US 7,320,805 B2
CB2 receptors blocks accumulation of human hepatic myofibroblasts: a novel artifibrogenic pathway in the liver
Pascale Grenard, Brétigny (France); Boris Julien, Paris (France); Jeanne Tran Van Nhieu, St. Maur des Fossés (France); Ariane Mallat, Paris (France); and Sophie Lotersztajn, Paris (France)
Assigned to Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, (France)
Filed on Oct. 01, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/956,731.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/508178, filed on Oct. 01, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0143448 A1, Jun. 30, 2005
Int. Cl. A61K 36/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 424—725 5 Claims
 
1. A method of treating a disease of the liver, comprising administering an effective amount of a cannabinoid to a patient having the disease, wherein the disease is alcoholic liver cirrhosis.