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CORRECTION article

Front. Pharmacol., 16 July 2021
Sec. Experimental Pharmacology and Drug Discovery

Corrigendum: Preclinical and Clinical Assessment of Cannabinoids as Anti-Cancer Agents

Daniel A. LadinDaniel A. Ladin1Eman Soliman,Eman Soliman1,2LaToya GriffinLaToya Griffin1Rukiyah Van Dross,
Rukiyah Van Dross1,3*
  • 1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
  • 2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
  • 3Center for Health Disparities, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States

A Corrigendum on
Preclinical and Clinical Assessment of Cannabinoids as Anti-Cancer Agents

by Ladin D. A., Soliman E., Griffin L. and Van Dross R. (2016). Front. Pharmacol. 7:361. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00361

In the original article, the Reference for “Blazquez, C. et al. (2006)” was incorrectly written as “Naeem et al. (2006).” The correct and full citation is “Blázquez, C., Carracedo, A., Barrado, L., Real, P. J., Fernández-Luna, J. L., Velasco, G., Malumbres, M., Guzmán, M. (2006). Cannabinoid receptors as novel targets for the treatment of melanoma. FASEB J. 20, 2633–2635. 10.1096/fj.06-6638fje.”

In the original article, the Reference for “Velasco, G., (2016)” was incorrectly written as “Fujimura et al. (1989).” The correct and full citation is “Velasco, G., Hernandez-Tiedra, S., Davila, D., and Lorente, M. (2016). The use of cannabinoids as anticancer agents. Prog. Neuropsychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiarty. 64, 259-266. 10.1016/j.pnpbp 2015.05.010.”

In the original article, the Reference for “Salazar (2009)” was incorrectly written as “Jenkins, M.A., et al. (2006).” The correct and full citation is “Salazar, M., Carracedo, A., Salanueva, I. J., Hernandez-Tiedra, S., Lorente, M., Egia, A., Vazquez, P., Blazquez, C., Torres, S., Garcia, S., Nowak, J., Fimai, G. M., Piacentini, M., Cecconi, F., Pandolfi, P. P., Gonzalez-Feria, L., Iovanna, J. L., Guzman, M., Boya, P., and Velasco, G. (2009). Cannabinoid action induces autophagy-mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma cells. J. Clin. Invest. 119, 1359-1372. 10.1172/JCI37948.”

In the original article, the Reference for “McKallip (2005)” was incorrectly written as “Martin-Banderas et al. (2015).” The correct and full citation is “McKallip, R. J., Nagarkatti, M., and Nagarkatti, P. S. (2005). Delta-9- tetrahydrocannabinol enhances breast cancer growth and metastasis by suppression of the antitumor immune response. J. Immunol 174, 3281-3289. 10.4049/jimmunol.174.6.3281.”

The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

Keywords: cannabinoids, cancer, in vivo, clinical studies, clinical trials, therapeutics, cancer models, endocannabinoids

Citation: Ladin DA, Soliman E, Griffin L and Van Dross R (2021) Corrigendum: Preclinical and Clinical Assessment of Cannabinoids as Anti-Cancer Agents. Front. Pharmacol. 12:732903. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.732903

Received: 29 June 2021; Accepted: 30 June 2021;
Published: 16 July 2021.

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Frontiers Editorial Office, Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland

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*Correspondence: Rukiyah Van Dross, vandrossr@ecu.edu

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