Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22414007›Full record

ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2012

Commentary with regard to the role of alcohol and cofactors in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Thomas R Jerrells

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Article in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas R JerrellsDepartment of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA. tjerrell@unmc.edu
University of Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a primary cancer of the liver. It is clear that chronic alcohol abuse is associated with the development of HCC, but the mechanistic role of alcohol in HCC is not well studied. The research that is presented in the Brandon-Warner and colleagues' (2012) article approaches an important outcome of chronic alcohol abuse. The most important study results that are presented in their article show convincing data that chronic alcohol consumption by male mice resulted in a robust response in the liver to a carcinogen. It was shown that female mice responded significantly less to alcohol and the carcinogen than the male animals. The overall research data covered a number of aspects of the liver disease associated with chronic alcohol consumption and the presence of a carcinogen that will support a great deal of further research to develop mechanistic data.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarcinoma, HepatocellularCentral Nervous System DepressantsEthanolFemaleLiver NeoplasmsMaleCentral Nervous System DepressantsEthanol

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PMID22414007
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