ReviewAlcohol research : current reviews2013
Alcohol, DNA methylation, and cancer.
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127 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 174 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of prenatal alcohol exposure with offspring DNA methylation in mammals: a systematic review of the evidence.Clinical epigenetics · 2022Pooled it
- The synergistic effect of tobacco and alcohol consumption on oral squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2019Pooled it
- The relationship between different dimensions of alcohol use and the burden of disease-an update.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Pooled it
- Association between Glu504Lys polymorphism of ALDH2 gene and cancer risk: a meta-analysis.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- Gut microbiota and diet in colorectal cancer: Converging determinants of carcinogenesis.Gut microbes · 2026Review
- Effects of ethanol and acetaldehyde on multi-organ genomic mutation landscapes.Cell biology and toxicology · 2026Article
- Molecular Links Between Smoking, COPD, and Lung Cancer: A DNA Methylation Perspective.Cancers · 2026Article
- DNA Methylation and Fetal Programming of Cardiovascular Disease: From Congenital Heart Diseases to Adult Cardiovascular Dysfunction.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Microbial crosstalk along the oral-gut axis: organ-specific oncogenic adaptations of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum.Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Review
- Timeless and Stainless Alcohol: Concentric Waves from Its Oxidative Metabolism and Related Oxidative Stress.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Metal accumulation in paired colon cancer and adjacent tissues and its relationship with genotoxic and epigenetic biomarkers.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Genome-scale multi-organ analysis of mutagenic effects of ethanol and acetaldehyde in Sprague Dawley rats.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Effects of alcohol on the transcriptome, methylome and metabolome of in vitro gastrulating human embryonic cells.Disease models & mechanisms · 2025Article
- Investigating Single-Molecule Molecular Inversion Probes for Medium-Scale Targeted DNA Methylation Analysis.Epigenomes · 2025Article
- Alcohol Consumption Does not Modify the Polygenic Risk Score-Based Genetic Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Expression pattern and prognostic significance of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 in lung adenocarcinoma as a potential predictor of immunotherapy efficacy.Cancer innovation · 2025Article
- Distribution of PAX1 and ZNF582 Hypermethylation in the Oral Exfoliated Cells of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Clinical Medicine Insights. Oncology · 2025Article
- Mechanisms of Acetaldehyde-Induced Organ Injury via Impairment of Vascular Endothelial Cells.Vascular health and risk management · 2025Review
- Alcohol Consumption and Breast and Ovarian Cancer Development: Molecular Pathways and Mechanisms.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Cancer is one of the most significant diseases associated with chronic alcohol consumption, and chronic drinking is a strong risk factor for cancer, particularly of the upper aerodigestive tract, liver, colorectum, and breast. Several factors contribute to alcohol-induced cancer development (i.e., carcinogenesis), including the actions of acetaldehyde, the first and primary metabolite of ethanol, and oxidative stress. However, increasing evidence suggests that aberrant patterns of DNA methylation, an important epigenetic mechanism of transcriptional control, also could be part of the pathogenetic mechanisms that lead to alcohol-induced cancer development. The effects of alcohol on global and local DNA methylation patterns likely are mediated by its ability to interfere with the availability of the principal biological methyl donor, S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe), as well as pathways related to it. Several mechanisms may mediate the effects of alcohol on DNA methylation, including reduced folate levels and inhibition of key enzymes in one-carbon metabolism that ultimately lead to lower SAMe levels, as well as inhibition of activity and expression of enzymes involved in DNA methylation (i.e., DNA methyltransferases). Finally, variations (i.e., polymorphisms) of several genes involved in one-carbon metabolism also modulate the risk of alcohol-associated carcinogenesis.
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