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Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation.
Nat. Genet. 41, 25-34 (2009)
Common variants at only two loci, FTO and MC4R, have been reproducibly associated with body mass index (BMI) in humans. To identify additional loci, we conducted meta-analysis of 15 genome-wide association studies for BMI (n > 32,000) and followed up top signals in 14 additional cohorts (n > 59,000). We strongly confirm FTO and MC4R and identify six additional loci (P < 5 x 10(-8)): TMEM18, KCTD15, GNPDA2, SH2B1, MTCH2 and NEGR1 (where a 45-kb deletion polymorphism is a candidate causal variant). Several of the likely causal genes are highly expressed or known to act in the central nervous system (CNS), emphasizing, as in rare monogenic forms of obesity, the role of the CNS in predisposition to obesity.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
genome-wide association; coronary-artery-disease; alcohol dependence; common variants; gene-expression; fto gene; neurite outgrowth; childhood obesity; adult obesity; mice
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1061-4036
e-ISSN
1546-1718
Journal
Nature Genetics
Quellenangaben
Volume: 41,
Issue: 1,
Pages: 25-34
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Publishing Place
New York, NY
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Peer reviewed