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ReviewAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2021

A review of the role of ethanol-induced adipose tissue dysfunction in alcohol-associated liver disease.

Thiyagarajan Gopal, Weilun Ai, Carol A Casey, Terrence M Donohue, Viswanathan Saraswathi

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Review in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 28 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thiyagarajan GopalDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1031-6300
Weilun AiDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Carol A CaseyVA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Terrence M DonohueVA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Viswanathan SaraswathiDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6721-9600
VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System · US

Funding

Translational Technologies CoreP50AA012870 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal · 2001 to 2026
$43.7M
Altered Histidine Metabolism in Pancreatic Cancer: A Novel Metabolic Target to Enhance Gemcitabine EfficacyR21CA238953 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI RACHAGANI, SATYANARAYANA, VISWANATHAN, SARASWATHI · 2019 to 2020
$372k
The Role of TP-R on Adipose Tissue Browning: Therapeutic Implications in Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseR21AA027367 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI CASEY, CAROL A., VISWANATHAN, SARASWATHI · 2019 to 2020
$337k
The Effectiveness of NanoSOD in Ameliorating Ethanol-induced Liver Injury in ObesityR21AA025445 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI VISWANATHAN, SARASWATHI · 2017 to 2018
$331k
CSRD VA I01 CX002084NCI NIH HHS R21 CA238953NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA012870NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA025445NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA027367
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol-associated liver disease (AALD) encompasses a spectrum of liver diseases that includes simple steatosis, steatohepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis. The adverse effects of alcohol in liver and the mechanisms by which ethanol (EtOH) promotes liver injury are well studied. Although liver is known to be the primary organ affected by EtOH exposure, alcohol's effects on other organs are also known to contribute significantly to the development of liver injury. It is becoming increasingly evident that adipose tissue (AT) is an important site of EtOH action. Both AT storage and secretory functions are altered by EtOH. For example, AT lipolysis, stimulated by EtOH, contributes to chronic alcohol-induced hepatic steatosis. Adipocytes secrete a wide variety of biologically active molecules known as adipokines. EtOH alters the secretion of these adipokines from AT, which include cytokines and chemokines that exert paracrine effects in liver. In addition, the level of EtOH-metabolizing enzymes, in particular, CYP2E1, rises in the AT of EtOH-fed mice, which promotes oxidative stress and/or inflammation in AT. Thus, AT dysfunction characterized by increased AT lipolysis and free fatty acid mobilization and altered secretion of adipokines can contribute to the severity of AALD. Of note, moderate EtOH exposure results in AT browning and activation of brown adipose tissue which, in turn, can promote thermogenesis. In this review article, we discuss the direct effects of EtOH consumption in AT and the mechanisms by which EtOH impacts the functions of AT, which, in turn, increases the severity of AALD in animal models and humans.

Indexed as

AdipocytesAdipose TissueAnimalsCentral Nervous System DepressantsEthanolHumansLiver Diseases, AlcoholicOxidative StressThermogenesisCentral Nervous System DepressantsEthanoladipokinesadipose tissueAT browningCYP2E1ethanol

Identifiers

PMID34558087
PMCPMC9153937
OpenAlexW3201138704

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