Endocannabinoids and Immunity

Endocannabinoids and Immunity

Over the last 10 years, a great boost of knowledge accumulated on the immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties of endocannabinoids (eCBs). In this scenario, these bioactive lipids, which are produced by most immune cells along with a set of receptors and enzymes that regulate their synthesis and degradation, act as secondary modulators and increase or decrease a plethora of immune func...

Endocannabinoids and exercise.

Exercise induces changes in mental status, particularly analgesia, sedation, anxiolysis, and a sense of wellbeing. The mechanisms underlying these changes remain unknown. Recent findings show that exercise increases serum concentrations of endocannabinoids, suggesting a possible explanation for a number of these changes. This article provides an overview of this emerging field.

Obesity and Endocannabinoids

Endocannabinoids and Cancer.

A large body of evidence shows that cannabinoids, in addition to their well-known palliative effects on some cancer-associated symptoms, can reduce tumour growth in animal models of cancer. They do so by modulating key cell signalling pathways involved in the control of cancer cell proliferation and survival. In addition, cannabinoids inhibit angiogenesis and cell proliferation in different typ...

Endocannabinoids and Reproduction

1 Dipartimento di Scienze Motorie e del Benessere, Università di Napoli Parthenope, 80133 Naples, Italy 2 Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy 3 European Center for Brain Research (CERC)/Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143 Rome, Italy 4Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The Kinsey Institute for Research in S...