title: Cannabidiol arrests onset of autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice.
abstract: We have previously reported that cannabidiol (CBD) lowers the incidence of diabetes in young non-obese diabetes-prone (NOD) female mice. In the present study we show that administration of CBD to 11-14 week old female NOD mice, which are either in a latent diabetes stage or with initial symptoms of diabetes, ameliorates the manifestations of the disease. Diabetes was diagnosed in only 32% of the mice in the CBD-treated group, compared to 86% and 100% in the emulsifier-treated and untreated groups, respectively. In addition, the level of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-12 produced by splenocytes was significantly reduced, whereas the level of the anti-inflammatory IL-10 was significantly elevated following CBD-treatment. Histological examination of the pancreata of CBD-treated mice revealed more intact islets than in the controls. Our data strengthen our previous assumption that CBD, known to be safe in man, can possibly be used as a therapeutic agent for treatment of type 1 diabetes.
authors: Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. lolaw@hadassa.org.il
authors: Lola
authors: L
authors: Weiss
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Zeira
authors: Shoshana
authors: S
authors: Reich
authors: Shimon
authors: S
authors: Slavin
authors: Itamar
authors: I
authors: Raz
authors: Raphael
authors: R
authors: Mechoulam
authors: Ruth
authors: R
authors: Gallily
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002185:Cannabidiol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D002185:Cannabidiol
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