Editing Cannabinoid (section)

=== Cannabinoid receptor type 2 ===
{{Main|Cannabinoid receptor 2}}

CB<sub>2</sub> receptors are predominantly found in the [[immune system]], or immune-derived cells<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Marchand J, Bord A, Pénarier G, Lauré F, Carayon P, Casellas P | title = Quantitative method to determine mRNA levels by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction from leukocyte subsets purified by fluorescence-activated cell sorting: application to peripheral cannabinoid receptors | journal = Cytometry | volume = 35 | issue = 3 | pages = 227–234 | date = March 1999 | pmid = 10082303 | doi = 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990301)35:3<227::AID-CYTO5>3.0.CO;2-4 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Galiègue S, Mary S, Marchand J, Dussossoy D, Carrière D, Carayon P, Bouaboula M, Shire D, Le Fur G, Casellas P | display-authors = 6 | title = Expression of central and peripheral cannabinoid receptors in human immune tissues and leukocyte subpopulations | journal = European Journal of Biochemistry | volume = 232 | issue = 1 | pages = 54–61 | date = August 1995 | pmid = 7556170 | doi = 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20780.x | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="pmid21295074">{{cite journal | vauthors = Pacher P, Mechoulam R | title = Is lipid signaling through cannabinoid 2 receptors part of a protective system? | journal = Progress in Lipid Research | volume = 50 | issue = 2 | pages = 193–211 | date = April 2011 | pmid = 21295074 | pmc = 3062638 | doi = 10.1016/j.plipres.2011.01.001 }}</ref><ref name="Saroz acsptsci.9b00049">{{cite journal | vauthors = Saroz Y, Kho DT, Glass M, Graham ES, Grimsey NL | title = Cannabinoid Receptor 2 (CB<sub>2</sub>) Signals via G-alpha-s and Induces IL-6 and IL-10 Cytokine Secretion in Human Primary Leukocytes | journal = ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science | volume = 2 | issue = 6 | pages = 414–428 | date = December 2019 | pmid = 32259074 | pmc = 7088898 | doi = 10.1021/acsptsci.9b00049 }}</ref> with varying expression patterns. While found only in the peripheral nervous system, a report does indicate that CB<sub>2</sub> is expressed by a subpopulation of [[microglia]] in the human [[cerebellum]].<ref name="pmid15266552">{{cite journal | vauthors = Núñez E, Benito C, Pazos MR, Barbachano A, Fajardo O, González S, Tolón RM, Romero J | display-authors = 6 | title = Cannabinoid CB2 receptors are expressed by perivascular microglial cells in the human brain: an immunohistochemical study | journal = Synapse | volume = 53 | issue = 4 | pages = 208–213 | date = September 2004 | pmid = 15266552 | doi = 10.1002/syn.20050 | s2cid = 40738073 }}</ref> CB<sub>2</sub> receptors appear to be responsible for immunomodulatory<ref name="Saroz acsptsci.9b00049" /> and possibly other therapeutic effects of cannabinoid as seen in vitro and in animal models.<ref name="pmid21295074" />