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Variant Gene Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs151102515
rs151102515
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE One of the novel variants, Ile137Thr, identified in an extremely obese proband (BMI 57), was found to be severely impaired in ligand binding and signaling, raising the possibility that it may contribute to development of obesity. 10078568

1999

dbSNP: rs121913566
rs121913566
0.710 GeneticVariation BEFREE In transient transfection assays, the N62S mutant receptor showed a responsiveness to alphaMSH that was intermediate between the wild-type receptor and mutant receptors carrying nonsense and missense mutations associated with dominantly inherited obesity. 10903343

2000

dbSNP: rs2229616
rs2229616
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE These results suggest that mutations including V103I in the MC4R gene are not a major cause of obesity or diabetes in Japanese. 11246450

1999

dbSNP: rs2229616
rs2229616
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE In our study, we addressed the hypothesis that a G-->A substitution at codon 103 (Val-103Ile) of the MC4R gene influences abdominal obesity, insulin, glucose, and lipid metabolism as well as circulating hormones, including salivary cortisol. 11692184

2001

dbSNP: rs2282556
rs2282556
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE Here we report a novel homozygous missense mutation of MC4R (G98R) in a nondiabetic Japanese woman with severe early-onset obesity, which is located in its second transmembrane domain. 11756348

2002

dbSNP: rs1057517991
rs1057517991
0.720 GeneticVariation BEFREE By screening patients with severe early onset obesity for mutations within the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene, we have identified a missense mutation (C271R) that occurs homozygous in two siblings with obesity. 14504270

2003

dbSNP: rs2229616
rs2229616
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Our study confirms previous findings of a meta-analysis that the relatively infrequent G/A genotype of the V103I MC4R polymorphism is negatively associated with above average weight and obesity in population based original data of 7937 participants, and extends previous findings by showing for the first time a significantly lower BMI in individuals carrying the infrequent allele of this MC4R variant. 15805150

2005

dbSNP: rs121913559
rs121913559
0.710 GeneticVariation BEFREE We investigated whether MC4R variants identified from obese patients with binge eating disorder (T11A, F51L, T112M, and M200V) and variants identified in nonobese (I102T, F202L, and N240S) or obese (I102S, A154D, and S295P) subjects cause loss-of-function and what are the defects. 16030156

2005

dbSNP: rs13447329
rs13447329
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE We investigated whether MC4R variants identified from obese patients with binge eating disorder (T11A, F51L, T112M, and M200V) and variants identified in nonobese (I102T, F202L, and N240S) or obese (I102S, A154D, and S295P) subjects cause loss-of-function and what are the defects. 16030156

2005

dbSNP: rs138281308
rs138281308
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE We investigated whether MC4R variants identified from obese patients with binge eating disorder (T11A, F51L, T112M, and M200V) and variants identified in nonobese (I102T, F202L, and N240S) or obese (I102S, A154D, and S295P) subjects cause loss-of-function and what are the defects. 16030156

2005

dbSNP: rs202228712
rs202228712
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE We investigated whether MC4R variants identified from obese patients with binge eating disorder (T11A, F51L, T112M, and M200V) and variants identified in nonobese (I102T, F202L, and N240S) or obese (I102S, A154D, and S295P) subjects cause loss-of-function and what are the defects. 16030156

2005

dbSNP: rs368264587
rs368264587
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE We investigated whether MC4R variants identified from obese patients with binge eating disorder (T11A, F51L, T112M, and M200V) and variants identified in nonobese (I102T, F202L, and N240S) or obese (I102S, A154D, and S295P) subjects cause loss-of-function and what are the defects. 16030156

2005

dbSNP: rs752031670
rs752031670
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE We investigated whether MC4R variants identified from obese patients with binge eating disorder (T11A, F51L, T112M, and M200V) and variants identified in nonobese (I102T, F202L, and N240S) or obese (I102S, A154D, and S295P) subjects cause loss-of-function and what are the defects. 16030156

