For all you weed smokers. Just know you are modulating your immune system.
Interaction between Cannabinoid System and Toll-Like
Receptors Controls Inflammation
Kathleen L. McCoy
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University
Because all immune cells examined so far express
cannabinoid receptors regardless of their cell lineage, all
types of immunity are sensitive to cannabinoid modulation
In terms of adaptive immunity, cannabinoids usually
suppress primary antibody responses to T cell-dependent
antigens, induction of cytotoxic CD8 + T cells, and cytokine
production by helper CD4 + T cells, whereas other adaptive
immune responses are unaffected or enhanced
Furthermore, cannabi-noids impact innate immunity that mediates inflamma-
tory responses and promotes initiation of adaptive immune
responses.
This can be good or bad.