Treatment with a cannabinoid receptor 2 agonist decreases severity of established cystitis

ZY Wang, P Wang, DE Bjorling - The Journal of urology, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose We investigated whether treatment with the selective cannabinoid receptor 2
agonist GP1a would ameliorate the severity of experimental cystitis. We determined the …

[HTML][HTML] Bone cell-autonomous contribution of type 2 cannabinoid receptor to breast cancer-induced osteolysis

A Sophocleous, S Marino, JG Logan, P Mollat… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
The cannabinoid type 2 receptor (CB2) has previously been implicated as a regulator of
tumor growth, bone remodeling, and bone pain. However, very little is known about the role …

[HTML][HTML] The endocannabinoid system: Novel targets for treating cancer induced bone pain

J Sun, YQ Zhou, SP Chen, X Wang, BY Xu… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Treating Cancer-induced bone pain (CIBP) continues to be a major clinical challenge and
underlying mechanisms of CIBP remain unclear. Recently, emerging body of evidence …

Activation of cannabinoid receptor 2 inhibits experimental cystitis

ZY Wang, P Wang, DE Bjorling - American Journal of …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Cannabinoids have been shown to exert analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, and the
effects of cannabinoids are mediated primarily by cannabinoid receptors 1 and 2 (CB1and …

Painful boney metastases

HS Smith, RL Barkin - American Journal of Therapeutics, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Up to 90% of patients with metastatic or advanced stage cancer will experience significant
cancer-related pain. Approximately half or more of patients diagnosed with cancer may …

[HTML][HTML] Microglial Cannabinoid CB2 Receptors in Pain Modulation

K Xu, Y Wu, Z Tian, Y Xu, C Wu, Z Wang - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pain, especially chronic pain, can strongly affect patients' quality of life. Cannabinoids
ponhave been reported to produce potent analgesic effects in different preclinical pain …

Cannabinoid receptors in osteoporosis and osteoporotic pain: a narrative update of review

J Wang, H Lu, J Wang - Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease with decreased bone mass and alteration in
microarchitecture of bone tissue, and these changes put patients in risk of bone fracture. As …

Characterization of cancer-induced nociception in a murine model of breast carcinoma

AS de Almeida, FK Rigo, SDT De Prá, AM Milioli… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Severe and poorly treated pain often accompanies breast cancer. Thus, novel mechanisms
involved in breast cancer-induced pain should be investigated. Then, it is necessary to …

Synthesis and preliminary evaluation of [18F]-labeled 2-oxoquinoline derivatives for PET imaging of cannabinoid CB2 receptor

N Turkman, A Shavrin, V Paolillo, HH Yeh… - Nuclear medicine and …, 2012 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: The cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2) is an important target for
development of drugs and imaging agents for diseases, such as neuroinflammation …

Cannabinoid receptor 1 mediates glucocorticoid‐induced bone loss in rats by perturbing bone mineral acquisition and marrow adipogenesis

JY Ko, RW Wu, SJ Kuo, MW Chen… - Arthritis & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Prolonged glucocorticoid treatment increases the risk of osteopenic disorders.
Bone loss and marrow fat accumulation are prominent features of glucocorticoid‐induced …