The genetics of obesity: from discovery to biology.
Nat Rev Genet
; 23(2): 120-133, 2022 02.
Article
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ABSTRACT
The prevalence of obesity has tripled over the past four decades, imposing an enormous burden on people's health. Polygenic (or common) obesity and rare, severe, early-onset monogenic obesity are often polarized as distinct diseases. However, gene discovery studies for both forms of obesity show that they have shared genetic and biological underpinnings, pointing to a key role for the brain in the control of body weight. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with increasing sample sizes and advances in sequencing technology are the main drivers behind a recent flurry of new discoveries. However, it is the post-GWAS, cross-disciplinary collaborations, which combine new omics technologies and analytical approaches, that have started to facilitate translation of genetic loci into meaningful biology and new avenues for treatment.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Variação Genética
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Genoma Humano
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Predisposição Genética para Doença
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Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla
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Sequenciamento Completo do Genoma
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Obesidade
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Rev Genet
Assunto da revista:
GENETICA
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Dinamarca