Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol selectively inhibits macrophage costimulatory activity and down-regulates heat-stable antigen expression

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1315-1321

  Clements, Dorothy J ^a   Cabral, Guy A ^a   McCoy, Kathleen L ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DRONABINOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 0030432494     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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