Canna~Fangled Abstracts

Involvement of cannabinoids in cellular proliferation.

By January 5, 2005No Comments
2005 Jan;5(1):97-106.

Involvement of cannabinoids in cellular proliferation.

Abstract

pm1The endogenous canabinoid system (ECS) is involved in the regulation of an important number of central and peripheral physiological effects. Among all these functions, the control of the cellular proliferation has become a focus of major attention as opening newtherapeutic possibilities for the use of cannabinoids as potential antitumor agents. The capacity of endogenous and synthetic cannabinoids to induce apoptosis of different tumoral cells in culture and in vivo, the mechanism underlying and the potential therapeutic applications are discussed in this review.