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ArticleCell metabolism2021

Melanocortin 4 receptor mutations become common.

Peter Kühnen, Heike Biebermann, Heiko Krude

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Article in Cell metabolism, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

3 authors.

Peter KühnenCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Experimental Pediatric Endocrinology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Heike BiebermannCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Experimental Pediatric Endocrinology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Heiko KrudeCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Experimental Pediatric Endocrinology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: heiko.krude@charite.de.

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Medical Research Council MC_UU_00014/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_00014/5
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a new paper, Wade et al. (2021) analyzed the frequency of MC4R loss-of-function (LoF) mutations in a population-based Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. The frequency was 1 in 337 and the authors showed that MC4R LoF variants significantly correlated with increased body weight and fat mass in children and adults (cumulating in additional 17.76 kg weight in adulthood). Hence, the authors provide evidence that MC4R LoF variants are more common than previously expected.

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ObesityReceptor, Melanocortin, Type 4AdultChildHumansLongitudinal StudiesMutationWeight GainReceptor, Melanocortin, Type 4

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