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Seaweeds have been attracted recently as multifunctional foods for maintaining human health. So, this study was carried out to verify the innate and adaptive immune enhancing activity of Ecklonia stolonifera, edible brown seaweeds, water extract (ESWE). ESWE was added to
macrophages and splenocytes obtained from Balb/c mice. After then, NO production and TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β levels in macrophages were measured. Cell proliferation and IFN-γ and IL-2 levels in splenocytes were also determined. As a result, it was confirmed that ESWE
increased NO produced from activated macrophages for removing invaded bacterial at the concentration of 1-100 μg/mL. Also, pro-inflammatory cytokines, TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β, levels in macrophages were enhanced when ESWE was added. For splenocytes, ESWE boosted
IFN-γ secretion at the concentration of 0.1-100 μg/mL while IL-2 secretion was increased at 0.1 μg/mL only. In addition, it was founded that ESWE considerably stimulated the cell proliferation at all tested concentration. In conclusion, it is considered that ESWE could strengthen
both innate and adaptive immunity.