Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology.

TitleGenetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsLocke, AE, Kahali, B, Berndt, SI, Justice, AE, Pers, TH, Day, FR, Powell, C, Vedantam, S, Buchkovich, ML, Yang, J, Croteau-Chonka, DC, Esko, T, Fall, T, Ferreira, T, Gustafsson, S, Kutalik, Z, Luan, J'an, Mägi, R, Randall, JC, Winkler, TW, Wood, AR, Workalemahu, T, Faul, J, Smith, JA, Zhao, JHua, Zhao, W, Chen, J, Ferhmann, R, Hedman, ÅK, Karjalainen, J, Schmidt, EM, Absher, D, Amin, N, Anderson, D, Beekman, M, Bolton, JL, Bragg-Gresham, JL, Buyske, S, Demirkan, A, Deng, G, Ehret, GB, Feenstra, B, Feitosa, MF, Fischer, K, Goel, A, Gong, J, Jackson, AU, Kanoni, S, Kleber, ME, Kristiansson, K, Lim, U, Lotay, V, Mangino, M, Leach, IMateo, Medina-Gomez, C, Medland, SE, Nalls, MA, Palmer, CD, Pasko, D, Pechlivanis, S, Peters, MJ, Prokopenko, I, Shungin, D, Stančáková, A, Strawbridge, RJ, Sung, YJu, Tanaka, T, Teumer, A, Trompet, S, van der Laan, SW, van Setten, J, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, JV, Wang, Z, Yengo, L, Zhang, W, Isaacs, A, Albrecht, E, Ärnlöv, J, Arscott, GM, Attwood, AP, Bandinelli, S, Barrett, A, Bas, IN, Bellis, C, Bennett, AJ, Berne, C, Blagieva, R, Blüher, M, Böhringer, S, Bonnycastle, LL, Böttcher, Y, Boyd, HA, Bruinenberg, M, Caspersen, IH, Chen, Y-DI, Clark, R, E Daw, W, de Craen, AJM, Delgado, G, Dimitriou, M, Doney, ASF, Eklund, N, Estrada, K, Eury, E, Folkersen, L, Fraser, RM, Garcia, ME, Geller, F, Giedraitis, V, Gigante, B, Go, AS, Golay, A, Goodall, AH, Gordon, SD, Gorski, M, Grabe, H-J, Grallert, H, Grammer, TB, Gräßler, J, Grönberg, H, Groves, CJ, Gusto, G, Haessler, J, Hall, P, Haller, T, Hallmans, G, Hartman, CA, Hassinen, M, Hayward, C, Heard-Costa, NL, Helmer, Q, Hengstenberg, C, Holmen, OL, Hottenga, J-J, James, AL, Jeff, J, Johansson, Å, Jolley, J, Juliusdottir, T, Kinnunen, L, Koenig, W, Koskenvuo, M, Kratzer, W, Laitinen, J, Lamina, C, Leander, K, Lee, NR, Lichtner, P, Lind, L, Lindström, J, Lo, KSin, Lobbens, S, Lorbeer, R, Lu, Y, Mach, F, Magnusson, PKE, Mahajan, A, McArdle, WL, McLachlan, S, Menni, C, Merger, S, Mihailov, E, Milani, L, Moayyeri, A, Monda, KL, Morken, MA, Mulas, A, Müller, G, Müller-Nurasyid, M, Musk, AW, Nagaraja, R, Nöthen, MM, Nolte, IM, Pilz, S, Rayner, NW, Renstrom, F, Rettig, R, Ried, JS, Ripke, S, Robertson, NR, Rose, LM, Sanna, S, Scharnagl, H, Scholtens, S, Schumacher, FR, Scott, WR, Seufferlein, T, Shi, J, Smith, AVernon, Smolonska, J, Stanton, AV, Steinthorsdottir, V, Stirrups, KE, Stringham, HM, Sundström, J, Swertz, MA, Swift, AJ, Syvänen, A-C, Tan, S-T, Tayo, BO, Thorand, B, Thorleifsson, G, Tyrer, JP, Uh, H-W, Vandenput, L, Verhulst, FC, Vermeulen, SH, Verweij, N, Vonk, JM, Waite, LL, Warren, HR, Waterworth, DM, Weedon, MN, Wilkens, LR, Willenborg, C, Wilsgaard, T, Wojczynski, MK, Wong, A, Wright, AF, Zhang, Q, Brennan, EP, Choi, M, Dastani, Z, Drong, AW, Eriksson, P, Franco-Cereceda, A, Gådin, JR, Gharavi, AG, Goddard, ME, Handsaker, RE, Huang, J, Karpe, F, Kathiresan, S, Keildson, S, Kiryluk, K, Kubo, M, Lee, J-Y, Liang, L, Lifton, RP, Ma, B, McCarroll, SA, McKnight, AJ, Min, JL, Moffatt, MF, Montgomery, GW, Murabito, JM, Nicholson, G, Nyholt, DR, Okada, Y, Perry, JRB, Dorajoo, R, Reinmaa, E, Salem, RM, Sandholm, N, Scott, RA, Stolk, L, Takahashi, A, Tanaka, T, Hooft, FM van 't, Vinkhuyzen, AAE, Westra, H-J, Zhang, W, Zondervan, KT, Heath, AC, Arveiler, D, Bakker, SJL, Beilby, J, Bergman, RN, Blangero, J, Bovet, P, Campbell, H, Caulfield, MJ, Cesana, G, Chakravarti, A, Chasman, DI, Chines, PS, Collins, FS, Crawford, DC, L Cupples, A, Cusi, D, Danesh, J, de Faire, U, Ruijter, HM den, Dominiczak, AF, Erbel, R, Erdmann, J, Eriksson, JG, Farrall, M, Felix, SB, Ferrannini, E, Ferrières, J, Ford, I, Forouhi, NG, Forrester, T, Franco, OH, Gansevoort, RT, Gejman, PV, Gieger, C, Gottesman, O, Gudnason, V, Gyllensten, U, Hall, AS, Harris, TB, Hattersley, AT, Hicks, AA, Hindorff, LA, Hingorani, A, Hofman, A, Homuth, G, G