Normal allele: TT
The FTO genetic variant affects obesity, insulin sensitivity, leptin levels and resting metabolic rate.
Polymorphism rs17817449 is related to topics like this:
Research and publications:
17928949 FTO polymorphisms in oceanic populations
18256137 Regulation of Fto/Ftm gene expression in mice and humans
18551112 Replication of genetic effects of FTO polymorphisms on BMI in a Korean population.
18599522 FTO variants are associated with obesity in the Chinese and Malay populations in Singapore
18719664 The FTO gene is associated with adulthood obesity in the Mexican population
18833210 The FTO gene and obesity in a large Eastern European population sample: the HAPIEE study.
19265514 FTO gene variation and measures of body mass in an African population
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.
20362563 A FTO variant and risk of acute coronary syndrome.
20381893 The genetics of obesity: FTO leads the way.
20664633 Lack of association between a new tag SNP in the FTO gene and BMI in Czech-Slavonic population.
20875147 Obesity and the brain: a possible genetic link.
21076408 Overexpression of Fto leads to increased food intake and results in obesity.
21283731 FTO and MC4R gene variants are associated with obesity in polycystic ovary syndrome.
21318054 Rs9939609 variant of the fat mass and obesity-associated gene and trunk obesity in adolescents.
21552555 A genome-wide association study on obesity and obesity-related traits.
21651756 FTO gene polymorphisms and obesity risk: a meta-analysis.
22030988 FTO risk haplotype among early onset and severe obesity cases in a population of western Spain.
22157232 Lack of an association between three tagging SNPs within the FTO gene and smoking behavior.
22189543 Genetic variants in FTO associated with metabolic syndrome: a meta- and gene-based analysis.
23136261 Fat mass and obesity gene and cognitive decline: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
23201545 FTO and MC4R gene variants determine BMI changes in children after intensive lifestyle intervention.
23535729 Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk.
23577239 Genetics of obesity and type 2 diabetes in African Americans.
24025454 Hereditary breast cancer: ever more pieces to the polygenic puzzle.
24106974 Association between fat-mass-and-obesity-associated (FTO) gene and hip fracture susceptibility.
24359602 Common breast cancer risk variants in the post-COGS era: a comprehensive review.
24392269 Gene-Lifestyle Interactions in Obesity.
24771903 Breast Cancer Risk - From Genetics to Molecular Understanding of Pathogenesis.
25387436 Single nucleotide polymorphisms of the FTO gene and cancer risk: an overview.
25477898 Replication of obesity and diabetes-related SNP associations in individuals from Yucatán, México.
25542809 Common variations in the FTO gene and obesity in Thais: a family-based study.
26440677 Association of FTO and IRX3 genetic variants to obesity risk in north India.
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.
26727661 FTO modulates fibrogenic responses in obstructive nephropathy.
26884359 Genetic predisposition to ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.
27117709 Identification of four novel susceptibility loci for oestrogen receptor negative breast cancer.
27241637 Is fat mass & obesity-associated (FTO) gene master regulator of obesity ?
29154870 The FTO variant is associated with chronic complications of diabetes mellitus in Czech population.
29382703 Common Genetic Variation and Breast Cancer Risk-Past, Present, and Future.
29622662 Potential genetic polymorphisms predicting polycystic ovary syndrome.
29937877 Analysis of SNPs of MC4R, GNB3 and FTO gene polymorphism in obese Saudi subjects.
30091536 Assessment of the FTO gene polymorphisms in male patients with metabolic syndrome.