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.
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.
Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
- P. Burton, D. Clayton, A. Compston
- BiologyNature
- 7 June 2007
This study has demonstrated that careful use of a shared control group represents a safe and effective approach to GWA analyses of multiple disease phenotypes; generated a genome-wide genotype database for future studies of common diseases in the British population; and shown that, provided individuals with non-European ancestry are excluded, the extent of population stratification in theBritish population is generally modest.
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.
Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation
- C. Willer, E. Speliotes, J. Hirschhorn
- BiologyNature Genetics
- 2009
Several of the likely causal genes are highly expressed or known to act in the central nervous system (CNS), emphasizing, as in rare monogenic forms of obesity, the role of the CNS in predisposition to obesity.
Genomewide association analysis of coronary artery disease.
- N. Samani, J. Erdmann, H. Schunkert
- Medicine, BiologyNew England Journal of Medicine
- 2 August 2007
Several genetic loci that, individually and in aggregate, substantially affect the risk of development of coronary artery disease are identified.
Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height
- A. Wood, T. Esko, T. Frayling
- BiologyNature Genetics
- 8 September 2014
The results indicate a genetic architecture for human height that is characterized by a very large but finite number of causal variants, including mTOR, osteoglycin and binding of hyaluronic acid.
Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study
- B. Voight, G. Peloso, S. Kathiresan
- Medicine, BiologyThe Lancet
- 11 August 2012
Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height
- H. Lango Allen, K. Estrada, J. Hirschhorn
- BiologyNature
- 10 August 2010
It is shown that hundreds of genetic variants, in at least 180 loci, influence adult height, a highly heritable and classic polygenic trait, and indicates that GWA studies can identify large numbers of loci that implicate biologically relevant genes and pathways.
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