Genome wide association study identifies KCNMA1contributing to human obesity

Combined Analyses of 20 Common Obesity Susceptibility Variants

(2010) C. H. Sandholt et al.   DIABETES

Genetic Susceptibility to Obesity and Related Traits in Childhood and Adolescence: Influence of Loci Identified by Genome-Wide Association Studies

(2010) M. den Hoed et al.   DIABETES

FGF21 signalling pathway and metabolic traits – genetic association analysis

(2010) Bernhard M Kaess et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

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

(2010) R. G. Walters et al.   NATURE

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

(2010) Elizabeth K Speliotes et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Two New Loci for Body-Weight Regulation Identified in a Joint Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Early-Onset Extreme Obesity in French and German Study Groups

(2010) André Scherag et al.   PLoS Genetics

Non-replication of an association of CTNNBL1polymorphisms and obesity in a population of Central European ancestry

(2009) Carla IG Vogel et al.   BMC Medical Genetics

Common body mass index-associated variants confer risk of extreme obesity

(2009) Chris Cotsapas et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

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

(2009) Elena G. Bochukova et al.   NATURE

Inactivation of the Fto gene protects from obesity

(2009) Julia Fischer et al.   NATURE

A supersized list of obesity genes

(2009) Marten Hofker et al.   NATURE 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

Mutational Analysis of the Pro-opiomelanocortin Gene in French Obese Children Led to the Identification of a Novel Deleterious Heterozygous Mutation Located in the α-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone Domain

(2009) Beatrice Dubern et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

A Mouse Model for the Metabolic Effects of the Human Fat Mass and Obesity Associated FTO Gene

(2009) Chris Church et al.   PLoS Genetics

Lipolysis-Not inflammation, cell death, or lipogenesis-Is involved in adipose tissue loss in cancer cachexia

(2008) Mikael Rydén et al.   CANCER

Genome-wide association scans identified CTNNBL1 as a novel gene for obesity

(2008) Yong-Jun Liu et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Successful overweight prevention in adolescents by increasing physical activity: a 4-year randomized controlled intervention

(2008) C Simon et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Characterization of ion channels in human preadipocytes

(2008) Hao Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Expression of Six Transmembrane Protein of Prostate 2 in Human Adipose Tissue Associates with Adiposity and Insulin Resistance

(2008) Peter Arner et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Genetic variation in the KCNMA1 potassium channel α subunit as risk factor for severe essential hypertension and myocardial infarction

(2008) Marta Tomás et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Dynamics of fat cell turnover in humans

(2008) Kirsty L. Spalding 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

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

FTO Gene Associated Fatness in Relation to Body Fat Distribution and Metabolic Traits throughout a Broad Range of Fatness

(2008) Sofia I. I. Kring et al.   PLoS One

Non-Replication of Genome-Wide Based Associations between Common Variants in INSIG2 and PFKP and Obesity in Studies of 18,014 Danes

(2008) Camilla H. Andreasen et al.   PLoS One