Cannabinoids decrease the Th17 inflammatory autoimmune phenotype

Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1265-1276

  Kozela, Ewa ^a   Juknat, Ana ^a   Kaushansky, Nathali ^b   Rimmerman, Neta ^a   Ben Nun, Avraham ^b   Vogel, Zvi ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; EAE; Encephalitogenic T cells; IL 10; IL 17; IL 6

Indexed keywords

CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; DRONABINOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH17 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CANNABIDIOL; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DRONABINOL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-17; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYELIN-OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TH17 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84891372183     PISSN: 15571890     EISSN: 15571904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11481-013-9493-1     Document Type: Article

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