Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
MC4R
Associated Variants
rs17782313
rs17782313
Associated Disease
obesity
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
The common polymorphism rs17782313 lying 188 kb downstream of the MC4R gene has recently been found to be unequivocally associated with body mass index (BMI) and obesity risk in adults and children.
Pubmed
20215774
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.790574886740879
Year of publication
2010
Drugs