ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2013
Neuroimmune signaling: a key component of alcohol abuse.
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132 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The sequenced rat brain transcriptome--its use in identifying networks predisposing alcohol consumption.The FEBS journal · 2015Pooled it
- Baseline C-reactive protein levels are predictive of treatment response to a neuroimmune modulator in individuals with an alcohol use disorder: a preliminary study.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2023Trial
- Development of the Neuroimmune Modulator Ibudilast for the Treatment of Alcoholism: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Human Laboratory Trial.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2017Trial
- Preconception Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Exposure Impacts Offspring Transcriptomes with Sex and Tissue Specific Effects.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Translational evidence for increased central amygdala IL-6 activity in alcohol dependence.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2026Article
- Repeated TLR7 activation induces cell type- and brain region-specific transcriptome changes in male mice.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Epigenetic Repression of the Serotonergic Neuron Phenotype Following Adolescent Binge Drinking Is Restored through Inhibition of Proinflammatory Signaling by Exercise and Glycyrrhizic Acid.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Adolescent Binge Ethanol Exposure Confers Lasting Adult Alcohol Tolerance due to Neuroimmune Activation: Reversal by Inhibition of HMGB1.Addiction biology · 2026Article
- Chronic alcohol consumption sex-dependently affects IL-6 modulation of GABAergic synapses in the central amygdala of rhesus macaques.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2026Article
- The effects of abused drugs on ferroptosis pathways: potential therapeutic targets for substance use disorders.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2026Review
- Adolescent adversity persistently induces proinflammatory HMGB1 signaling and disrupts the basal forebrain cholinergic system in female rats.Neurobiology of stress · 2026Article
- Up-regulation of Oxidative Burden, NFκB, and D1 Receptor Is Involved in the Neuropsychotoxic Behaviors Induced by Camfetamine, a New Psychoactive Substance; Involvements of the Neuromodulation by GPx-1 Gene.Neurochemical research · 2025Article
- Utilizing blood inflammatory markers in alcohol studies: Considerations and recommendations for study design, sample collection, and data analysis.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2025Review
- Gut Microbiota-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Influence Alcohol Intake Preferences in Rats.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2025Article
- Adolescent binge alcohol exposure accelerates Alzheimer's disease-associated basal forebrain neuropathology through proinflammatory HMGB1 signaling.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Ethanol modulates astrocyte activation and neuroinflammation via miR-339/NLRP6 inflammasome signaling.Free radical biology & medicine · 2025Article
- Severe alcohol use and COVID-19: implications for physical and mental health.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Intragastric administration of short chain fatty acids greatly reduces voluntary ethanol intake in rats.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Early life stress is associated with greater negative emotionality and peripheral inflammation in alcohol use disorder.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Examining the moderating role of cannabis use on the relationship between alcohol consumption and inflammation in individuals with alcohol use disorder.Addiction biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Molecular and behavioral studies corroborate a pivotal role for the innate immune system in mediating the acute and chronic effects of alcohol and support a neuroimmune hypothesis of alcohol addiction. Changes in expression of neuroimmune genes and microglial transcripts occur in postmortem brain from alcoholics and animals exposed to alcohol, and null mutant animals lacking certain innate immune genes show decreased alcohol-mediated responses. Many of the differentially expressed genes are part of the toll like receptor (TLR) signaling pathway and culminate in an increased expression of pro-inflammatory immune genes. Compounds known to inhibit inflammation, microglial activation, and neuroimmune gene expression have shown promising results in reducing alcohol-mediated behaviors in animal models, indicating that neuroimmune signaling pathways offer unexplored targets in the treatment of alcohol abuse.
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