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ArticleLupus2020

Associations between daily alcohol consumption and systemic lupus erythematosus-related cytokines and chemokines among US female nurses without SLE.

Jill Hahn, Cianna Leatherwood, Susan Malspeis, Xinyi Liu, Bing Lu, Andrea L Roberts, Jeffrey A Sparks, Elizabeth W Karlson, Candace H Feldman, Melissa E Munroe and 3 more

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Article in Lupus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jill HahnDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5660-3909
Cianna LeatherwoodKaiser Permanente, Richmond, USA.
Susan MalspeisDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.
Xinyi LiuDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.
Bing LuDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.
Andrea L RobertsDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA.
Jeffrey A SparksDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.
Elizabeth W KarlsonDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.
Candace H FeldmanDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.
Melissa E MunroeArthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA.
Judith A JamesArthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA.
Laura D KubzanskyDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA.
Karen H CostenbaderDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USOklahoma Medical Research Foundation · USKaiser Permanente Richmond Medical Center · US

Funding

Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM104938 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI TIMOTHY M VANWAGONER · 2013 to 2026
$68.2M
Joint Biology Consortium Resource-based CenterP30AR070253 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Peter A Nigrovic, Jeffrey Andrew Sparks · 2016 to 2026
$9.4M
Oklahoma Rheumatic Disease Research Cores Center (Overall Application)P30AR073750 · NIAMS · OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION · PI JUDITH A JAMES · 2018 to 2026
$8.5M
Sociodemographic Disparities in SLE Incidence: Behavioral and Psychosocial FactorsR01AR057327 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI COSTENBADER, KAREN H · 2009 to 2019
$6.2M
Metabolites of Dietary Intake and Risk of Knee OsteoarthritisR01AR074447 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI LU, BING · 2019 to 2022
$2.6M
Dietary Quality, Body Adiposity, and Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in WomenR01AR071326 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LU, BING, SOLOMON, DANIEL HAL · 2018 to 2021
$1.8M
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology in Patients with LupusK24AR066109 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI COSTENBADER, KAREN H · 2014 to 2023
$1.7M
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Respiratory Outcomes in Prospective CohortsK23AR069688 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SPARKS, JEFFREY ANDREW · 2016 to 2020
$766k
Respiratory Diseases, Genetics, and Rheumatoid Arthritis RiskR03AR075886 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SPARKS, JEFFREY ANDREW · 2019 to 2020
$179k
NIAMS NIH HHS K23 AR069688NIAMS NIH HHS K24 AR066109NIAMS NIH HHS L30 AR066953NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR073750NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR057327NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR071326NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR074447NIAMS NIH HHS R03 AR075886NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104938
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesModerate alcohol consumption has been associated with decreased systemic lupus erythematosus risk, but the biologic basis for this association is unknown. We aimed to determine whether moderate alcohol consumption was associated with lower concentrations of systemic lupus erythematosus-associated chemokines/cytokines in an ongoing cohort of female nurses without systemic lupus erythematosus, and whether the association was modified by the presence of systemic lupus erythematosus-related autoantibodies.

methodsAbout 25% of participants from the Nurses' Health Study (

resultsAt blood draw, the women's mean age was 56 years and 22% were antinuclear antibody positive; 36% were African-American. About half (46%) reported consuming 0-5 g/day of alcohol. Stem cell factor levels were 0.5% lower (

conclusionIn this study of female nurses, moderate alcohol consumption was associated with lower stem cell factor levels, suggesting a plausible mechanism through which alcohol may lower systemic lupus erythematosus risk might be by decreasing circulating stem cell factor.

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NursesAdultAlcohol DrinkingAntibodies, AntinuclearBlack or African AmericanCase-Control StudiesChemokinesCohort StudiesCytokinesFemaleHumansLinear ModelsLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMiddle AgedUnited StatesAntibodies, AntinuclearChemokinesCytokinesalcoholbiomarkerchemokinecytokineepidemiologyLupusrisk factorSCF

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PMID32507075
PMCPMC7497791
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