Expressive

rs11663816 - RNU4-17P - MC4R

Magnitude 2.2 · 3 studies on file

Reported associations

  • Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity ― A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 28448500

    ABSTRACT: Physical activity (PA) may modify the genetic effects that give rise to increased risk of obesity. To identify adiposity loci whose effects are modified by PA, we performed genome-wide interaction meta-analyses of BMI and BMI-adjusted waist circumference and waist-hip ratio from up to 200,452 adults of European (n = 180,423) or other ancestry (n = 20,029). We standardized PA by categorizing it into a dichotomous variable where, on average, 23% of participants were categorized as inactive and 77% as physically active. While we replicate the interaction with PA for the strongest known obesity-risk locus in the FTO gene, of which the effect is attenuated by ~30% in physically active individuals compared to inactive individuals, we do not identify additional loci that are sensitive t

  • Target genes, variants, tissues and transcriptional pathways influencing human serum urate levels - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 31578528

    ABSTRACT: Elevated serum urate levels cause gout and correlate with cardio-metabolic diseases via poorly understood mechanisms. We performed a trans-ethnic genome-wide association study of serum urate among 457,690 individuals, identifying 183 loci (147 novel) that improve prediction of gout in an independent cohort of 334,880 individuals. Serum urate showed significant genetic correlations with many cardio-metabolic traits, with genetic causality analyses supporting a substantial role for pleiotropy. Enrichment analysis, fine-mapping of urate-associated loci, and co-localization with gene expression in 47 tissues implicated kidney and liver as main target organs and prioritized potentially causal genes and variants, including the transcriptional master regulators in liver and kidney, HNF1

  • New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 25673412

    ABSTRACT: Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links to cardiometabolic traits, we conducted genome-wide association meta-analyses of waist and hip circumference-related traits in up to 224,459 individuals. We identified 49 loci (33 new) associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (WHRadjBMI) and an additional 19 loci newly associated with related waist and hip circumference measures (P<5×10−8). Twenty of the 49 WHRadjBMI loci showed significant sexual dimorphism, 19 of which displayed a stronger effect in women. The identified loci were enriched for genes expressed in adi

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