Gene Review:
FAAH - fatty acid amide hydrolase
Homo sapiens
Synonyms:
Anandamide amidohydrolase 1, FAAH-1, FAAH1, Fatty-acid amide hydrolase 1, Oleamide hydrolase 1, ...
Maccarrone,
Rossi,
Battista,
Valenti,
McClanahan,
Finazzi-Agrò,
Rossi,
Rossi,
Henriksen,
Cravatt,
Di Rienzo,
Darmani,
Di Rienzo,
Bari,
Beutler,
Guerrieri,
Finazzi-Agrò,
Di Marzo,
Maccarrone,
Petrosino,
Di Rienzo,
Finazzi-Agrò,
Vincenzo Di Marzo,
Mauro Maccarrone,
Chiang,
Rossi,
Gerber,
Maccarrone,
Finazzi-Agrò,
Boger,
Cravatt,
Maccarrone,
Sipe,
Gasperi,
Fezza,
Trinh,
Gasperi,
- Progesterone up-regulates anandamide hydrolase in human lymphocytes: role of cytokines and implications for fertility. Maccarrone, M., Valensise, H., Bari, M., Lazzarin, N., Romanini, C., Finazzi-Agrò, A. J. Immunol. (2001)
- Anandamide hydrolysis by human cells in culture and brain. Maccarrone, M., van der Stelt, M., Rossi, A., Veldink, G.A., Vliegenthart, J.F., Agrò, A.F. J. Biol. Chem. (1998)
- Comparative characterization of a wild type and transmembrane domain-deleted fatty acid amide hydrolase: identification of the transmembrane domain as a site for oligomerization. Patricelli, M.P., Lashuel, H.A., Giang, D.K., Kelly, J.W., Cravatt, B.F. Biochemistry (1998)
- Identification of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor and fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) in the human placenta. Park, B., Gibbons, H.M., Mitchell, M.D., Glass, M. Placenta (2003)
- Cannabinergic ligands. Palmer, S.L., Thakur, G.A., Makriyannis, A. Chem. Phys. Lipids (2002)
- A missense mutation in human fatty acid amide hydrolase associated with problem drug use. Sipe, J.C., Chiang, K., Gerber, A.L., Beutler, E., Cravatt, B.F. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2002)
- Reduced cellular expression and activity of the P129T mutant of human fatty acid amide hydrolase: evidence for a link between defects in the endocannabinoid system and problem drug use. Chiang, K.P., Gerber, A.L., Sipe, J.C., Cravatt, B.F. Hum. Mol. Genet. (2004)
- A role for vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1) and endocannabinnoid signalling in the regulation of spontaneous and L-DOPA induced locomotion in normal and reserpine-treated rats. Lee, J., Di Marzo, V., Brotchie, J.M. Neuropharmacology (2006)
- Cannabinoid CB2 receptors and fatty acid amide hydrolase are selectively overexpressed in neuritic plaque-associated glia in Alzheimer's disease brains. Benito, C., Núñez, E., Tolón, R.M., Carrier, E.J., Rábano, A., Hillard, C.J., Romero, J. J. Neurosci. (2003)
- Modulation of anxiety through blockade of anandamide hydrolysis. Kathuria, S., Gaetani, S., Fegley, D., Valiño, F., Duranti, A., Tontini, A., Mor, M., Tarzia, G., La Rana, G., Calignano, A., Giustino, A., Tattoli, M., Palmery, M., Cuomo, V., Piomelli, D. Nat. Med. (2003)
- Possible endocannabinoid control of colorectal cancer growth. Ligresti, A., Bisogno, T., Matias, I., De Petrocellis, L., Cascio, M.G., Cosenza, V., D'argenio, G., Scaglione, G., Bifulco, M., Sorrentini, I., Di Marzo, V. Gastroenterology (2003)
- Cannabinoids inhibit emesis through CB1 receptors in the brainstem of the ferret. Van Sickle, M.D., Oland, L.D., Ho, W., Hillard, C.J., Mackie, K., Davison, J.S., Sharkey, K.A. Gastroenterology (2001)
- Identification of a high-affinity binding site involved in the transport of endocannabinoids. Moore, S.A., Nomikos, G.G., Dickason-Chesterfield, A.K., Schober, D.A., Schaus, J.M., Ying, B.P., Xu, Y.C., Phebus, L., Simmons, R.M., Li, D., Iyengar, S., Felder, C.C. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2005)
