Endocannabinoids and cancer

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue , 2015, Pages 449-472

  Velasco, Guillermo ^a,b,c,d   Sánchez, Cristina ^a,d,e   Guzmán, Manuel ^a,b,d,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica   (Spain)

^e Universidad Complutense   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO RAMÓN Y CAJAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA IRYCIS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Autophagy; Cancer; Cannabinoid; Cell proliferation; Cell signaling; Combinational therapy

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; DEXANABINOL; DRONABINOL; ENDOCANNABINOID; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; GELATINASE A; GEMCITABINE; GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 153; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; METHANANDAMIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NABILONE; NABIXIMOLS; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P21; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANOREXIA; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RESISTANCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR INVASION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84942515164     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20825-1_16     Document Type: Chapter

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