Molecular mechanism of alcohol-associated gastric cancer / 中国药理学通报

Gastric cancer is the second most common cancer in China. Alcohol consumption is related to gastric cancer as a sig-nificant risk factor. Some key enzymes is expected to influence the alcohol-associated metabolism. There are many molecular mechanisms of alcohol-related gastric cancer, such as generation of acetaldehyde by microbiome, inflammation, up-regulation of Pol Ⅲ genes, carcinogen-DNA adduct formation and genetic polymorphisms of alcohol metabolizing enzymes. Different types and concentrations of alcohol have different effects on the devel-opment of gastric cancer. This review presents a systematic ex-position on the molecular mechanism of alcohol-associated gastric cancer.