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ReviewPharmacogenomics2014

Pharmacogenetics of nicotine addiction: role of dopamine.

Aryeh I Herman, Elise E DeVito, Kevin P Jensen, Mehmet Sofuoglu

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Review in Pharmacogenomics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A neurobiological pathway to smoking in adolescence: TTC12-ANKK1-DRD2 variants and reward response.European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018
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  16. Translational Research in Nicotine Addiction.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2021
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aryeh I HermanYale University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry & VA Connecticut Healthcare System, VA Medical Center, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
Elise E DeVito
Kevin P Jensen
Mehmet Sofuoglu
VA Connecticut Healthcare System · USYale University · US

Funding

Yale BIRCWH Scholar Program on Women's Health and Addictive BehaviorsK12DA031050 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MAZURE, CAROLYN M. · 2010 to 2014
$2.5M
Human Laboratory Studies for Stimulant AddictionK02DA021304 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOFUOGLU, MEHMET · 2008 to 2011
$460k
Sensitivity to intravenous nicotine: genetic moderatorsR03DA027474 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HERMAN, ARYEH ISAAC, SOFUOGLU, MEHMET · 2009 to 2010
$384k
NIDA NIH HHS K02 DA021304NIDA NIH HHS K12 DA031050NIDA NIH HHS K12-DA-031050NIDA NIH HHS R03 DA027474
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) plays a central role in addictive disorders, including nicotine addiction. Specific DA-related gene variants have been studied to identify responsiveness to treatment for nicotine addiction. Genetic variants in DRD2, DRD4, ANKK1, DAT1, COMT and DBH genes show some promise in informing personalized prescribing of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies. However, many trials studying these variants had small samples, used retrospective design or were composed of mainly self-identified Caucasian individuals. Furthermore, many of these studies lacked a comprehensive measurement of nicotine metabolism rate, did not assess the roles of sex or the menstrual cycle, and did not investigate the role of rare variants and/or epigenetic factors. Future work should be conducted addressing these limitations to more effectively utilize DA genetic information to unlock the potential of smoking cessation pharmacogenetics.

Indexed as

Genetic VariationPharmacogeneticsDopamineHumansNicotinePrecision MedicineSmoking CessationTobacco Use DisorderWhite PeopleDopamineNicotine

Identifiers

PMID24444411
PMCPMC4154357
OpenAlexW2102358937

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Registered trials

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