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Mediators of Inflammation
Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 362126, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/362126
Research Article

Cannabinoid Receptor CB2 Is Involved in Tetrahydrocannabinol-Induced Anti-Inflammation against Lipopolysaccharide in MG-63 Cells

Lei Yang,1,2 Fei-Fei Li,1 Yu-Chen Han,1 Bin Jia,3 and Yin Ding1

1State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710032, China
2Department of Stomatology, The 264th Hospital of PLA, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China
3Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710032, China

Received 21 November 2014; Revised 22 December 2014; Accepted 24 December 2014

Academic Editor: Fulvio D’Acquisto

Copyright © 2015 Lei Yang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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