- Anandamide transport is independent of fatty-acid amide hydrolase activity and is blocked by the hydrolysis-resistant inhibitor AM1172. Fegley, D., Kathuria, S., Mercier, R., Li, C., Goutopoulos, A., Makriyannis, A., Piomelli, D. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2004)
- Cisplatin increases brain 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) and concomitantly reduces intestinal 2-AG and anandamide levels in the least shrew. Darmani, N.A., McClanahan, B.A., Trinh, C., Petrosino, S., Valenti, M., Di Marzo, V. Neuropharmacology (2005)
- Further insights into the regulation of human FAAH by progesterone and leptin implications for endogenous levels of anandamide and apoptosis of immune and neuronal cells. Gasperi, V., Fezza, F., Spagnuolo, P., Pasquariello, N., Maccarrone, M. Neurotoxicology (2005)
- Endocannabinoid degradation, endotoxic shock and inflammation. Maccarrone, M., Bari, M., Battista, N., Finazzi-Agrò, A. Current drug targets. Inflammation and allergy. (2002)
- Progesterone activates fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) promoter in human T lymphocytes through the transcription factor Ikaros. Evidence for a synergistic effect of leptin. Maccarrone, M., Bari, M., Di Rienzo, M., Finazzi-Agrò, A., Rossi, A. J. Biol. Chem. (2003)
- Leptin activates the anandamide hydrolase promoter in human T lymphocytes through STAT3. Maccarrone, M., Di Rienzo, M., Finazzi-Agrò, A., Rossi, A. J. Biol. Chem. (2003)
- Characterization of the endocannabinoid system in early human pregnancy. Helliwell, R.J., Chamley, L.W., Blake-Palmer, K., Mitchell, M.D., Wu, J., Kearn, C.S., Glass, M. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (2004)
- Tuning the oviduct to the anandamide tone. Schuel, H. J. Clin. Invest. (2006)
- Selective inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase relative to neuropathy target esterase and acetylcholinesterase: toxicological implications. Quistad, G.B., Sparks, S.E., Segall, Y., Nomura, D.K., Casida, J.E. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. (2002)
- Down-regulation of anandamide hydrolase in mouse uterus by sex hormones. MacCarrone, M., De Felici, M., Bari, M., Klinger, F., Siracusa, G., Finazzi-Agrò, A. Eur. J. Biochem. (2000)
- FAAH and anandamide: is 2-AG really the odd one out? Di Marzo, V., Maccarrone, M. Trends Pharmacol. Sci. (2008)
- Oleamide: an endogenous sleep-inducing lipid and prototypical member of a new class of biological signaling molecules. Boger, D.L., Henriksen, S.J., Cravatt, B.F. Curr. Pharm. Des. (1998)
- Genetic predictors for acute experimental cold and heat pain sensitivity in humans. Kim, H., Mittal, D.P., Iadarola, M.J., Dionne, R.A. J. Med. Genet. (2006)
- The endocannabinoid system in human keratinocytes. Evidence that anandamide inhibits epidermal differentiation through CB1 receptor-dependent inhibition of protein kinase C, activation protein-1, and transglutaminase. Maccarrone, M., Di Rienzo, M., Battista, N., Gasperi, V., Guerrieri, P., Rossi, A., Finazzi-Agrò, A. J. Biol. Chem. (2003)
- Conserved chromosomal location and genomic structure of human and mouse fatty-acid amide hydrolase genes and evaluation of clasper as a candidate neurological mutation. Wan, M., Cravatt, B.F., Ring, H.Z., Zhang, X., Francke, U. Genomics (1998)
- Differential regulation of fatty acid amide hydrolase promoter in human immune cells and neuronal cells by leptin and progesterone. Maccarrone, M., Gasperi, V., Fezza, F., Finazzi-Agrò, A., Rossi, A. Eur. J. Biochem. (2004)