Cholesterol as a modulator of cannabinoid receptor CB2 signaling

Abstract Signaling through integral membrane G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is influenced by lipid composition of cell membranes. By using novel high affinity ligands of human cannabinoid receptor CB2, we demonstrate that cholesterol increases basal activation levels of the receptor and alters...

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Main Authors: Alexei Yeliseev, Malliga R. Iyer, Thomas T. Joseph, Nathan J. Coffey, Resat Cinar, Lioudmila Zoubak, George Kunos, Klaus Gawrisch
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f7405dfa40aa4301afa918bbd3f3c38d
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