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. 2021 Jan 26;13(2):373. doi: 10.3390/nu13020373

Table 1.

Presence of CB1R and CB2R in human tissues [47,48,49].

Concentration Tissue CB1R CB2R
Adrenals + + 0
Appendix + + + +
Bone marrow Low +
Brain + + + + 0
Colon + Low
Duodenum + Low
Endometrium + Very low
Esophagus + Very low
Fat + + + 0
Gall bladder +
Heart Low 0
Kidney Very low 0
Liver 0 Very low
Lung + + Low
Lymph node + + + + +
Ovary + 0
Pancreas Very low 0
Placenta + + Very low
Prostate gland + Low
Salivary gland + Very low
Skin + Very low
Small intestine + Low
Spleen + + + +
Stomach + +
Testis + Low
Thyroid + Low
Urinary bladder + +

RNA-sequencing. RPKM, reads per kilobase million. 0, absent; very low, concentrations equal and below 0.03 RPKM; low, concentrations in the range of 0.119–0.031 RPKM; +, concentrations in the range of 0.582–0.200 RPKM; + +, concentrations in the range of 1.272–1.089 RPKM; + + +, concentrations in the range of 3.665–2.735 RPKM; + + + +, concentration equal to 6.155 RPKM; CB1R—cannabinoid receptor type 1; CB2R—cannabinoid receptor type 2.