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ReviewAlcohol, clinical & experimental research2025

Next-generation biomarkers for alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorder diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment: A critical review.

Shaunna L Clark, Emily E Hartwell, Doo-Sup Choi, John H Krystal, Robert O Messing, Laura B Ferguson

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Review in Alcohol, clinical & experimental research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shaunna L ClarkDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3193-6923
Emily E HartwellMental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5137-9714
Doo-Sup ChoiDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6796-9938
John H KrystalDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6952-1726
Robert O MessingWaggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5345-4431
Laura B FergusonWaggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3274-412X

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Translational Technologies CoreP50AA012870 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal · 2001 to 2026
$43.7M
INIA: ANIMAL COREU01AA013520 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI YURI A BLEDNOV, ROBERT O. MESSING · 2001 to 2026
$9.5M
Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on AlcoholismU24AA025479 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI ROBERT O. MESSING · 2017 to 2026
$5.0M
The methylomic consequences of neighborhood disadvantage for youth risk-taking behaviors.R01HD104297 · NICHD · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BURT, S. ALEXANDRA, CLARK, SHAUNNA L · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
Single cell transcriptomic study of alcohol useR01AA030116 · NIAAA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Karolina Anna Aberg, Shaunna L Clark · 2023 to 2026
$2.4M
PDE4 regulation of GABA-A receptors in alcohol tolerance and consumptionR01AA028807 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI ROBERT O. MESSING · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
Chronic Alcohol Exposure and Pathophysiology of Alzheimer's Disease.R01AG072898 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI CHOI, DOO-SUP, TRUSHINA, EUGENIA · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
Astrocyte-Neuron Interaction in the Dorsal Striatum and Ethanol-Seeking Behaviors Diversity supplement - Matthew LopezR01AA029258 · NIAAA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI CHOI, DOO-SUP · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
CRF neurons of the extended amygdala and alcohol drinkingR01AA026075 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI MESSING, ROBERT O. · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
Neural Basis of Ethanol Withdrawal-Induced Sleep DisturbanceR21AA028968 · NIAAA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI CHOI, DOO-SUP · 2021 to 2022
$417k
RNA biomarkers for alcohol use disorderK99AA030821 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI FERGUSON, LAURA BROCKWAY · 2023 to 2024
$262k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This critical review summarizes the current state of omics-based biomarkers in the alcohol research field. We first provide definitions and background information on alcohol and alcohol use disorder (AUD), biomarkers, and "omic" technologies. We next summarize using (1) genetic information as risk/prognostic biomarkers for the onset of alcohol-related problems and the progression from regular drinking to problematic drinking (including AUD), (2) epigenetic information as diagnostic biomarkers for AUD and risk biomarkers for alcohol consumption, (3) transcriptomic information as diagnostic biomarkers for AUD, risk biomarkers for alcohol consumption, and (4) metabolomic information as diagnostic biomarkers for AUD, risk biomarkers for alcohol consumption, and predictive biomarkers for response to acamprosate in subjects with AUD. In the final section, the clinical implications of the findings are discussed, and recommendations are made for future research.

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alcoholAUDbiomarkersmachine learningomics

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PMID39532676
PMCPMC11747793

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