Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
- A. Locke, Bratati Kahali, E. Speliotes
- BiologyNature
- 11 February 2015
A genome-wide association study and Metabochip meta-analysis of body mass index (BMI), a measure commonly used to define obesity and assess adiposity, in up to 339,224 individuals provide strong support for a role of the central nervous system in obesity susceptibility.
Genetic variation in PNPLA3 confers susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- S. Romeo, J. Kozlitina, H. Hobbs
- MedicineNature Genetics
- 25 September 2008
Variation in PNPLA3 contributes to ancestry-related and inter-individual differences in hepatic fat content and susceptibility to NAFLD.
Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease
- J. Lambert, C. Ibrahim-Verbaas, P. Amouyel
- BiologyNature Genetics
- 1 December 2013
In addition to the APOE locus (encoding apolipoprotein E), 19 loci reached genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10−8) in the combined stage 1 and stage 2 analysis, of which 11 are newly associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Biological, Clinical, and Population Relevance of 95 Loci for Blood Lipids
- Tanya M. Teslovich, K. Musunuru, S. Kathiresan
- BiologyNature
- 1 August 2010
The results identify several novel loci associated with plasma lipids that are also associated with CAD and provide the foundation to develop a broader biological understanding of lipoprotein metabolism and to identify new therapeutic opportunities for the prevention of CAD.
Sequence variations in PCSK9, low LDL, and protection against coronary heart disease.
- Jonathan C. Cohen, E. Boerwinkle, T. Mosley, H. Hobbs
- Medicine, BiologyNew England Journal of Medicine
- 23 March 2006
It is indicated that moderate lifelong reduction in the plasma level of LDL cholesterol is associated with a substantial Reduction in the incidence of coronary events, even in populations with a high prevalence of non-lipid-related cardiovascular risk factors.
Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index
- E. Speliotes, C. Willer, R. Loos
- Biology, Medicine
- 2010
18 new loci associated with body mass index are identified, one of which includes a copy number variant near GPRC5B, and genes in other newly associated loci may provide new insights into human body weight regulation.
Discovery and Refinement of Loci Associated with Lipid Levels
- C. Willer, Ellen M. Schmidt, G. Abecasis
- BiologyNature Genetics
- 6 October 2013
It is found that loci associated with blood lipid levels are often associated with cardiovascular and metabolic traits, including coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, blood pressure, waist-hip ratio and body mass index.
Evolution and Functional Impact of Rare Coding Variation from Deep Sequencing of Human Exomes
- J. Tennessen, A. Bigham, J. Akey
- BiologyScience
- 6 July 2012
The findings suggest that most human variation is rare, not shared between populations, and that rare variants are likely to play a role in human health, and show that large sample sizes will be required to associate rare variants with complex traits.
New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk
- J. Dupuis, C. Langenberg, I. Barroso
- Medicine, BiologyNature Genetics
- 17 January 2010
It is demonstrated that genetic studies of glycemic traits can identify type 2 diabetes risk loci, as well as loci containing gene variants that are associated with a modest elevation in glucose levels but are not associated with overt diabetes.
Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders
Results from de novo events and a large parallel case–control study provide strong evidence in favour of CHD8 and KATNAL2 as genuine autism risk factors and support polygenic models in which spontaneous coding mutations in any of a large number of genes increases risk by 5- to 20-fold.
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