Cannabinoid receptor 2: Potential role in immunomodulation and neuroinflammation

Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 608-620

  Rom, Slava ^a   Persidsky, Yuri ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptor; Endocannabinoids; Endothelial cells; HIV 1; Medical marijuana; Monocyte macrophage

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; CANNABIDIOL DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOL DERIVATIVE; DRONABINOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GELATINASE B; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; JANUS KINASE 1; JANUS KINASE 2; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NABILONE; NABIXIMOLS; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RIMONABANT; SUMATRIPTAN; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANOREXIA; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CANCER PAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONVULSION; COUGHING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITOTOXICITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAUSEA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR MODULATORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2;

EID: 84878810140     PISSN: 15571890     EISSN: 15571904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11481-013-9445-9     Document Type: Review

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