title: Cocaine or delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol does not affect cellular cytotoxicity in vitro.
abstract: Cocaine or delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the major psychoactive component of marijuana, has no effect on in vitro cytotoxicity mediated by natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) at concentrations similar to those observed in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Illinois, Chicago.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D013759:Dronabinol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL
chemical_list: D013759:Dronabinol; D003042:Cocaine