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. 2023 Mar 9;24(6):5220. doi: 10.3390/ijms24065220
2-AG 2-arachidonoylglycerol
ABHD α,β-domain hydrolase
AEA N-arachidonoylethanolamine (or Anandamide)
BBB Blood–brain barrier
BCRP/ABCG2 Breast cancer resistance protein/ATP-binding cassette subfamily member 2
cAMP cyclic Adenosine monophosphate
CB G protein-coupled cannabinoid receptors (protein)
CBD Cannabidiol
CD4 Cluster of differentiation 4
CD8 Cluster of differentiation 8
Cnr Cannabinoid receptor (gene)
COX-2 Cyclooxygenase-2
CYP19A1 Cytochrome P450 family 19 subfamily A member 1
DAGL Diacylglycerol lipase
ECS Endocannabinoid system
eNOS endothelial Nitric oxide synthase
EU European Union
EVT Extravillous trophoblasts
FA Folic acid
FAAH Fatty acid amide hydrolase
FABP Fatty acid binding protein
FOXP3 Forkhead box 3
G-CSF Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
GD Gestational day
GPR G protein-coupled receptor
hCG Human chorionic gonadotropin
ICM Inner cell mass
IFNγ Interferon γ
IGFBP-1 Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1
IL Interleukin
iNOS inducible Nitric oxide synthase
LOX Lipoxygenase
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
MAGL Monoacylglycerol lipase
NAPE N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine
NAPE-PLD N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine specific phospholipase d-like
NAT N-acyltransferase
NK cells Natural killer cells
nNOS neuronal Nitric oxide synthase
NO Nitric oxide
NOS Nitric oxide synthase
NPRL3 Nitrogen permease regulator-like 3
OEA N-oleoylethanolamide
PEA N-palmitoylethanolamide
Peg10 Paternally expressed 10
PGE Prostaglandin E
PIBF Progesterone-induced blocking factor
PKA Protein kinase A
Plag1 Pleiomorphic Adenoma Gene-Like 1
PPAR Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
PRL Prolactin
Reg Regulatory
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TGFβ Tumor growth factor β
Th cells T helper cells
TIM3 T cell imunoglobulin and mucin 3
TNFα Tumor necrosis factor α
TRPV1 Transient receptor potential vanilloid-1
US United States
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
WT Wild-type
Δ9-THC Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol