Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
FTO
Associated Variants
FTO c.46-23525T>A ( ENST00000636491.1, ENST00000636218.1, ENST00000471389.6, ENST00000637969.1, ENST00000637001.1 )
FTO c.46-23525T>A ( ENST00000471389.6, ENST00000636218.1, ENST00000636491.1, ENST00000637001.1, ENST00000637969.1 )
Associated Disease
obesity
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Recent genome-wide association studies have showed that common variant (rs9939609) in fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene was significantly associated with type 2 diabetes through an effect on human body mass index/obesity.
Pubmed
22311015
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.4
Year of publication
2012
Drugs