With mumps making the rounds, it’s good to know that vitamin A can help.In vitro inhibition of

With mumps making the rounds, it’s good to know that vitamin A can help.

In vitro inhibition of mumps virus by retinoids

These results demonstrate that retinoids inhibit MuV replication in uninfected bystander cells through a retinoid inducible gene I (RIG-I), retinoic acid receptor (RAR) and IFN dependent manner making them refractory to subsequent rounds of viral replication. These observations raise the possibility that pharmacological doses of retinoids might have clinical benefit in MuV infection.