Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Large scale phenotype imputation and in vivo functional validation implicate ADAMTS14 as an adiposity gene

  • Katherine A. Kentistou,
  • Jian’an Luan,
  • Laura B. L. Wittemans,
  • Catherine Hambly,
  • Lucija Klaric,
  • Zoltán Kutalik,
  • John R. Speakman,
  • Nicholas J. Wareham,
  • Timothy J. Kendall,
  • Claudia Langenberg,
  • James F. Wilson,
  • Peter K. Joshi,
  • Nicholas M. Morton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35563-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Our understanding of the genetic contribution to human adiposity is incomplete, as few studies measure adiposity directly. Here, the authors impute whole-body imaging adiposity phenotypes in large biobanks, enhancing their power to discover genes driving human adiposity, and further investigate one such gene using a mouse model.