The role of polygenic susceptibility to obesity among carriers of pathogenic mutations in MC4R in the UK Biobank population.

<h4>Background</h4>Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency, caused by mutations in MC4R, is the most common cause of monogenic forms of obesity. However, these mutations have often been identified in small-scale, case-focused studies. Here, we assess the penetrance of previously report...

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Main Authors: Nathalie Chami, Michael Preuss, Ryan W Walker, Arden Moscati, Ruth J F Loos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003196&type=printable
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