Cannabinoid CB1 receptor expression in relation to visceral adipose depots, endocannabinoid levels, microvascular damage, and the presence of the Cnr1 A3813G variant in humans

Bordicchia, Marica; Battistoni, Ilaria; Mancinelli, Lucia; Giannini, Elena; Refi, Giada; Minardi, Daniele; Muzzonigro, Giovanni; Mazzucchelli, Roberta; Montironi, Rodolfo; Piscitelli, Fabiana; Petrosino, Stefania; Dessì-Fulgheri, Paolo; Rappelli, Alessandro; Di Marzo, Vincenzo; Sarzani, Riccardo

doi:10.1016/j.metabol.2009.09.018

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Cannabinoid CB1 receptor expression in relation to visceral adipose depots, endocannabinoid levels, microvascular damage, and the presence of the Cnr1 A3813G variant in humans

Marica Bordicchia
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Ilaria Battistoni
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Lucia Mancinelli
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Elena Giannini
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Giada Refi
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Daniele Minardi
- Department of Urology, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Giovanni Muzzonigro
- Department of Urology, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Roberta Mazzucchelli
- Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Rodolfo Montironi
- Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Fabiana Piscitelli
- Endocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
Stefania Petrosino
- Endocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
Paolo Dessì-Fulgheri
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Alessandro Rappelli
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Vincenzo Di Marzo
- Endocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
Riccardo Sarzani
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ancona-“Politecnica delle Marche,” University Hospital of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
- Corresponding authors. Riccardo Sarzani is to be contacted at Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ancona-Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy. Tel.: +39 071 889499; fax: +39 071 889232. Vincenzo Di Marzo, Endocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy. Tel.: +39 081 8675093; +39 081 8675191; fax: +9 081 8041770.