Identification of epistatic interactions between the human RNA demethylases FTO and ALKBH5 with gene set enrichment analysis informed by differential methylation.
Signatures of natural selection at the FTO (fat mass and obesity associated) locus in human populations.
Plos One
Liu, Xuanshi X; Weidle, Kerstin K; Schröck, Kristin K; Tönjes, Anke A; Schleinitz, Dorit D; Breitfeld, Jana J; Stumvoll, Michael M; Böttcher, Yvonne Y; Schöneberg, Torsten T; Kovacs, Peter P
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
Association of FTO variants with BMI and fat mass in the self-contained population of Sorbs in Germany.
European Journal Of Human Genetics : Ejhg
Tönjes, Anke A; Zeggini, Eleftheria E; Kovacs, Peter P; Böttcher, Yvonne Y; Schleinitz, Dorit D; Dietrich, Kerstin K; Morris, Andrew P AP; Enigk, Beate B; Rayner, Nigel W NW; Koriath, Moritz M; Eszlinger, Markus M; Kemppinen, Anu A; Prokopenko, Inga I; Hoffmann, Katrin K; Teupser, Daniel D; Thiery, Joachim J; Krohn, Knut K; McCarthy, Mark I MI; Stumvoll, Michael M
Association analysis of the FTO gene with obesity in children of Caucasian and African ancestry reveals a common tagging SNP.
Plos One
Grant, Struan F A SF; Li, Mingyao M; Bradfield, Jonathan P JP; Kim, Cecilia E CE; Annaiah, Kiran K; Santa, Erin E; Glessner, Joseph T JT; Casalunovo, Tracy T; Frackelton, Edward C EC; Otieno, F George FG; Shaner, Julie L JL; Smith, Ryan M RM; Imielinski, Marcin M; Eckert, Andrew W AW; Chiavacci, Rosetta M RM; Berkowitz, Robert I RI; Hakonarson, Hakon H