Cristina Blázquez

TL;DR: It is shown that senile plaques in AD patients express cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2, together with markers of microglial activation, and that CB1-positive neurons, present in high numbers in control cases, are greatly reduced in areas of microgoo activation.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active component of marijuana, induces human glioma cell death through stimulation of autophagy and evidence is provided that cannabinoid administration may be an effective therapeutic strategy for targeting human cancers.

TL;DR: It is shown that the CB(1) and theCB(2) receptor are expressed in normal skin and skin tumors of mice and humans and support a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of skin tumors.

TL;DR: The stress-regulated protein p8 is identified as an essential mediator of cannabinoid antitumoral action and it is shown that p8 upregulation is dependent on de novo-synthesized ceramide and mediates its apoptotic effect via upregulation of the endoplasmic reticulum stress-related genes ATF-4, CHOP, and TRB3.

TL;DR: The fair safety profile of THC, together with its possible antiproliferative action on tumour cells reported here and in other studies, may set the basis for future trials aimed at evaluating the potential antitumoral activity of cannabinoids.