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ArticleHepatology international2014

Mechanisms of alcohol-induced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Sreetha Sidharthan, Shyam Kottilil

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Article in Hepatology international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sreetha SidharthanCritical Care Medicine Department, Department of Health and Human Services, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Shyam KottililLaboratory of Immunoregulation, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg10, Rm.11N204, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · US

Funding

Therapeutic Strategies for the Management of HCV/HIV co- infectionZIAAI000390 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI FAUCI, ANTHONY S. · 2009 to 2014
$4.2M
Therapeutic Strategies for the Management of HCV/HIV co- infectionZ01AI000390 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI FAUCI, ANTHONY S. · 1985 to 2008
$348k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000390
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic alcohol abuse is a major risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Alcohol can also function synergistically with other risk factors to cause HCC. Hence, alcohol consumption is a major factor affecting hepatic carcinogenesis in millions and the cause of a substantial public health burden. Chronic alcohol consumption interferes with several host anti-tumor mechanisms, thereby facilitating hepatocyte proliferation and tumorigenesis. This review summarizes the major mechanisms of alcohol-induced HCC. These include pathways of ethanol metabolism, alcohol-induced oxidative stress and hypomethylation of DNA, and interplay of alcohol with iron elevation, retinoid metabolism, the immune system, inflammatory pathways, and neoangiogenesis. The relevance of each pathway in affecting HCC transformation is a topic of intense investigation. Ongoing research will enhance our insight into the alcohol-induced occurrence of HCC and offer hope in developing better therapeutics.

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AlcoholCarcinogenesisHCC

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PMID25383134
PMCPMC4219592
OpenAlexW2011695002

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