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. 2019 Nov 25;20(23):5905. doi: 10.3390/ijms20235905
5-HT1A Serotonin receptor type 1A
ACF Aberrant crypt foci
AD Alzheimer’s disease
Aᵦ42 Amiloid beta 42
BCE Before Common Era
BRCA-1 Breast cancer gene 1
BRCA-2 Breast cancer gene 2
cAMP Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CB1, CB2 Cannabinoid receptor 1,2
CBD Cannabidiol
CBR Cannabinoid receptor
CD-1; 4 Cluster of differentiation 1; 4
CGS Glioma stem cells
CID 16020046 Inverse agonist at the former orphan receptor GPR55
COX Cyclooxygenase
CT Computed tomography scan
CXCL16 Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 16
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
EAE Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
EC50 Half maximal effective concentration
EGF/EGFR Epidermal growth factor/epidermal growth factor receptor
ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EMA European Medicine Agency
EMV Exosome and microvesicle
ENT-1 Equilibrative nucleoside transporter-1
ET-1 Endothelin-1
FDA Food and Drug administration
GABA Gamma-aminobutyric acid
GI Gastro-intestinal
GPR55 G-coupled protein receptor-55
GSC Glioma stem cell
GW9662 Potent antagonist of Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
GPX Glutathione peroxidase
HUVEC Human umbilical vein endothelial cells
HIF-1a Regulatory subunit of the hypoxia- inducible transcription factor
i.p. Intraperitoneal
IC50 Half maximal inhibitory concentration
ICAM Inter-intracellular adhesion molecule
ICR Institute of Cancer Research
IFN-γ Interferon Gamma
IGHM Immunoglobulin heavy constant Mu
IL-2,6,8,9,12,IL-1A; 17A/F2 Interleukin 2, 6,8,9,12, 1A, 17A/F2,
iNOS Inducible nitric oxide synthase
Ki Inhibitory constant binding affinity
KPC KRAS, p53, Cre mice
MDA Malonaldehyde
MIP-1α,1ᵦ,2 Macrophage inflammatory protein 1α,1ᵦ, 2
MMP2,9 Matrix metalloproteinase-2, 9
mRNA Messenger RNA
Mtor Mammalian target of rapamycin
NFκB Nuclear factor κB
n.d. Not determined
PAI-1 Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
PDGF-AA Platelet-derived growth factor subunit A
PERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase phosphorylation
Phospho-Akt Phosphorylated AKT
PPARγ Nuclear peroxisome proliferation activated receptor
PSA Prostate-specific antigen
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RT-PRC Real-time polymerase chain reaction
s.c. Sub cutaneous
S100A10B S100 calcium-binding protein A10
S1P Sphingosine-1-phosphate
S1PR1 Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1
Serpin E1 Serpin Family E Member 1
SGPL1 Sphingosine-1 phosphate lyase
SiRNA Small interfering RNA
SOD Superoxide dismutase
STAT-3,5 Signal transducers and activators of transcription 3,5
TGFBA Transforming growth factor beta, alpha
THC Tetrahydrocannabinol
THCA Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid
TIMP1 Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases1
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor α
Tp53 Tumor protein p53
TRP Transient receptor potential
TRPA Transient receptor potentialankyrin
TRPV1 Transient receptor potential vanilloid type1
TRPV2 Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 2
TRPM8 Transient receptor potentialmelastatin 8
uPA Urokinase-type plasminogen activator
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VR1, VR2 Vanilloid receptor 1, 2