Normal allele: TT
Variants in the FTO gene are associated with increased body mass index, obesity and diabetes. A high-protein diet was more beneficial for people with risk allele A. These findings suggest significant genetic heterogeneity in weight loss in response to dietary interventions.
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Research and publications:
18379722 Variations in the FTO gene are associated with severe obesity in the Japanese
20430937 Fine mapping of the association with obesity at the FTO locus in African-derived populations.
20935630 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index.
21357378 Body mass index and obesity- and diabetes-associated genotypes and risk for pancreatic cancer.
21443588 Association between the FTO gene and overweight in Japanese children and adolescents.
21466928 Genetics and epigenetics of obesity.
21935397 Genome-wide population-based association study of extremely overweight young adults--the GOYA study.
22041983 Recapitulation of genome-wide association studies on body mass index in the Korean population.
22189543 Genetic variants in FTO associated with metabolic syndrome: a meta- and gene-based analysis.
22222230 FTO gene polymorphisms and platelet counts in a general Japanese population.
22235250 Quantile-specific penetrance of genes affecting lipoproteins, adiposity and height.
22747683 Genetic variants associated with breast size also influence breast cancer risk.
23471855 The genetics of childhood obesity and interaction with dietary macronutrients.
23917806 Lack of association between DRD2 and OPRM1 genotypes and adiposity.
24084939 A common biological basis of obesity and nicotine addiction.
24106974 Association between fat-mass-and-obesity-associated (FTO) gene and hip fracture susceptibility.
24911064 Association of FTO polymorphisms with obesity and metabolic parameters in Han Chinese adolescents.
24983943 Effects of BMI, fat mass, and lean mass on asthma in childhood: a Mendelian randomization study.
24992585 Polygenic risk predicts obesity in both white and black young adults.
25548176 Cohort of birth modifies the association between FTO genotype and BMI.
25649116 Mixture SNPs effect on phenotype in genome-wide association studies.
25761503 Dietary Fat Modifies the Effects of FTO Genotype on Changes in Insulin Sensitivity.
26193063 Are obesity risk genes associated with binge eating in adolescence?
26614692 Genetic markers as instrumental variables.
26821332 Genetic Burden Analyses of Phenotypes Relevant to Aging in the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II).
26833246 New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk.
27351487 Obesity and Multiple Sclerosis: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
27455349 A thrifty variant in CREBRF strongly influences body mass index in Samoans.
27696742 Genome-Wide Association Study of Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis in North American Caucasians.
27974350 Genetic Obesity and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: Causal Estimates from Mendelian Randomization.
28662178 Genetic association of FTO/IRX region with obesity and overweight in the Polish population.
29548861 Familial aggregation and linkage analysis with covariates for metabolic syndrome risk factors.
29654630 Physical activity modifies the FTO effect on body mass index change in Japanese adolescents.
30091536 Assessment of the FTO gene polymorphisms in male patients with metabolic syndrome.
31124039 FTO gene polymorphisms and obesity risk in Chinese population: a meta-analysis.
32103374 A novel variant near LSP1P3 is associated with knee osteoarthritis in the Chinese population.
33170161 Genetic test for the prescription of diets in support of physical activity.
33594455 Validation of BMI genetic risk score and DNA methylation in a Korean population.
35806402 The Analysis of a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) of Overweight and Obesity in Psoriasis.