- ►aspetjournals.org P Pacher, S Batkai, G Kunos - Pharmacological reviews, 2006 - ASPET The recent identification of cannabinoid receptors and their endogenous lipid ligands has triggered
an exponential growth of studies exploring the endocannabinoid system and its regulatory functions
in health and disease. Such studies have been greatly facilitated by the introduction of ... Cited by 342 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 14 versions
- ►endojournals.org U Pagotto, G Marsicano, D Cota, B Lutz, R Pasquali - Endocrine reviews, 2006 - Endocrine Soc During the last few years, the endocannabinoid system has emerged as a highly relevant topic
in the scientific community. Many different regulatory actions have been attributed to
endocannabinoids, and their involvement in several pathophysiological conditions is ... Cited by 251 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 14 versions
- ►endojournals.org I Matias, MP Gonthier, P Orlando, V Martiadis, L … - Journal of Clinical …, 2006 - Endocrine Soc Context: Cannabinoid CB 1 receptor blockade decreases weight and hyperinsulinemia in obese
animals and humans in a way greatly independent from food intake. ... Objective: The objective
of this study was to investigate the regulation and function of the endocannabinoid system ... Cited by 174 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org M Blüher, S Engeli, N Klöting, J Berndt, M Fasshauer, S … - Diabetes, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc The endocannabinoid system has been suspected to contribute to the association of visceral
fat accumulation with metabolic diseases. We determined whether circulating endocannabinoids
are related to visceral adipose tissue mass in lean, subcutaneous obese, and visceral ... Cited by 132 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►cell.com I Matias, V Di Marzo - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2007 - Elsevier Two receptors have been cloned to date for the psychotropic compound Δ 9
-tetrahydrocannabinol, and termed cannabinoid CB 1 and CB 2 receptors. Their endogenous
ligands, the endocannabinoids, have also been identified. CB 1 receptors and ... Cited by 101 - Related articles - All 5 versions
M Cote, I Matias, I Lemieux, S Petrosino, N … - International Journal of …, 2007 - nature.com Plasma 2-AG, but not AEA, levels correlated positively with BMI, waist girth, IAA measured by
computed tomography, and fasting plasma triglyceride and insulin levels, and negatively with
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and adiponectin levels. Obese men with similar BMI ... Cited by 77 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
L Van Gaal, X Pi-Sunyer, JP Després, C McCarthy, … - Diabetes Care, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—The RIO studies enrolled patients who were either overweight
(BMI >27 kg/m 2 ) with at least one comorbidity (ie, hypertension, dyslipidemia, or, for
RIO-Diabetes, type 2 diabetes) or obese. All patients received daily treatment with ... Cited by 69 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►fasebj.org S Batkai, D Osei-Hyiaman, H Pan, O El-Assal, M … - The FASEB Journal, 2007 - FASEB Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury continues to be a fatal complication that can follow liver
surgery or transplantation. We have investigated the involvement of the endocannabinoid system
in hepatic I/R injury using an in vivo mouse model. Here we report that I/R triggers several- ... Cited by 63 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
E Valassi, M Scacchi, F Cavagnini - Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular …, 2008 - Elsevier Appetite is regulated by a complex system of central and peripheral signals which interact in
order to modulate the individual response to nutrient ingestion. Peripheral regulation includes
satiety signals and adiposity signals, while central control is accomplished by several ... Cited by 57 - Related articles - All 8 versions
- ►nih.gov J Liu, L Wang, J Harvey-White, BX Huang, HY Kim, S … - Neuropharmacology, 2008 - Elsevier Endocannabinoids, including anandamide (arachidonoyl ethanolamide) have been implicated
in the regulation of a growing number of physiological and pathological processes. Anandamide
can be generated from its membrane phospholipid precursor N-arachidonoyl ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - All 3 versions
