Cannabinoids and the immune system: potential for the treatment of inflammatory diseases? (2011)

“Cannabinoids can modulate both the function and secretion of cytokines from immune cells. Therefore, cannabinoids may be considered for treatment of inflammatory disease.”

Kozela, E., Lev, N., Kaushansky, N., Eilam, R., Rimmerman, N., Levy, R., … Vogel, Z. (2011). Cannabidiol inhibits pathogenic T cells, decreases spinal microglial activation and ameliorates multiple sclerosis-like disease in C57BL/6 mice. British Journal of Pharmacology, 163(7), 1507–1519. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01379.x

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