On the association of common and rare genetic variation influencing body mass index: a combined SNP and CNV analysis

A meta-analysis identifies new loci associated with body mass index in individuals of African ancestry

(2013) Keri L Monda et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

(2013) Sonja I Berndt et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Rare Genomic Structural Variants in Complex Disease: Lessons from the Replication of Associations with Obesity

(2013) Robin G. Walters et al.   PLoS One

A Systematic Mapping Approach of 16q12.2/FTO and BMI in More Than 20,000 African Americans Narrows in on the Underlying Functional Variation: Results from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study

(2013) Ulrike Peters et al.   PLoS Genetics

Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

(2012) Caroline M. Apovian et al.   CIRCULATION

The effect of current and lifetime alcohol consumption on overall and central obesity

(2012) S Lourenço et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

A novel familial 11p15.4 microduplication associated with intellectual disability, dysmorphic features, and obesity with involvement of the ZNF214 gene

(2011) Elvera Sofos et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A

Metabolic diseases and cancer risk

(2011) Malin H. Faulds et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN ONCOLOGY

Copy Number Variation Accuracy in Genome-Wide Association Studies

(2011) Peng Lin et al.   HUMAN HEREDITY

Developments in Obesity Genetics in the Era of Genome-Wide Association Studies

(2011) Felix R. Day et al.   Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics

Mirror extreme BMI phenotypes associated with gene dosage at the chromosome 16p11.2 locus

(2011) Sébastien Jacquemont et al.   NATURE

Genome partitioning of genetic variation for complex traits using common SNPs

(2011) Jian Yang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The worldwide epidemiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus—present and future perspectives

(2011) Lei Chen et al.   Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Multiple Recurrent De Novo CNVs, Including Duplications of the 7q11.23 Williams Syndrome Region, Are Strongly Associated with Autism

(2011) Stephan J. Sanders et al.   NEURON

Genome-Wide Association of BMI in African Americans

(2011) Maggie C.Y. Ng et al.   Obesity

Genotype Imputation with Thousands of Genomes

(2011) Bryan Howie et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Physical Activity Attenuates the Influence of FTO Variants on Obesity Risk: A Meta-Analysis of 218,166 Adults and 19,268 Children

(2011) Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

A Genome-wide Study Reveals Copy Number Variants Exclusive to Childhood Obesity Cases

(2010) Joseph T. Glessner et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Large Copy-Number Variations Are Enriched in Cases With Moderate to Extreme Obesity

(2010) K. Wang et al.   DIABETES

Genetic risk sum score comprised of common polygenic variation is associated with body mass index

(2010) Roseann E. Peterson et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

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

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

Novel common copy number variation for early onset extreme obesity on chromosome 11q11 identified by a genome-wide analysis

(2010) Ivonne Jarick et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Obesity Susceptibility Genetic Variants Identified from Recent Genome-Wide Association Studies: Implications in a Chinese Population

(2010) Chloe Y. Y. Cheung et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

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

(2010) R. G. Walters et al.   NATURE

A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing

(2010) Richard M. Durbin et al.   NATURE

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

A genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence

(2010) L. J. Bierut et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cumulative effects and predictive value of common obesity-susceptibility variants identified by genome-wide association studies

(2009) Shengxu Li et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Recent progress in the genetics of common obesity

(2009) Ruth J. F. Loos   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Replication and extension of genome-wide association study results for obesity in 4923 adults from northern Sweden

(2009) Frida Renström et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

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

(2009) Elena G. Bochukova et al.   NATURE

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

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

A Flexible and Accurate Genotype Imputation Method for the Next Generation of Genome-Wide Association Studies

(2009) Bryan N. Howie et al.   PLoS Genetics

A Genome-Wide Investigation of SNPs and CNVs in Schizophrenia

(2009) Anna C. Need et al.   PLoS Genetics

Methods for Detecting Associations with Rare Variants for Common Diseases: Application to Analysis of Sequence Data

(2008) Bingshan Li et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Physical Activity and the Association of Common FTO Gene Variants With Body Mass Index and Obesity

(2008) Evadnie Rampersaud et al.   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

SNAP: a web-based tool for identification and annotation of proxy SNPs using HapMap

(2008) A. D. Johnson et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The common obesity variant near MC4R gene is associated with higher intakes of total energy and dietary fat, weight change and diabetes risk in women

(2008) L. Qi et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR 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

Adjustment of genomic waves in signal intensities from whole-genome SNP genotyping platforms

(2008) Sharon J. Diskin et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH