Alcohol use disorders

AF Carvalho, M Heilig, A Perez, C Probst, J Rehm - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Alcohol use disorders consist of disorders characterised by compulsive heavy alcohol use
and loss of control over alcohol intake. Alcohol use disorders are some of the most prevalent …

Metabolic messengers: FGF21

KH Flippo, MJ Potthoff - Nature metabolism, 2021 - nature.com
As a non-canonical fibroblast growth factor, fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) functions as
an endocrine hormone that signals to distinct targets throughout the body. Interest in …

Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use

M Liu, Y Jiang, R Wedow, Y Li, DM Brazel, F Chen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many
complex diseases and disorders. They are heritable, and etiologically related, behaviors that …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations

HR Kranzler, H Zhou, RL Kember… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Alcohol consumption level and alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnosis are moderately
heritable traits. We conduct genome-wide association studies of these traits using …

Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

RK Walters, R Polimanti, EC Johnson… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Liability to alcohol dependence (AD) is heritable, but little is known about its complex
polygenic architecture or its genetic relationship with other disorders. To discover loci …

[HTML][HTML] FGF21: an emerging therapeutic target for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and related metabolic diseases

EJ Tillman, T Rolph - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The rising global prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes has driven
a sharp increase in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), characterized by excessive fat …

Investigating the genetic architecture of noncognitive skills using GWAS-by-subtraction

PA Demange, M Malanchini, TT Mallard, P Biroli… - Nature Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Little is known about the genetic architecture of traits affecting educational attainment other
than cognitive ability. We used genomic structural equation modeling and prior genome …

Genome-wide association study meta-analysis of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) in two population-based cohorts

S Sanchez-Roige, AA Palmer… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Alcohol use disorders are common conditions that have enormous social and
economic consequences. Genome-wide association analyses were performed to identify …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and genetic overlap with other health-related traits in UK Biobank (N= 112 117)

TK Clarke, MJ Adams, G Davies, DM Howard… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Alcohol consumption has been linked to over 200 diseases and is responsible for over 5%
of the global disease burden. Well-known genetic variants in alcohol metabolizing genes, for …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatokines and metabolism: Deciphering communication from the liver

SO Jensen-Cody, MJ Potthoff - Molecular metabolism, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The liver is a key regulator of systemic energy homeostasis and can sense and
respond to nutrient excess and deficiency through crosstalk with multiple tissues. Regulation …