Hovingh, K, Humphries, SE, Hunt, SC, Hyppönen, E, Illig, T, Jacobs, KB, Järvelin, M-R, Jöckel, K-H, Johansen, B, Jousilahti, P, J Jukema, W, Jula, AM, Kaprio, J, Kastelein, JJP, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, SM, Kiemeney, LA, Knekt, P, Kooner, JS, Kooperberg, C, Kovacs, P, Kraja, AT, Kumari, M, Kuusisto, J, Lakka, TA, Langenberg, C, Le Marchand, L, Lehtimäki, T, Lyssenko, V, Männistö, S, Marette, A, Matise, TC, McKenzie, CA, McKnight, B, Moll, FL, Morris, AD, Morris, AP, Murray, JC, Nelis, M, Ohlsson, C, Oldehinkel, AJ, Ong, KK, Madden, PAF, Pasterkamp, G, Peden, JF, Peters, A, Postma, DS, Pramstaller, PP, Price, JF, Qi, L, Raitakari, OT, Rankinen, T, Rao, DC, Rice, TK, Ridker, PM, Rioux, JD, Ritchie, MD, Rudan, I, Salomaa, V, Samani, NJ, Saramies, J, Sarzynski, MA, Schunkert, H, Schwarz, PEH, Sever, P, Shuldiner, AR, Sinisalo, J, Stolk, RP, Strauch, K, Tönjes, A, Trégouët, D-A, Tremblay, A, Tremoli, E, Virtamo, J, Vohl, M-C, Völker, U, Waeber, G, Willemsen, G, Witteman, JC, M Zillikens, C, Adair, LS, Amouyel, P, Asselbergs, FW, Assimes, TL, Bochud, M, Boehm, BO, Boerwinkle, E, Bornstein, SR, Bottinger, EP, Bouchard, C, Cauchi, S, Chambers, JC, Chanock, SJ, Cooper, RS, de Bakker, PIW, Dedoussis, G, Ferrucci, L, Franks, PW, Froguel, P, Groop, LC, Haiman, CA, Hamsten, A, Hui, J, Hunter, DJ, Hveem, K, Kaplan, RC, Kivimäki, M, Kuh, D, Laakso, M, Liu, Y, Martin, NG, März, W, Melbye, M, Metspalu, A, Moebus, S, Munroe, PB, Njølstad, I, Oostra, BA, Palmer, CNA, Pedersen, NL, Perola, M, Pérusse, L, Peters, U, Power, C, Quertermous, T, Rauramaa, R, Rivadeneira, F, Saaristo, TE, Saleheen, D, Sattar, N, Schadt, EE, Schlessinger, D, Slagboom, EP, Snieder, H, Spector, T, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Stumvoll, M, Tuomilehto, J, Uitterlinden, AG, Uusitupa, M, van der Harst, P, Walker, M, Wallaschofski, H, Wareham, NJ, Watkins, H, Weir, DR, Wichmann, H-E, Wilson, JF, Zanen, P, Borecki, IB, Deloukas, P, Fox, CS, Heid, IM, O'Connell, J, Strachan, DP, Stefansson, K, van Duijn, CM, Abecasis, GR, Franke, LL, Frayling, TM, McCarthy, MI, Visscher, PM, Scherag, A, Willer, CJ, Boehnke, M, Mohlke, KL, Lindgren, CM, Beckmann, JS, Barroso, I, North, KE, Ingelsson, E, Hirschhron, JN, Loos, RJF, Speliotes, EK
Corporate AuthorsLifeLines Cohort Study, ADIPOGen Consortium, AGEN-BMI Working Group, CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, GLGC, ICBP, MAGIC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, MIGen Consortium, PAGE Consortium, ReproGen Consortium, GENIE Consortium, International Endogene Consortium
JournalNature
Volume518
Issue7538
Pagination197-206
Date Published2015 Feb 12
ISSN Number1476-4687
KeywordsAge Factors, BMI, Continental Population Groups, Energy Metabolism, Europe, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Glutamic Acid, Humans, Insulin, Male, Obesity, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Synapses
Abstract

Obesity is heritable and predisposes to many diseases. To understand the genetic basis of obesity better, here we conduct a genome-wide association study and Metabochip meta-analysis of body mass index (BMI), a measure commonly used to define obesity and assess adiposity, in up to 339,224 individuals. This analysis identifies 97 BMI-associated loci (P < 5 × 10(-8)), 56 of which are novel. Five loci demonstrate clear evidence of several independent association signals, and many loci have significant effects on other metabolic phenotypes. The 97 loci account for ∼2.7% of BMI variation, and genome-wide estimates suggest that common variation accounts for >20% of BMI variation. Pathway analyses provide strong support for a role of the central nervous system in obesity susceptibility and implicate new genes and pathways, including those related to synaptic function, glutamate signalling, insulin secretion/action, energy metabolism, lipid biology and adipogenesis.

DOI10.1038/nature14177
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PubMed ID25673413
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