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ArticleBiomolecules2017

Alcohol, Adipose Tissue and Lipid Dysregulation.

Jennifer L Steiner, Charles H Lang

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Article in Biomolecules, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jennifer L SteinerDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. jls1075@psu.edu.
Charles H LangDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. chl1@psu.edu.
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

Regulation of Nutrient Sensing and Muscle Wasting by AlcoholR37AA011290 · NIAAA · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI LANG, CHARLES H. · 2012 to 2021
$3.4M
Modulation of Contraction-Induced Changes in Muscle mTOR Signaling by AlcoholF32AA023422 · NIAAA · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI STEINER, JENNIFER LYNN · 2014 to 2016
$158k
NIAAA NIH HHS F32 AA023422NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA011290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic alcohol consumption perturbs lipid metabolism as it increases adipose tissue lipolysis and leads to ectopic fat deposition within the liver and the development of alcoholic fatty liver disease. In addition to the recognition of the role of adipose tissue derived fatty acids in liver steatosis, alcohol also impacts other functions of adipose tissue and lipid metabolism. Lipid balance in response to long-term alcohol intake favors adipose tissue loss and fatty acid efflux as lipolysis is upregulated and lipogenesis is either slightly decreased or unchanged. Study of the lipolytic and lipogenic pathways has identified several regulatory proteins modulated by alcohol that contribute to these effects. Glucose tolerance of adipose tissue is also impaired by chronic alcohol due to decreased glucose transporter-4 availability at the membrane. As an endocrine organ, white adipose tissue (WAT) releases several adipokines that are negatively modulated following chronic alcohol consumption including adiponectin, leptin, and resistin. When these effects are combined with the enhanced expression of inflammatory mediators that are induced by chronic alcohol, a proinflammatory state develops within WAT, contributing to the observed lipodystrophy. Lastly, while chronic alcohol intake may enhance thermogenesis of brown adipose tissue (BAT), definitive mechanistic evidence is currently lacking. Overall, both WAT and BAT depots are impacted by chronic alcohol intake and the resulting lipodystrophy contributes to fat accumulation in peripheral organs, thereby enhancing the pathological state accompanying chronic alcohol use disorder.

Indexed as

AdipokinesAdipose Tissue, BrownAdipose Tissue, WhiteAlcoholismAnimalsFemaleGlucose Transporter Type 4HumansLipolysisMaleThermogenesisAdipokinesGlucose Transporter Type 4fatinflammationlipodystrophylipogenesislipolysiswhite adipose tissue

Identifiers

PMID28212318
PMCPMC5372728
OpenAlexW2588320067

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