Normal allele: GG
SNP rs1121980 in the FTO gene showed the strongest association with obesity risk (2.76-fold increase).
Polymorphism rs1121980 is related to topics like this:
Research and publications:
18256137 Regulation of Fto/Ftm gene expression in mice and humans
18379722 Variations in the FTO gene are associated with severe obesity in the Japanese
18454148 Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity
18599522 FTO variants are associated with obesity in the Chinese and Malay populations in Singapore
19822564 Genetic Effects of FTO and MC4R Polymorphisms on Body Mass in Constitutional Types
20299471 FTO genetic variation and association with obesity in West Africans and African Americans.
20816195 Analyses of shared genetic factors between asthma and obesity in children.
21115529 Genetics and genomics of human ageing.
21267540 Genetic predisposition to obesity leads to increased risk of type 2 diabetes.
21489227 The role of the fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO) in breast cancer risk.
21552555 A genome-wide association study on obesity and obesity-related traits.
21651756 FTO gene polymorphisms and obesity risk: a meta-analysis.
21773002 Mendelian Randomisation Study of Childhood BMI and Early Menarche.
21799482 Common genetic variants and central adiposity among Asian-Indians.
22189543 Genetic variants in FTO associated with metabolic syndrome: a meta- and gene-based analysis.
24097068 Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels.
24106974 Association between fat-mass-and-obesity-associated (FTO) gene and hip fracture susceptibility.
24392269 Gene-Lifestyle Interactions in Obesity.
24768648 FTO polymorphisms moderate the association of food reinforcement with energy intake.
25387436 Single nucleotide polymorphisms of the FTO gene and cancer risk: an overview.
25793382 Indications for potential parent-of-origin effects within the FTO gene.
26691922 Milk: an epigenetic amplifier of FTO-mediated transcription? Implications for Western diseases.
26726774 Gender-Dependent Association of FTO Polymorphisms with Body Mass Index in Mexicans.
27241637 Is fat mass & obesity-associated (FTO) gene master regulator of obesity ?
31852448 Genome-wide association study of morbid obesity in Han Chinese.
32390949 Genetic Susceptibility to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Chinese Population.
32917775 Genetic Studies of Leptin Concentrations Implicate Leptin in the Regulation of Early Adiposity.
33817272 Relationship of FTO gene variations with NAFLD risk in Chinese men.