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ReviewEndocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets2008

Cannabinoids as therapeutic agents for ablating neuroinflammatory disease.

G A Cabral, L Griffin-Thomas

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Review in Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The impact of cannabinoids on inflammasome signaling in HIV-1 infection.NeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics · 2023
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  8. Receptor mechanisms underlying the CNS effects of cannabinoids: CBAdvances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) · 2022
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  11. WWL70 attenuates PGEJournal of neuroinflammation · 2017
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  13. Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) Promotes Neuroimmune-Modulatory MicroRNA Profile in Striatum of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV)-Infected Macaques.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2016
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  20. Immunomodulatory properties of kappa opioids and synthetic cannabinoids in HIV-1 neuropathogenesis.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

G A CabralDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, 1101 E. Marshall Street, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0678 USA. gacabral@vcu.edu
L Griffin-Thomas
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

MARIJUANA EFFECT ON MACROPHAGE EFFECTOR MOLECULESR01DA005832 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI CABRAL, GUY A. · 1991 to 2011
$2.2M
Cannabinoid modulation of microglial response to the HIV protein TatR01DA029532 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI CABRAL, GUY A. · 2011 to 2015
$1.5M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA005832NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA029532NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA05832
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cannabinoids have been reported to alter the activities of immune cells in vitro and in vivo. These compounds may serve as ideal agents for adjunct treatment of pathological processes that have a neuroinflammatory component. As highly lipophilic molecules, they readily access the brain. Furthermore, they have relatively low toxicity and can be engineered to selectively target cannabinoid receptors. To date, two cannabinoid receptors have been identified, characterized and designated CB(1) and CB(2). CB(1) appears to be constitutively expressed within the CNS while CB(2) apparently is induced during inflammation. The inducible nature of expression of CB(2) extends to microglia, the resident macrophages of the brain that play a critical role during early stages of inflammation in that compartment. Thus, the cannabinoid-cannabinoid receptor system may prove therapeutically manageable in ablating neuropathogenic disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, HIV encephalitis, closed head injury, and granulomatous amebic encephalitis.

Indexed as

AnimalsCannabinoid Receptor ModulatorsCannabinoidsHumansImmunityInflammationNervous System DiseasesReceptors, CannabinoidSignal TransductionCannabinoid Receptor ModulatorsCannabinoidsReceptors, Cannabinoid

Identifiers

PMID18782012
PMCPMC2750822
OpenAlexW2003770019

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Registered trials

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