Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
MC4R
Associated Variants
MC4R p.Val103Ile (p.V103I) ( ENST00000299766.5 )
MC4R p.Val103Ile (p.V103I) ( ENST00000299766.5 )
Associated Disease
obesity
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
In humans, MC4R mutations that lead to an impaired receptor function are associated with obesity; in contrast, the most frequent polymorphism (Val103Ile, rs2229616; heterozygote frequency approximately 2%) was shown to be negatively associated with obesity.
Pubmed
18377640
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.790574886740879
Year of publication
2008
Drugs