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ReviewIUBMB life2011

Effects of ethanol on physiological retinoic acid levels.

Joseph L Napoli

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in IUBMB life, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Animal models of gene-alcohol interactions.Birth defects research · 2020
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  10. Gene-environment interactions in development and disease.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biology · 2017
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  16. Maternal periconceptional alcohol consumption and congenital limb deficiencies.Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joseph L NapoliProgram in Metabolic Biology, Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. jna@berkeley.edu
University of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

Ethanol effects on retinoic acid function in embryo hippocampusR01AA017927 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI NAPOLI, JOSEPH L · 2009 to 2015
$2.4M
Function of 9-cis-retinoic acidR01DK090522 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI NAPOLI, JOSEPH L · 2011 to 2014
$1.3M
NIAAA NIH HHS AA017927NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA017927NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK090522
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All-trans-retinoic acid (atRA) serves essential functions during embryogenesis and throughout postnatal vertebrate life. Insufficient or excess atRA causes teratogenic and/or toxic effects in the developing embryo: interference with atRA biosynthesis or signaling likely underlies some forms of cancer. Many symptoms of vitamin A (atRA precursor) deficiency and/or toxicity overlap with those of another pleiotropic agent--ethanol. These overlapping symptoms have prompted research to understand whether interference with atRA biosynthesis and/or action may explain (in part) pathology associated with excess ethanol consumption. Ethanol affects many aspects of retinoid metabolism and mechanisms of action site specifically, but no robust data support inhibition of vitamin A metabolism, resulting in decreased atRA in vivo during normal vitamin A nutriture. Actually, ethanol either has no effect on or increases atRA at select sites. Despite this realization, insight into whether interactions between ethanol and retinoids represent cause versus effect requires additional research.

Indexed as

Alcohol DrinkingAnimalsEmbryo, MammalianEthanolHomeostasisHumansMiceMolecular StructureSignal TransductionTretinoinEthanolTretinoin

Identifiers

PMID21766417
PMCPMC3197900
OpenAlexW2023500583

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Registered trials

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