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Endocannabinoid stimulates white blood cells to release factors against microbes

IACM-Bulletin of 30 December 2012

Sunday 30 Dec 2012

Very low concentrations of the endocannabinoid 2-AG and of arachidonic acid given to certain white blood cells (neutrophils) inhibited the infectivity with herpes simplex virus and other microbes by releasing certain factors. Authors wrote: “Considering that nanomolar concentrations of AA or 2-AG were sufficient to impair viral infectivity, this suggests potential physiological roles for 2-AG and AA as regulators of host defense in vivo.”
Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Département de Médecine, Québec City, Canada.
Chouinard F, et al. J Leukoc Biol. 2012 Dec 12. [in press]

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