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Inflammatory cytokines in alcohol use disorder patients are lower in smokers and users of smokeless tobacco
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings may indicate that nicotine has anti-inflammatory effects in patients with AUD. Still nicotine use cannot be recommended as a viable therapeutic option to reduce alcohol-induced inflammation because it may cause other adverse effects. Future studies of cytokine patterns in relation to mental or somatic health conditions are warranted to carefully investigate the effect of nicotine, by monitoring the use of any tobacco or nicotine product.PMID:37208927 | DOI:10.1111/acer.15103 (Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research)
Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - May 20, 2023 Category: Addiction Authors: Ingeborg Bolstad Lars Lien Jenny Skumsnes Moe Sumita Pandey Helge Toft J ørgen G Bramness Source Type: research

Sex-specific biobehavioral regulation of persistent inflammatory pain by alcohol
CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that individuals may develop tolerance to alcohol's ability to alleviate both somatic and negative motivational symptoms of chronic pain over time. We also discovered sex-specific neuroadaptations in protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent phosphorylation of GluR1 subunits and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK 1/2) phosphorylation in nociceptive brain centers of animals receiving an alcohol challenge 1 week post-CFA. Together these findings illustrate a sex-specific regulation of behavioral and neurobiological indices of persistent pain by alcohol.PMID:37208939 | DOI:10.1111/acer.15104 (So...
Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - May 20, 2023 Category: Addiction Authors: Jessica A Cucinello-Ragland Noor H Alrashed Sumin Lee Erin C Davis Kimberly N Edwards Scott Edwards Source Type: research

Impact of prior alcohol use on the subsequent development of cancer cachexia in male and female mice
CONCLUSIONS: Prior alcohol consumption accelerates or worsens the onset of certain aspects of cancer cachexia in a sex dependent manner, with males being more sensitive to these effects, even when abstinence from alcohol intake is achieved prior to tumor initiation.PMID:37208964 | DOI:10.1111/acer.15100 (Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research)
Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - May 20, 2023 Category: Addiction Authors: Joseph A Laudato Abigail L Tice Bonde R Johnson Allyson Russo Michael L Rossetti Blake O Bridges Arthur Egan Bradley S Gordon Jennifer L Steiner Source Type: research