Identification of a novel endocannabinoid-hydrolyzing enzyme expressed by microglial cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2883-2889

  Muccioli, Giulio G ^a   Xu, Cong ^a   Odah, Emma ^a   Cudaback, Eiron ^a   Cisneros, Jose Antonio ^b   Lambert, Didier M ^c   Rodríguez, María Luz López ^b   Bajjalieh, Sandra ^a   Stella, Nephi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

2 arachidonoyl glycerol; CB1 receptor; CB2 receptor; Lipase; Lipid; Signaling

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; [1,1 BIPHENYL] 3 YL CARBAMIC ACID CYCLOHEXYL ESTER; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; CYCLOHEXYLCARBAMIC ACID 3' CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL 3 YL ESTER; ENDOCANNABINOID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; FLUOROPHOSPHATE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE INHIBITOR; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLARACHIDONYL FLUOROPHOSOPHATE; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; MICROGLIA; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYCERIDES; HYDROLYSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROGLIA; MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASES;

EID: 33947330328     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4830-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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