Figure 4.

Effects of Korean red ginseng (KRG) and Rg3 on the transcription factor expression in bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B). (A) shows representative results of western blot analysis of transcription factors. Asian sand dust (ASD) induced NF-κB and phosphorylated-NF-κB expression, which was significantly inhibited by KRG and Rg3 (B). However, KRG and Rg3 did not affect c-Jun (C) and p38 (D) expressions. NC; negative control, *; p < 0.05 compared with NC, †; p < 0.05 compared with ASD stimulated group, n = 5.