Inflammation and CB

Autor: J T, Toguri, E, Leishman, A M, Szczesniak, R B, Laprairie, O, Oehler, A J, Straiker, M E M, Kelly, H B, Bradshaw
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Prostaglandinsother lipid mediators. 139
ISSN: 1098-8823
Popis: Uveitis is inflammation of the uvea which consists of the iris, ciliary body and the choroid of the eye. Uveitis can lead to impaired vision and is responsible for 10% of all cases of blindness globally. Using an endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) rodent model, our previous data implicated the endogenous cannabinoid system (ECS) in the amelioration of many of the components of the inflammatory response. Here, we test the hypothesis that the reduction in inflammatory mediators in the EIU model by the CB
Databáze: OpenAIRE