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ArticleBiomolecules2021

Acetaldehyde Enhances Alcohol Sensitivity and Protects against Alcoholism: Evidence from Alcohol Metabolism in Subjects with Variant

Yi-Chyan Chen, Li-Fang Yang, Ching-Long Lai, Shih-Jiun Yin

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Article in Biomolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yi-Chyan ChenDepartment of Psychiatry, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6319-6114
Li-Fang YangDepartment of Psychiatry, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan.
Ching-Long LaiDepartment of Nursing and Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Shih-Jiun YinDepartment of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
Chang Gung University of Science and Technology · TWNational Defense Medical Center · TWTaipei Tzu Chi Hospital · TWTzu Chi University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcoholism is a complex behavior trait influenced by multiple genes as well as by sociocultural factors. Alcohol metabolism is one of the biological determinants that can significantly influence drinking behaviors. Alcohol sensitivity is thought to be a behavioral trait marker for susceptibility to develop alcoholism. The subjective perceptions would be an indicator for the alcohol preference. To investigate alcohol sensitivity for the variants

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Alcohol DehydrogenaseAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholismAldehyde Dehydrogenase, MitochondrialAcetaldehydeAdultEthanolHealthy VolunteersHumansMalePolymorphism, GeneticYoung AdultAcetaldehydeADH1B protein, humanAlcohol DehydrogenaseAldehyde Dehydrogenase, MitochondrialALDH2 protein, humanEthanolacetaldehydealcoholismalcohol metabolismalcohol sensitivityALDH2*2ethanolgenetic variation

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PMID34439848
PMCPMC8391449
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