongJam extracts could be enhancing innate immunity by protomoting proliferatin of macrophages and their phagocytic or pinocytic abilities to pathogens. (Grant No. PJ017024022023)

• Phan Trinh Yen Binh(Department of Biomedical Gerontology, Hallym University, Korea) Corresponding author
• Nguyen Thi Thanh Tam(Department of Biomedical Gerontology, Hallym University, Korea)
• Yoo Hee Kim(Ilsong Institute of Life Science, Hallym University, Korea)
• Young Ho Koh(Department of Biomedical Gerontology, Hallym University, Korea, Ilsong Institute of Life Science, Hallym University, Korea)