2005

dbSNP: rs187152753
rs187152753
0.810 GeneticVariation BEFREE (1) A novel MC4R non-synonymous mutation (S136F) was detected in a 2.3 year old girl with extreme obesity (BMI 33.2 kg/m(2), >99th centile); (2) a previously described non-synonymous mutation (V253I) was identified in an obese mother (BMI 28.1 kg/m(2)) who did not transmit this mutation to her extremely obese son; (3) two known polymorphisms (V103I and I251L) were also identified; and (4) one obese mother was carrier of a silent variation (c.594C>T; I198). 17286227

2007

dbSNP: rs2229616
rs2229616
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE (1) A novel MC4R non-synonymous mutation (S136F) was detected in a 2.3 year old girl with extreme obesity (BMI 33.2 kg/m(2), >99th centile); (2) a previously described non-synonymous mutation (V253I) was identified in an obese mother (BMI 28.1 kg/m(2)) who did not transmit this mutation to her extremely obese son; (3) two known polymorphisms (V103I and I251L) were also identified; and (4) one obese mother was carrier of a silent variation (c.594C>T; I198). 17286227

2007

dbSNP: rs52820871
rs52820871
0.040 GeneticVariation BEFREE (1) A novel MC4R non-synonymous mutation (S136F) was detected in a 2.3 year old girl with extreme obesity (BMI 33.2 kg/m(2), >99th centile); (2) a previously described non-synonymous mutation (V253I) was identified in an obese mother (BMI 28.1 kg/m(2)) who did not transmit this mutation to her extremely obese son; (3) two known polymorphisms (V103I and I251L) were also identified; and (4) one obese mother was carrier of a silent variation (c.594C>T; I198). 17286227

2007

dbSNP: rs1380965800
rs1380965800
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE (1) A novel MC4R non-synonymous mutation (S136F) was detected in a 2.3 year old girl with extreme obesity (BMI 33.2 kg/m(2), >99th centile); (2) a previously described non-synonymous mutation (V253I) was identified in an obese mother (BMI 28.1 kg/m(2)) who did not transmit this mutation to her extremely obese son; (3) two known polymorphisms (V103I and I251L) were also identified; and (4) one obese mother was carrier of a silent variation (c.594C>T; I198). 17286227

2007

dbSNP: rs61741819
rs61741819
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE (1) A novel MC4R non-synonymous mutation (S136F) was detected in a 2.3 year old girl with extreme obesity (BMI 33.2 kg/m(2), >99th centile); (2) a previously described non-synonymous mutation (V253I) was identified in an obese mother (BMI 28.1 kg/m(2)) who did not transmit this mutation to her extremely obese son; (3) two known polymorphisms (V103I and I251L) were also identified; and (4) one obese mother was carrier of a silent variation (c.594C>T; I198). 17286227

2007

dbSNP: rs2229616
rs2229616
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE This study confirms that the V103I polymorphism protects against human obesity at a population level. 17356525

2007

dbSNP: rs2229616
rs2229616
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Taken together, gain-of-function mutations I251L and V103I may be responsible for a preventive fraction of obesity of 2%, which mirrors the prevalence of monogenic obesity due to MC4R haploinsufficiency. 17519222

2007

dbSNP: rs52820871
rs52820871
0.040 GeneticVariation BEFREE Meta-analyses of previous published data with the current ones provided strong evidence of the protective effect of I251L toward obesity</span> (OR = 0.52, P = 3.58 10-5), together with a modest negative association between V103I and obesity (OR = 0.80, P = 0.002). 17519222

2007

dbSNP: rs2229616
rs2229616
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE To investigate the effects of variation in the leptin [LEP (19A>G)] and melanocortin-4 receptor [MC4R (V103I)] genes on obesity-related traits in 13 405 African-American (AA) and white participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. 17587397

2007

dbSNP: rs2229616
rs2229616
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE It further establishes that the association of the MC4R V103I with obesity and related phenotypes is genuine. 18239646

2008

dbSNP: rs2229616
rs2229616
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE 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. 18377640

2008

dbSNP: rs1057517991
rs1057517991
0.720 GeneticVariation BEFREE We conclude that in our sample, the MC4R (C271R) mutation causing obesity, is in association with ADHD. 18777518

2008