UCP3, uncoupling protein 3, 7352

N. diseases: 66; N. variants: 18
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, using the quantitative transmission disequilibrium test (QTDT), we assessed linkage and association between the UCP3 gene and obesity phenotypes in a large sample of 1,873 subjects from 405 United States Caucasian nuclear families. 15870396 2005
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The effects of uncoupling protein 3 haplotypes on obesity phenotypes and very low-energy diet-induced changes among overweight Korean female subjects. 16631432 2006
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our results suggest that the LEP and UCP2/UCP3 genes are unlikely to have a substantial effect on variation in obesity phenotypes in this particular US Caucasian population. 15910756 2005
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In our case-control study we were not able to demonstrate any association between UCP polymorphisms and obesity in T2DM patients; however, in the meta-analysis we detected a significant association of UCP2 -866G/A, Ins/Del, Ala55Val and UCP3 -55C/T polymorphisms with obesity. 24752406 2014
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The aim of our study was to investigate the influence of -55CT polymorphism of the UCP3 gene on insulin concentrations and metabolic parameters secondary to two hypocaloric diets in obese patients. 18825612 2009
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Here we tested the hypothesis that variation of the UCP3 promoter is associated with either juvenile or maturity-onset obesity or body weight change over a 26-yr follow-up among Danish subjects. 11238538 2001
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We identified four novel mutations in the UCP3 gene (V56M, A111V, V192I and Q252X) in 200 children with severe, early-onset obesity (body mass index-standard deviation score >2.5; onset: <4 years) living in Southern Italy. 21544083 2012
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The common -55 C/T polymorphism in the promoter region of the uncoupling protein 3 gene reduces prevalence of obesity and elevates serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the general Japanese population. 18249216 2008
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We conclude it is unlikely that variants in the coding region of the UCP3 gene contribute to the pathogenesis of juvenile-onset obesity among Danish Caucasians. 9498661 1998
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE But neither the UCP2 Ala55Val nor the UCP3 -55C/T polymorphism showed any significant association with obesity risk in either subjects of Asian (REM OR = 0.84, 95% CI: 0.67-1.06 for Ala55Val; REM OR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.55-1.28 for -55C/T) or of European descent (REM OR = 1.04, 95% CI: 0.80-1.36 for Ala55Val; FEM OR = 1.08, 95% CI: 0.97-1.20 for -55C/T). 23560041 2013
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The V-A-T haplotype within UCP2-UCP3 gene cluster is also significantly associated with obesity in Paiwan aborigines. 17502873 2007
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A variant in the putative promoter region of UCP3 (-55 c-->t) has recently been identified, and an association with obesity reported in French subjects. 11151767 2000
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE RETRACTED: Association between peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor, UCP3 and lipoprotein lipase gene polymorphisms and obesity in Chinese adolescents. 26483159 2017
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In conclusion, central obesity in whites as reflected by an increased waist-to-hip ratio is associated with the UCP-1 Ala64Thr and UCP-3 C-55T polymorphisms. 12756473 2003
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association of UCP-3 rs1626521 with obesity and stomach functions in humans. 25755013 2015
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The aim of this study was to examine whether there is an association between the UCP2/UCP3 locus and the obesity in the Japanese population when using a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based and haplotype-based case-control study with gender-specific analysis. 18956255 2009
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The polymorphisms of UCP2 exon 8 del/ins and UCP3-55C/T did not influence obesity risk (p > 0.05). 28704105 2017
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The UCP3 variant was not significantly associated with metabolic rate or obesity. 9700198 1998
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Combinatory genotype analysis showed that BMI and TBF were significantly different among UCPI -3826A/G and UCP3 -55C/T genotype combinations, suggesting the existence of a gene interaction between UCP1 and UCP3 in influencing obesity and adiposity. 25812254 2015
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT With the capacity to participate in thermogenesis and energy balance, UCP3 is an important obesity candidate gene. 9769326 1998
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association between obesity and insulin resistance with UCP2-UCP3 gene variants in Spanish children and adolescents. 17870627 2007
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE UCP3 -55C>T polymorphism carriers have apparently a lower risk of obesity when taking into consideration recreational energy expenditure. 16006788 2005
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Like its close relatives UCP1 and UCP3, UCP2 uncouples proton entry in the mitochondrial matrix from ATP synthesis and is therefore a candidate gene for obesity. 11381268 2001
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE UCP3-55C/T and the RPTOR-26934C/T may only have subtle effects on the development of obesity-related traits in the present humans. 25533680 2014
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Two recently described proteins in the mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UCP) family, UCP-2 and UCP-3, have been linked to phenotypes of obesity and NIDDM. 9726246 1998