Association among Body Mass Index, Genetic Variants of FTO, and Thyroid Cancer Risk: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study of the Cancer Screenee Cohort in Korea.
Phenome-wide association studies demonstrating pleiotropy of genetic variants within FTO with and without adjustment for body mass index.
Frontiers In Genetics
Cronin, Robert M RM; Field, Julie R JR; Bradford, Yuki Y; Shaffer, Christian M CM; Carroll, Robert J RJ; Mosley, Jonathan D JD; Bastarache, Lisa L; Edwards, Todd L TL; Hebbring, Scott J SJ; Lin, Simon S; Hindorff, Lucia A LA; Crane, Paul K PK; Pendergrass, Sarah A SA; Ritchie, Marylyn D MD; Crawford, Dana C DC; Pathak, Jyotishman J; Bielinski, Suzette J SJ; Carrell, David S DS; Crosslin, David R DR; Ledbetter, David H DH; Carey, David J DJ; Tromp, Gerard G; Williams, Marc S MS; Larson, Eric B EB; Jarvik, Gail P GP; Peissig, Peggy L PL; Brilliant, Murray H MH; McCarty, Catherine A CA; Chute, Christopher G CG; Kullo, Iftikhar J IJ; Bottinger, Erwin E; Chisholm, Rex R; Smith, Maureen E ME; Roden, Dan M DM; Denny, Joshua C JC
Low copy number of the salivary amylase gene predisposes to obesity.
Nature Genetics
Falchi, Mario M; El-Sayed Moustafa, Julia Sarah JS; Takousis, Petros P; Pesce, Francesco F; Bonnefond, Amélie A; Andersson-Assarsson, Johanna C JC; Sudmant, Peter H PH; Dorajoo, Rajkumar R; Al-Shafai, Mashael Nedham MN; Bottolo, Leonardo L; Ozdemir, Erdal E; So, Hon-Cheong HC; Davies, Robert W RW; Patrice, Alexandre A; Dent, Robert R; Mangino, Massimo M; Hysi, Pirro G PG; Dechaume, Aurélie A; Huyvaert, Marlène M; Skinner, Jane J; Pigeyre, Marie M; Caiazzo, Robert R; Raverdy, Violeta V; Vaillant, Emmanuel E; Field, Sarah S; Balkau, Beverley B; Marre, Michel M; Visvikis-Siest, Sophie S; Weill, Jacques J; Poulain-Godefroy, Odile O; Jacobson, Peter P; Sjostrom, Lars L; Hammond, Christopher J CJ; Deloukas, Panos P; Sham, Pak Chung PC; McPherson, Ruth R; Lee, Jeannette J; Tai, E Shyong ES; Sladek, Robert R; Carlsson, Lena M S LM; Walley, Andrew A; Eichler, Evan E EE; Pattou, Francois F; Spector, Timothy D TD; Froguel, Philippe P
Genome-wide association scan allowing for epistasis in type 2 diabetes.
Annals Of Human Genetics
Bell, Jordana T JT; Timpson, Nicholas J NJ; Rayner, N William NW; Zeggini, Eleftheria E; Frayling, Timothy M TM; Hattersley, Andrew T AT; Morris, Andrew P AP; McCarthy, Mark I MI
Identifying association under a previous linkage peak on chromosome 16 for body mass index using cross-sectional and longitudinal data of the Framingham Heart Study.
Bmc Proceedings
Li, Xiaohui X; Mei, Ling L; Yang, Kai K; Rotter, Jerome I JI; Guo, Xiuqing X
FTO variants are associated with obesity in the Chinese and Malay populations in Singapore.
Diabetes
Tan, Jonathan T JT; Dorajoo, Rajkumar R; Seielstad, Mark M; Sim, Xue Ling XL; Ong, Rick Twee-Hee RT; Chia, Kee Seng KS; Wong, Tien Yin TY; Saw, Seang Mei SM; Chew, Suok Kai SK; Aung, Tin T; Tai, E-Shyong ES
Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits.
Plos Genetics
Scuteri, Angelo A; Sanna, Serena S; Chen, Wei-Min WM; Uda, Manuela M; Albai, Giuseppe G; Strait, James J; Najjar, Samer S; Nagaraja, Ramaiah R; Orrú, Marco M; Usala, Gianluca G; Dei, Mariano M; Lai, Sandra S; Maschio, Andrea A; Busonero, Fabio F; Mulas, Antonella A; Ehret, Georg B GB; Fink, Ashley A AA; Weder, Alan B AB; Cooper, Richard S RS; Galan, Pilar P; Chakravarti, Aravinda A; Schlessinger, David D; Cao, Antonio A; Lakatta, Edward E; Abecasis, Gonçalo R GR