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ArticleScientific reports2017

Pharmacogenetic study of seven polymorphisms in three nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in smoking-cessation therapies.

Giulia Pintarelli, Antonella Galvan, Paolo Pozzi, Sara Noci, Giovanna Pasetti, Francesca Sala, Ugo Pastorino, Roberto Boffi, Francesca Colombo

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. CHRNA5-A3-B4, CYP2A6, and DBH Genetic Associations With Smoking Cessation Throughout Adulthood Within Two Longitudinal Studies of Women.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giulia PintarelliDepartment of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Antonella GalvanDepartment of Predictive and Preventive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Paolo PozziTobacco Control Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Sara NociDepartment of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Giovanna PasettiDepartment of Predictive and Preventive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Francesca SalaDepartment of Predictive and Preventive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Ugo PastorinoDepartment of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Roberto BoffiTobacco Control Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Francesca ColomboDepartment of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. francesca.colombo@istitutotumori.mi.it.ORCID 0000-0003-2015-4317
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Lariana · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Smoking-cessation therapy reduces the risk of smoking-related diseases, but is successful only in a fraction of smokers. There is growing evidence that genetic variations in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunits influence the risk of nicotine dependence and the ability to quit smoking. To investigate the role of polymorphisms in nAChR genes on smoking quantity and the outcome of smoking-cessation therapies, we carried out an association study on 337 smokers who underwent pharmacotherapy with varenicline, bupropion, nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) alone, or NRT plus bupropion. Smoking habit and abstention were assessed from the number of cigarettes smoked per day (CPD) and the exhaled CO (eCO), at baseline and up to 12 months. We genotyped seven polymorphisms in genes encoding the nAChR subunits CHRNA4, CHRNA5, and CHRNB2. At baseline, both CPD and eCO were associated with polymorphisms in the CHRNA5 locus (rs503464, rs55853698, rs55781567 and rs16969968; P < 0.01). rs503464, a variant in the 5'-UTR of CHRNA5, was also associated with short-, mid- and long-term responses to therapy (P = 0.011, P = 0.0043, P = 0.020, respectively), although after correction for multiple testing only the association at the mid-term assessment remained significant (FDR = 0.03). These data support the role of individual genetic makeup in the ability to quit smoking.

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5' Untranslated RegionsAdultAgedBupropionCarbon MonoxideExhalationFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNerve Tissue ProteinsPharmacogenomic VariantsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideReceptors, NicotinicSmokingSmoking Cessation Agents5' Untranslated RegionsBupropionCarbon MonoxideCHRNA5 protein, humanNerve Tissue ProteinsReceptors, NicotinicSmoking Cessation AgentsVarenicline

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