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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Sheena Lee
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2201 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Church Chris C Lee Sheena S Bagg Eleanor A L EA McTaggart James S JS Deacon Robert R Gerken Thomas T Lee Angela A Moir Lee L Mecinović Jasmin J Quwailid Mohamed M MM Schofield Christopher J CJ Ashcroft Frances M FM Cox Roger D RD
PLoS genetics 20090814 8
Human FTO gene variants are associated with body mass index and type 2 diabetes. Because the obesity-associated SNPs are intronic, it is unclear whether changes in FTO expression or splicing are the cause of obesity or if regulatory elements within intron 1 influence upstream or downstream genes. We tested the idea that FTO itself is involved in obesity. We show that a dominant point mutation in the mouse Fto gene results in reduced fat mass, increased energy expenditure, and unchanged physical ...[more]