Association of genetic variants for susceptibility to obesity with type 2 diabetes in Japanese individuals

A genetic variation in the fat mass- and obesity-associated gene is associated with obesity and newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population

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

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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

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Meta-analysis Added Power to Identify Variants in FTO Associated With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity in the Asian Population

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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

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Confirmation of Multiple Risk Loci and Genetic Impacts by a Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in the Japanese Population

(2009) F. Takeuchi et al.   DIABETES

Effect of Obesity on Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Declines with Age Among Japanese Women

(2009) Misuzu Fujita et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

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

Gene–environmental interaction regarding alcohol-metabolizing enzymes in the Japanese general population

(2009) Miyuki Tsuchihashi-Makaya et al.   HYPERTENSION RESEARCH

Inactivation of the Fto gene protects from obesity

(2009) Julia Fischer et al.   NATURE

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

Impact of Body Mass Index on Incident Hypertension and Diabetes in Chinese Asians, American Whites, and American Blacks: The People's Republic of China Study and the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

(2008) J. Stevens et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Impact of nine common type 2 diabetes risk polymorphisms in Asian Indian Sikhs: PPARG2 (Pro12Ala), IGF2BP2, TCF7L2 and FTOvariants confer a significant risk

(2008) Dharambir K Sanghera et al.   BMC Medical Genetics

Variants Near MC4R Are Associated With Obesity and Influence Obesity-Related Quantitative Traits in a Population of Middle-Aged People: Studies of 14,940 Danes

(2008) D. P. Zobel et al.   DIABETES

Common Variation in the Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated (FTO) Gene Confers Risk of Obesity and Modulates BMI in the Chinese Population

(2008) Y.-C. Chang et al.   DIABETES

Implication of Genetic Variants Near TCF7L2, SLC30A8, HHEX, CDKAL1, CDKN2A/B, IGF2BP2, and FTO in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity in 6,719 Asians

(2008) M. C.Y. Ng et al.   DIABETES

Association Analysis of Variation in/Near FTO, CDKAL1, SLC30A8, HHEX, EXT2, IGF2BP2, LOC387761, and CDKN2B With Type 2 Diabetes and Related Quantitative Traits in Pima Indians

(2008) R. Rong et al.   DIABETES

Common Variation in the FTO Gene Alters Diabetes-Related Metabolic Traits to the Extent Expected Given Its Effect on BMI

(2008) R. M. Freathy et al.   DIABETES

FTO gene variants are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes in South Asian Indians

(2008) C. S. Yajnik et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

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

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

Genetic influences on the difference in variability of height, weight and body mass index between Caucasian and East Asian adolescent twins

(2008) Y-M Hur et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Replication of Genome-Wide Association Studies of Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility in Japan

(2008) Yukio Horikawa et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Variations in the FTO gene are associated with severe obesity in the Japanese

(2008) Kikuko Hotta et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Genome-wide association analysis of metabolic traits in a birth cohort from a founder population

(2008) Chiara Sabatti 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

FTO: the first gene contributing to common forms of human obesity

(2008) R. J. F. Loos et al.   Obesity Reviews