Genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers novel loci influencing circulating leptin levels

Tuomas O. Kilpelainen; Jayne F. Martin Carli; Alicja A. Skowronski; Qi Sun; Jennifer Kriebel; Mary F. Feitosa; Asa K. Hedman; Alexander W. Drong; James E. Hayes; Jinghua Zhao; Tune H. Pers; Ursula Schick; Niels Grarup; Zoltan Kutalik; Stella Trompet; Massimo Mangino; Kati Kristiansson; Marian Beekman; Leo-Pekka Lyytikainen; Joel Eriksson; Peter Henneman; Jari Lahti; Toshiko Tanaka; Jian'an Luan; Fabiola Del Greco M; Dorota Pasko; Frida Renstrom; Sara M. Willems; Anubha Mahajan; Lynda M. Rose; Xiuqing Guo; Yongmei Liu; Marcus E. Kleber; Louis Perusse; Tom Gaunt; Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia; Yun Ju Sung; Yolande F. Ramos; Najaf Amin; Antoinette Amuzu; Ines Barroso; Claire Bellis; John Blangero; Brendan M. Buckley; Stefan Bohringer; Yii-Der I. Chen; Anton J. N. de Craen; David R. Crosslin; Caroline E. Dale; Zari Dastani; Felix R. Day; Joris Deelen; Graciela E. Delgado; Ayse Demirkan; Francis M. Finucane; Ian Ford; Melissa E. Garcia; Christian Gieger; Stefan Gustafsson; Goran Hallmans; Susan E. Hankinson; Aki S. Havulinna; Christian Herder; Dena Hernandez; Andrew A. Hicks; David J. Hunter; Thomas Illig; Erik Ingelsson; Andreea Ioan-Facsinay; John-Olov Jansson; Nancy S. Jenny; Marit E. Jorgensen; Torben Jorgensen; Magnus Karlsson; Wolfgang Koenig; Peter Kraft; Joanneke Kwekkeboom; Tiina Laatikainen; Karl-Heinz Ladwig; Charles A. LeDuc; Gordon Lowe; Yingchang Lu; Pedro Marques-Vidal; Christa Meisinger; Cristina Menni; Andrew P. Morris; Richard H. Myers; Satu Mannisto; Mike A. Nalls; Lavinia Paternoster; Annette Peters; Aruna D. Pradhan; Tuomo Rankinen; Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik; Wolfgang Rathmann; Treva K. Rice; J. Brent Richards; Paul M. Ridker; Naveed Sattar; David B. Savage; Stefan Soderberg; Nicholas J. Timpson; Liesbeth Vandenput; Diana van Heemst; Hae-Won Uh; Marie-Claude Vohl; Mark Walker; Heinz-Erich Wichmann; Elisabeth Widen; Andrew R. Wood; Jie Yao; Tanja Zeller; Yiying Zhang; Ingrid Meulenbelt; Margreet Kloppenburg; Arne Astrup; Thorkild I. A. Sorensen; Mark A. Sarzynski; D. C. Rao; Pekka Jousilahti; Erkki Vartiainen; Albert Hofman; Fernando Rivadeneira; Andre G. Uitterlinden; Eero Kajantie; Clive Osmond; Aarno Palotie; Johan G. Eriksson; Markku Heliovaara; Paul B. Knekt; Seppo Koskinen; Antti Jula; Markus Perola; Risto K. Huupponen; Jorma S. Viikari; Mika Kahonen; Terho Lehtimaki; Olli T. Raitakari; Dan Mellstrom; Mattias Lorentzon; Juan P. Casas; Stefanie Bandinelli; Winfried Maerz; Aaron Isaacs; Ko W. van Dijk; Cornelia M. van Duijn; Tamara B. Harris; Claude Bouchard; Matthew A. Allison; Daniel I. Chasman; Claes Ohlsson; Lars Lind; Robert A. Scott; Claudia Langenberg; Nicholas J. Wareham; Luigi Ferrucci; Timothy M. Frayling; Peter P. Pramstaller; Ingrid B. Borecki; Dawn M. Waterworth; Sven Bergmann; Gerard Waeber; Peter Vollenweider; Henrik Vestergaard; Torben Hansen; Oluf Pedersen; Frank B. Hu; P. Eline Slagboom; Harald Grallert; Tim D. Spector; J. W. Jukema; Robert J. Klein; Erik E. Schadt; Paul W. Franks; Cecilia M. Lindgren; Rudolph L. Leibel; Ruth J. F. Loos

doi:10.1038/ncomms10494

Genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers novel loci influencing circulating leptin levels

