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Title
No important role for genetic variation in the Chibby gene in monogenic and complex obesity
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Abstract
Chibby (CBY) has been identified as a potent proadipogenic factor required for adipocyte differentiation. It has been shown that CBY inhibits the canonical Wnt pathway, and therefore promotes the development of new fat cells. Our objective therefore is to investigate the contribution of rare and common genetic variation in CBY to the development of human obesity. A mutation analysis was performed on a total of 566 obese patients and 432 lean individuals. To investigate the involvement of CBY in complex obesity, we performed a genetic association analysis of the entire CBY gene region on 1,011 obese individuals and 523 control samples. Four rare, novel variants were identified in either obese patients or lean control subjects, among which two non-synonymous variations and one frameshift mutation. In addition, four previously reported CBY variants were found. In the association analysis, logistic and linear regression showed no association between common genetic variation in CBY and obesity parameters. Several novel variations were found, but no definite role in the pathogenesis of obesity could be confirmed. Results from the association analysis suggest that common variation in CBY is not a cause for obesity in the Belgian population.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Molecular biology reports. - Dordrecht, 1973, currens
Publication
Dordrecht : 2013
ISSN
0301-4851 [print]
1573-4978 [online]
DOI
10.1007/S11033-013-2541-3
Volume/pages
40 :7 (2013) , p. 4491-4498
ISI
000320674700044
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Molecular genetic and functional analysis of the role of Wnt signaling in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis and obesity.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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