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ArticleMediators of inflammation2013

Cannabinoid receptor 2 protects against acute experimental sepsis in mice.

Huan Gui, Yang Sun, Zhu-Min Luo, Ding-Feng Su, Sheng-Ming Dai, Xia Liu

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Article in Mediators of inflammation, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cannabinoids in preclinical research of sepsis: a scoping review.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  2. Alveolar and Bone Marrow-derived Macrophages Differ in Metabolism and Glutamine Utilization.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2025
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  6. Treatment of Diet-Induced Obese Rats with CBInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  8. [Activation of cannabinoid receptor 2 alleviates acute lung injury in rats with lipopolysaccharide-induced sepsis].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2022
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  10. Gal3 Plays a Deleterious Role in a Mouse Model of Endotoxemia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  12. The antimicrobial effect behind Cannabis sativa.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2021
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  13. Cannabinoids and COVID-19.Medical cannabis and cannabinoids · 2020
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  14. Activation of CBJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2020
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  15. Cannabinoid receptor 2 deficiency exacerbates inflammation and neutrophil recruitment.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2019
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  18. Highly selective CBNaunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Huan GuiDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Yang Sun
Zhu-Min Luo
Ding-Feng Su
Sheng-Ming Dai
Xia Liu
Second Military Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The systemic inflammatory response syndrome can be self-limited or can progress to severe sepsis and septic shock. Despite significant advances in the understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of septic shock, it is still one of the most frequent and serious problems confronting clinicians in the treatments. And the effects of cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2R) on the sepsis still remain undefined. The present study was aimed to explore the role and mechanism of CB2R in acute sepsis model of mice. Here, we found that mice were more vulnerable for lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) induced death and inflammation after CB2R deletion (CB2R(-/-)). CB2R agonist, GW405833, could significantly extend the survival rate and decrease serum proinflammatory cytokines in LPS-treated mice. GW405833 dose-dependently inhibits proinflammatory cytokines release in splenocytes and peritoneal macrophages as well as splenocytes proliferation, and these effects were partly abolished in CB2R(-/-) splenocytes but completely abolished in CB2R(-/-) peritoneal macrophages. Further studies showed that GW405833 inhibits LPS-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and STAT3 and blocks I κ B α degradation and NF- κB p65 nuclear translocation in macrophages. All data together showed that CB2R provides a protection and is a potential therapeutic target for the sepsis.

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AnimalsBlotting, WesternCell ProliferationCells, CulturedEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHMGB1 ProteinIndolesInterleukin-6LipopolysaccharidesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsMorpholinesPhosphorylation1-(2,3-dichlorobenzoyl)-5-methoxy-2-methyl-(2-(mopholin-4-yl)ethyl)-1H-indoleHMGB1 ProteinIndolesInterleukin-6LipopolysaccharidesMorpholinesReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB2Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMCPMC3679685
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