Tuomas O. Kilpelainen^*, Jayne F. Martin Carli, Alicja A. Skowronski, Qi Sun, Jennifer Kriebel, Mary F. Feitosa, Asa K. Hedman, Alexander W. Drong, James E. Hayes, Jinghua Zhao, Tune H. Pers, Ursula Schick, Niels Grarup, Zoltan Kutalik, Stella Trompet, Massimo Mangino, Kati Kristiansson, Marian Beekman, Leo-Pekka Lyytikainen, Joel ErikssonPeter Henneman, Jari Lahti, Toshiko Tanaka, Jian'an Luan, Fabiola Del Greco M, Dorota Pasko, Frida Renstrom, Sara M. Willems, Anubha Mahajan, Lynda M. Rose, Xiuqing Guo, Yongmei Liu, Marcus E. Kleber, Louis Perusse, Tom Gaunt, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Yun Ju Sung, Yolande F. Ramos, Najaf Amin, Antoinette Amuzu, Ines Barroso, Claire Bellis, John Blangero, Brendan M. Buckley, Stefan Bohringer, Yii-Der I. Chen, Anton J. N. de Craen, David R. Crosslin, Caroline E. Dale, Zari Dastani, Felix R. Day, Joris Deelen, Graciela E. Delgado, Ayse Demirkan, Francis M. Finucane, Ian Ford, Melissa E. Garcia, Christian Gieger, Stefan Gustafsson, Goran Hallmans, Susan E. Hankinson, Aki S. Havulinna, Christian Herder, Dena Hernandez, Andrew A. Hicks, David J. Hunter, Thomas Illig, Erik Ingelsson, Andreea Ioan-Facsinay, John-Olov Jansson, Nancy S. Jenny, Marit E. Jorgensen, Torben Jorgensen, Magnus Karlsson, Wolfgang Koenig, Peter Kraft, Joanneke Kwekkeboom, Tiina Laatikainen, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Charles A. LeDuc, Gordon Lowe, Yingchang Lu, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Christa Meisinger, Cristina Menni, Andrew P. Morris, Richard H. Myers, Satu Mannisto, Mike A. Nalls, Lavinia Paternoster, Annette Peters, Aruna D. Pradhan, Tuomo Rankinen, Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik, Wolfgang Rathmann, Treva K. Rice, J. Brent Richards, Paul M. Ridker, Naveed Sattar, David B. Savage, Stefan Soderberg, Nicholas J. Timpson, Liesbeth Vandenput, Diana van Heemst, Hae-Won Uh, Marie-Claude Vohl, Mark Walker, Heinz-Erich Wichmann, Elisabeth Widen, Andrew R. Wood, Jie Yao, Tanja Zeller, Yiying Zhang, Ingrid Meulenbelt, Margreet Kloppenburg, Arne Astrup, Thorkild I. A. Sorensen, Mark A. Sarzynski, D. C. Rao, Pekka Jousilahti, Erkki Vartiainen, Albert Hofman, Fernando Rivadeneira, Andre G. Uitterlinden, Eero Kajantie, Clive Osmond, Aarno Palotie, Johan G. Eriksson, Markku Heliovaara, Paul B. Knekt, Seppo Koskinen, Antti Jula, Markus Perola, Risto K. Huupponen, Jorma S. Viikari, Mika Kahonen, Terho Lehtimaki, Olli T. Raitakari, Dan Mellstrom, Mattias Lorentzon, Juan P. Casas, Stefanie Bandinelli, Winfried Maerz, Aaron Isaacs, Ko W. van Dijk, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Tamara B. Harris, Claude Bouchard, Matthew A. Allison, Daniel I. Chasman, Claes Ohlsson, Lars Lind, Robert A. Scott, Claudia Langenberg, Nicholas J. Wareham, Luigi Ferrucci, Timothy M. Frayling, Peter P. Pramstaller, Ingrid B. Borecki, Dawn M. Waterworth, Sven Bergmann, Gerard Waeber, Peter Vollenweider, Henrik Vestergaard, Torben Hansen, Oluf Pedersen, Frank B. Hu, P. Eline Slagboom, Harald Grallert, Tim D. Spector, J. W. Jukema, Robert J. Klein, Erik E. Schadt, Paul W. Franks, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Rudolph L. Leibel, Ruth J. F. Loos^*

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Abstract

Leptin is an adipocyte-secreted hormone, the circulating levels of which correlate closely with overall adiposity. Although rare mutations in the leptin (LEP) gene are well known to cause leptin deficiency and severe obesity, no common loci regulating circulating leptin levels have been uncovered. Therefore, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of circulating leptin levels from 32,161 individuals and followed up loci reaching P

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Article number	10494
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10494
Publication status	Published - Feb 2016

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Kilpelainen, T. O., Carli, J. F. M., Skowronski, A. A., Sun, Q., Kriebel, J., Feitosa, M. F., Hedman, A. K., Drong, A. W., Hayes, J. E., Zhao, J., Pers, T. H., Schick, U., Grarup, N., Kutalik, Z., Trompet, S., Mangino, M., Kristiansson, K., Beekman, M., Lyytikainen, L.-P., ... Loos, R. J. F. (2016). Genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers novel loci influencing circulating leptin levels. Nature Communications, 7, Article 10494. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10494

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