Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2
"Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A subclass of cannabinoid receptor found primarily on immune cells where it may play a role modulating release of CYTOKINES.
| Descriptor ID |
D043885
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.695.125.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2
- CB2 Receptor
- Receptor, CB2
- Cannabinoid Receptor CB2
- CB2, Cannabinoid Receptor
- Receptor CB2, Cannabinoid
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2" by people in Profiles.
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Shake EP, Vargas Santos G, Sivaraman V. Alcohol and Cannabinoids Differentially Regulate Macrophage Polarization, with Co-Exposure Producing an Antagonistic Immunomodulatory Effect. Int J Mol Sci. 2026 Apr 30; 27(9).
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Rosario-Rodr?guez LJ, Cantres-Rosario YM, Rodr?guez De Jes?s AE, Mera-P?rez AM, Tosado-Rodr?guez EL, Roche Lima A, Mel?ndez LM. Cannabinoid Receptor Type 2 Agonist JWH-133 Stimulates Antiviral Factors and Decreases Proviral, Inflammatory, and Neurotoxic Proteins in HIV-Infected Macrophage Secretome. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Oct 30; 26(21).
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Parker D, Muhkopadyay S, Sivaraman V. Alcohol activates cannabinoid receptor 1 and 2 in a model of pathogen induced pulmonary inflammation. Toxicol Lett. 2024 Nov; 401:24-34.
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Rosario-Rodr?guez LJ, Gerena Y, Garc?a-Requena LA, Cartagena-Isern LJ, Cuadrado-Ruiz JC, Borges-V?lez G, Mel?ndez LM. Cannabinoid receptor type 2 agonist JWH-133 decreases cathepsin B secretion and neurotoxicity from HIV-infected macrophages. Sci Rep. 2022 01 07; 12(1):233.
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Ho TC, Tius MA, Nikas SP, Tran NK, Tong F, Zhou H, Zvonok N, Makriyannis A. Oxa-adamantyl cannabinoids. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2021 04 15; 38:127882.
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Khatri D, Laroche G, Grant ML, Jones VM, Vetreno RP, Crews FT, Mukhopadhyay S. Acute Ethanol Inhibition of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis Involves CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Signaling. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2018 Apr; 42(4):718-726.
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Scarlett KA, White EZ, Coke CJ, Carter JR, Bryant LK, Hinton CV. Agonist-induced CXCR4 and CB2 Heterodimerization Inhibits Ga13/RhoA-mediated Migration. Mol Cancer Res. 2018 04; 16(4):728-739.
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Nogueras-Ortiz C, Roman-Vendrell C, Mateo-Semidey GE, Liao YH, Kendall DA, Yudowski GA. Retromer stops beta-arrestin 1-mediated signaling from internalized cannabinoid 2 receptors. Mol Biol Cell. 2017 Nov 15; 28(24):3554-3561.
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Ho TC, Shimada N, Tius MA, Nikas SP, Zhang W, Makriyannis A. C1'-Azacycloalkyl Hexahydrocannabinols. J Org Chem. 2017 08 04; 82(15):7839-7849.
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Quraishi SA, Paladini CA. A Central Move for CB2 Receptors. Neuron. 2016 05 18; 90(4):670-1.