Stress‐Related Alcohol Consumption in Heavy Drinkers Correlates with Expression of miR‐10a, miR‐21, and Components of the TAR‐RNA‐Binding Protein‐Associated Complex
Beech RD, Leffert JJ, Lin A, Hong KA, Hansen J, Umlauf S, Mane S, Zhao H, Sinha R. Stress‐Related Alcohol Consumption in Heavy Drinkers Correlates with Expression of miR‐10a, miR‐21, and Components of the TAR‐RNA‐Binding Protein‐Associated Complex. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2014, 38: 2743-2753. PMID: 25421511, PMCID: PMC4244644, DOI: 10.1111/acer.12549.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiR-21Psychological stressMD subjectsAcute psychological stressReal-time polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionGene expressionAlcohol intakeHD groupPeripheral bloodStress-related drinkingPolymerase chain reactionStimulus presentationModerate drinkersMD groupAlcohol-related cuesDrinking subjectsStress-induced drinkingAlcohol consumptionHeavy drinkersAlcohol dependenceAmount of beerMicroRNA-10aChain reactionMicroRNA-21