Implication of European-derived adiposity loci in African Americans

Resequencing and Analysis of Variation in the TCF7L2 Gene in African Americans Suggests That SNP rs7903146 Is the Causal Diabetes Susceptibility Variant

(2010) N. D. Palmer et al.   DIABETES

Fine mapping of the association with obesity at the FTO locus in African-derived populations

(2010) Mohamed T. Hassanein et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Genome-wide association of anthropometric traits in African- and African-derived populations

(2010) S. J. Kang et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2008

(2010) Katherine M. Flegal   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Implication of Genetic Variants NearNEGR1,SEC16B,TMEM18,ETV5/DGKG,GNPDA2,LIN7C/BDNF,MTCH2,BCDIN3D/FAIM2,SH2B1,FTO,MC4R, andKCTD15with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in 7705 Chinese

(2010) Maggie C. Y. Ng et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

(2010) Iris M Heid et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

(2010) Elizabeth K Speliotes et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Association ofFTOGene Variants With Adiposity in African-American Adolescents

(2010) Sureka Bollepalli et al.   Obesity

Regional Adipose Tissue Associations With Calcified Atherosclerotic Plaque: African American-Diabetes Heart Study

(2010) Jasmin Divers et al.   Obesity

The incidence of co-morbidities related to obesity and overweight: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2009) Daphne P Guh et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Analysis of FTO gene variants with measures of obesity and glucose homeostasis in the IRAS Family Study

(2009) Maria R. Wing et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Association between obesity and polymorphisms in SEC16B, TMEM18, GNPDA2, BDNF, FAIM2 and MC4R in a Japanese population

(2009) Kikuko Hotta et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Genome-wide association study for early-onset and morbid adult obesity identifies three new risk loci in European populations

(2009) David Meyre et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A large-scale genome-wide association study of Asian populations uncovers genetic factors influencing eight quantitative traits

(2009) Yoon Shin Cho et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Non-muscle myosin heavy chain 9 gene MYH9 associations in African Americans with clinically diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus-associated ESRD

(2009) B. I. Freedman et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Genetic and Environmental Contributions to BMI in Adolescent and Young Adult Women

(2009) Alexis E. Duncan et al.   Obesity

Genome-Wide Association Scan Meta-Analysis Identifies Three Loci Influencing Adiposity and Fat Distribution

(2009) Cecilia M. Lindgren et al.   PLoS Genetics

NRXN3 Is a Novel Locus for Waist Circumference: A Genome-Wide Association Study from the CHARGE Consortium

(2009) Nancy L. Heard-Costa et al.   PLoS Genetics

Transmembrane Protein 18 Enhances the Tropism of Neural Stem Cells for Glioma Cells

(2008) J. Jurvansuu et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

FTO Variants Are Associated With Obesity in the Chinese and Malay Populations in Singapore

(2008) J. T. Tan et al.   DIABETES

Exploration of the utility of ancestry informative markers for genetic association studies of African Americans with type 2 diabetes and end stage renal disease

(2008) Keith L. Keene et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Genome-wide association studies: implications for multiethnic samples

(2008) R. S. Cooper et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Common nonsynonymous variants in PCSK1 confer risk of obesity

(2008) Michael Benzinou et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity

(2008) Ruth J F Loos et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity

(2008) Gudmar Thorleifsson et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Common genetic variation near MC4R is associated with waist circumference and insulin resistance

(2008) John C Chambers et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

(2008) Cristen J Willer et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Association Analysis of the FTO Gene with Obesity in Children of Caucasian and African Ancestry Reveals a Common Tagging SNP

(2008) Struan F. A. Grant et al.   PLoS One