Cultured Rat Microglial Cells Synthesize the Endocannabinoid 2-Arachidonylglycerol, Which Increases Proliferation via a CB2 Receptor-Dependent Mechanism

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 999-1007

  Carrier, Erica J ^a   Kearn, Christopher S ^a   Barkmeier, Andrew J ^a   Breese, Nicole M ^a   Yang, Wenqi ^a   Nithipatikom, Kasem ^a   Pfister, Sandra L ^a   Campbell, William B ^a   Hillard, Cecilia J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHYLBUTYL 1 DEOXYTETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; 2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 5 (4 CHLORO 3 METHYLPHENYL) 1 (4 METHYLBENZYL) N (1,3,3 TRIMETHYLBICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTAN 2 YL) 3 PYRAZOLECARBOXAMIDE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROPHAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STROKE; SYNTHESIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCERIDES; MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; MICROGLIA; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2;

EID: 1842428537     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.65.4.999     Document Type: Article

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