The Obesity Society

Genetics

Crowley VE. Overview of human obesity and central mechanisms regulating energy homeostasis. Ann Clin Biochem. 2008 May;45(Pt 3):245-55.

Crujeiras AB, Parra D, Goyenechea E, Abete I, González-Muniesa P, Martínez JA. Energy restriction in obese subjects impact differently two mitochondrial function markers. J Physiol Biochem. 2008 Sep;64(3):211-9.

Diamon F, Dharamraj C, Luther S, Eichler D. The leptin/adinopectin ratio in mid-infancy correlates with weight gain in healthy term infants, but is unrelated to serum insulin concentrations, body mass index, or skin fold thickness. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Dec;21(12):1133-8.

Guran T, Turan S, Bereket A, Akcay T, Unluguzel G, Bas F, Gunoz H, Saka N, Bundak R, Darendeliler F, Isguven P, Yildiz M, Adal E, Sarikaya S, Baygin LA, Memioglu N, Onal H, Ercan O, Haklar G. The role of leptin, soluble leptin receptor, resistin, and insulin secretory dynamics in the pathogenesis of hypothalamic obesity in children. Eur J Pediatr. 2008 Nov 29. [Epub ahead of print]

Hasselbalch AL, Benyamin B, Visscher PM, Heitmann BL, Kyvik KO, Sørensen TI. Common Genetic Components of Obesity Traits and Serum Leptin. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Oct 16. [Epub ahead of print]

Kuo LE, Czarnecka M, Kitlinska JB, Tilan JU, Kvetnanský R, Zukowska Z. Chronic stress, combined with a high-fat/high-sugar diet, shifts sympathetic signaling toward neuropeptide Y and leads to obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Dec;1148:232-7.

Leibel RL. Energy in, energy out, and the effects of obesity-related genes. N Engl J Med. 2008 Dec 11;359(24):2603-4.

Loos RJ, Lindgren CM, Li S, Wheeler E, Zhao JH, Prokopenko I, Inouye M, Freathy RM, Attwood AP, Beckmann JS, Berndt SI; Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial, Jacobs KB, Chanock SJ, Hayes RB, Bergmann S, Bennett AJ, Bingham SA, Bochud M, Brown M, Cauchi S, Connell JM, Cooper C, Smith GD, Day I, Dina C, De S, Dermitzakis ET, Doney AS, Elliott KS, Elliott P, Evans DM, Sadaf Farooqi I, Froguel P, Ghori J, Groves CJ, Gwilliam R, Hadley D, Hall AS, Hattersley AT, Hebebrand J, Heid IM; KORA, Lamina C, Gieger C, Illig T, Meitinger T, Wichmann HE, Herrera B, Hinney A, Hunt SE, Jarvelin MR, Johnson T, Jolley JD, Karpe F, Keniry A, Khaw KT, Luben RN, Mangino M, Marchini J, McArdle WL, McGinnis R, Meyre D, Munroe PB, Morris AD, Ness AR, Neville MJ, Nica AC, Ong KK, O'Rahilly S, Owen KR, Palmer CN, Papadakis K, Potter S, Pouta A, Qi L; Nurses' Health Study, Randall JC, Rayner NW, Ring SM, Sandhu MS, Scherag A, Sims MA, Song K, Soranzo N, Speliotes EK; Diabetes Genetics Initiative, Syddall HE, Teichmann SA, Timpson NJ, Tobias JH, Uda M; SardiNIA Study, Vogel CI, Wallace C, Waterworth DM, Weedon MN; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Willer CJ; FUSION, Wraight, Yuan X, Zeggini E, Hirschhorn JN, Strachan DP, Ouwehand WH, Caulfield MJ, Samani NJ, Frayling TM, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Mooser V, Deloukas P, McCarthy MI, Wareham NJ, Barroso I, Jacobs KB, Chanock SJ, Hayes RB, Lamina C, Gieger C, Illig T, Meitinger T, Wichmann HE, Kraft P, Hankinson SE, Hunter DJ, Hu FB, Lyon HN, Voight BF, Ridderstrale M, Groop L, Scheet P, Sanna S, Abecasis GR, Albai G, Nagaraja R, Schlessinger D, Jackson AU, Tuomilehto J, Collins FS, Boehnke M, Mohlke KL. Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity. Nat Genet. 2008 Jun;40(6):768-75.

Patel SB, Reams GP, Spear RM, Freeman RH, Villarreal D. Leptin: linking obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2008 Apr;10(2):131-7.

Paz-Filho G, Esposito K, Hurwitz B, Sharma A, Dong C, Andreev V, Delibasi T, Erol H, Ayala A, Wong ML, Licinio J. Changes in insulin sensitivity during leptin replacement therapy in leptin-deficient patients. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Dec;295(6):E1401-8.

Popko K, Gorska E, Potapinska O, Wasik M, Stoklosa A, Plywaczewski R, Winiarska M, Gorecka D, Sliwinski P, Popko M, Szwed T, Demkow U. Frequency of distribution of inflammatory cytokines IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-alpha gene polymorphism in patients with obstructive sleep aplea. Physiol Pharmacol. 2008 Dec;59 Suppl 6:607-14.

Vockley J. Metabolism as a complex genetic trait, a systems biology approach: implications for inborn errors of metabolism and clinical diseases. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2008 Oct;31(5):619-29.

Wang HJ, Zhang H, Zhang SW, Pan YP, Ma J. Association of the common genetic variant upstream of INSIG2 gene with obesity related phenotypes in Chinese children and adolescents. Biomed Environ Sci. 2008 Dec;21(6):528-36.

Wareham NJ, Young EH, Loos RJ. Epidemiological study designs to investigate gene-behaviour interactions in the context of human obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Dec;16 Suppl 3:S66-71.

Yamauchi T, Kadowaki T. Physiological and pathophysiological roles of adiponectin and adiponectin receptors in the integrated regulation of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 Dec;32 Suppl 7:S13-8.