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

A new highly penetrant form of obesity due to deletions on chromosome 16p11.2

(2010) R. G. Walters et al.   NATURE

Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

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Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge

(2010) Richa Saxena et al.   NATURE GENETICS

New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

(2010) Josée Dupuis et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

(2010) Benjamin F Voight et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Genotype Imputation

(2009) Yun Li et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Polymorphism in the CETP Gene Region, HDL Cholesterol, and Risk of Future Myocardial Infarction

(2009) Paul M. Ridker et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Genetics

Human genetics illuminates the paths to metabolic disease

(2009) Stephen O’Rahilly   NATURE

Large, rare chromosomal deletions associated with severe early-onset obesity

(2009) Elena G. Bochukova et al.   NATURE

Origins and functional impact of copy number variation in the human genome

(2009) Donald F. Conrad et al.   NATURE

Variant near ADAMTS9 Known to Associate with Type 2 Diabetes Is Related to Insulin Resistance in Offspring of Type 2 Diabetes Patients—EUGENE2 Study

(2009) Trine Welløv Boesgaard et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Identifying Relationships among Genomic Disease Regions: Predicting Genes at Pathogenic SNP Associations and Rare Deletions

(2009) Soumya Raychaudhuri et al.   PLoS Genetics

Distribution of body fat and risk of coronary heart disease in men and women

(2008) Dexter Canoy   CURRENT OPINION IN CARDIOLOGY

Sex-specific genetic effects influence variation in body composition

(2008) M. C. Zillikens et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Effects of Weight Loss after Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity on Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A, Adipocytokines, and Insulin

(2008) Nuria García de la Torre et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Genetics of gene expression and its effect on disease

(2008) Valur Emilsson et al.   NATURE

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

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

Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia

(2008) Sekar Kathiresan et al.   NATURE GENETICS

SLC2A9 influences uric acid concentrations with pronounced sex-specific effects

(2008) Angela Döring et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

(2008) Eleftheria Zeggini 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

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

(2008) Cristen J Willer et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Loci influencing lipid levels and coronary heart disease risk in 16 European population cohorts

(2008) Yurii S Aulchenko et al.   NATURE GENETICS

General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

(2008) T. Pischon et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Genome-Wide Association Identifies a Common Variant in the Reelin Gene That Increases the Risk of Schizophrenia Only in Women

(2008) Sagiv Shifman et al.   PLoS Genetics

Mapping the Genetic Architecture of Gene Expression in Human Liver

(2008) Eric E Schadt et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY