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Cannabinoid Cb2 Receptors In A Mouse Model Of A Beta Amyloidosis: Immunohistochemical Analysis And Suitability As A Pet Biomarker Of Neuroinflammation, A. V. Savonenko, T. Melnikova, Y. C. Wang, H. Ravert, Y. J. Gao, J. Koppel, D. Lee, P. Davies, M. G. Pomper, A. G. Horti, +6 Additional Authors Jan 2015

Cannabinoid Cb2 Receptors In A Mouse Model Of A Beta Amyloidosis: Immunohistochemical Analysis And Suitability As A Pet Biomarker Of Neuroinflammation, A. V. Savonenko, T. Melnikova, Y. C. Wang, H. Ravert, Y. J. Gao, J. Koppel, D. Lee, P. Davies, M. G. Pomper, A. G. Horti, +6 Additional Authors

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In Alzheimer's disease (AD), one of the early responses to A beta amyloidosis is recruitment of microglia to areas of new plaque. Microglial receptors such as cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) might be a suitable target for development of PET radiotracers that could serve as imaging biomarkers of A beta-induced neuroinflammation. Mouse models of amyloidosis (J20APPswe/ind and APPswe/PS1 Delta E9) were used to investigate the cellular distribution of CB2 receptors. Specificity of CB2 antibody (H60) was confirmed using J20APPswe/ind mice lacking CB2 receptors. APPswe/PS1 Delta E9 mice were used in small animal PET with a CB2-targeting radiotracer, [C-11]A836339. These studies revealed …