PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ-INDUCED LYMPHOCYTE-TRANSFORMATION IN HUMANS RECEIVING DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL

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作者
LAU, RJ
TUBERGEN, DG
BARR, M
DOMINO, EF
BENOWITZ, N
JONES, RT
机构
[1] UNIV MICHIGAN, DEPT PEDIAT & PHARMACOL, ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 USA
[2] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO, DEPT PSYCHIAT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143 USA
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10.1126/science.1265484
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Eight otherwise healthy male chronic marihuana smokers were hospitalized for a period of 30 days. Initially they received placebo, then a sustained dose of 210 mg of .DELTA.9-tetrahydrocannabinol (.DELTA.9-THC) per day for 18 days, followed by placebo. Lymphocyte responses to phytohemagglutinin [PHA] were examined during each of these periods. Neither the daily ingestion of marihuana extract containing 210 mg of .DELTA.9-THC for 18 days nor the history of chronic marihuana smoking had a depressive effect on the lymphocyte responses of these subjects to PHA.
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