SynthesisInternational journal of cancer2022
Alcohol consumption, DNA methylation and colorectal cancer risk: Results from pooled cohort studies and Mendelian randomization analysis.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Alcohol Exposure and Disease Associations: A Mendelian Randomization and Meta-Analysis on Weekly Consumption and Problematic Drinking.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Alcohol consumption and its association with cancer, cardiovascular, liver and brain diseases: a systematic review of Mendelian randomization studies.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2024Pooled it
- No association between cholecystectomy and risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.International journal of colorectal disease · 2023Pooled it
- Alcohol consumption, DNA methylation and colorectal cancer risk: Results from pooled cohort studies and Mendelian randomization analysis.International journal of cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Association between chili pepper consumption and risk of gastrointestinal-tract cancers: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- Risk score for esophageal and gastric cancer in the over 50-year-old population based on self-reported information -the RISC-GAP project.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Alcohol consumption and cancer progression: Mechanistic insights, immune dysregulation, and public health implications.Translational oncology · 2026Review
- Colorectal cancer sidedness: prognostic implications and the predictive role of artificial intelligence.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Article
- [Ethanol promotes oxaliplatin resistance in colorectal cancer by activating the TGF‑β/Smad/P21 signaling axis].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2026Article
- DNA Methylation Regulates CDK5R1 and NRBP1 to Exert Effects on Alcohol Dependence: Insights From Mendelian Randomization.Addiction biology · 2026Article
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- Mendelian Randomization-Based Discovery of Novel Protein Biomarkers and Drug Targets in Colorectal Cancer: Validation Through Prognostic Modeling, Single-Cell Analysis, and In Vitro Cell Experiments.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2025Article
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- Multi-tissue expression and splicing data prioritise anatomical subsite- and sex-specific colorectal cancer susceptibility genes.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Decoding the genetic and environmental forces in propelling the surge of early-onset colorectal cancer.Chinese medical journal · 2025Review
- Pharmacological role ofWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Alcohol consumption is thought to be one of the modifiable risk factors for colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the causality and mechanisms by which alcohol exerts its carcinogenic effect are unclear. We evaluated the association between alcohol consumption and CRC risk by analyzing data from 32 cohort studies and conducted two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to examine for casual relationship. To explore the effect of alcohol related DNA methylation on CRC risk, we performed an epigenetic MR analysis with data from an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS). We additionally performed gene-alcohol interaction analysis nested in the UK Biobank to assess effect modification between alcohol consumption and susceptibility genes. We discovered distinct effects of alcohol on CRC incidence and mortality from the meta-analyses, and genetic predisposition to alcohol drinking was causally associated with an increased CRC risk (OR = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.23-2.61) using two-sample MR approaches. In epigenetic MR analysis, two alcohol-related CpG sites (cg05593667 and cg10045354 mapped to COLCA1/COLCA2 gene) were identified causally associated with an increased CRC risk (P < 8.20 × 10
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