The in vitro GcMAF effects on endocannabinoid system transcriptionomics, receptor formation, and cell activity of autism-derived macrophages

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Siniscalco, Dario ^a,b,c   Bradstreet, James J ^d,e   Cirillo, Alessandra ^f   Antonucci, Nicola ^g  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Centre for Autism La Forza del Silenzio   (Italy)

^c Cancellautismo no profit association for autism care   (Italy)

^d Brain Treatment Center of Atlanta   (United States)

^e WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g Biomedical Centre for Autism Research and Treatment   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Endocannabinoids; GcMAF; Gene expression; Macrophages

Indexed keywords

ENDOCANNABINOID; GC PROTEIN DERIVED MACROPHAGE ACTIVATING FACTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMIDASE; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; FATTY-ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NAPEPLD PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN-MACROPHAGE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOMICS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTIONOMICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACROPHAGE-ACTIVATING FACTORS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 84899485309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-11-78     Document Type: Article

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