Is FTO a type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene?

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[2] Peeters A(2011)Health and economic burden of the projected obesity trends in the USA and the UK Lancet 378 815-825

[3] de Courten M(2006)Mechanisms linking obesity to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes Nature 444 840-846

[4] Stoelwinder J(2009)Human genetics illuminates the paths to metabolic disease Nature 462 307-314

[5] Wang YC(2010)Genomics, type 2 diabetes, and obesity N Engl J Med 363 2339-2350

[6] McPherson K(2009)Genetic variant near IRS1 is associated with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia Nat Genet 41 1110-1115

[7] Marsh T(2011)Genetic variation near IRS1 associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile Nat Genet 43 753-760

[8] Gortmaker SL(2005)Variants of Nat Genet 37 863-867

[9] Brown M(2011) are associated with childhood and adult obesity and increase the risk of glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes Biomed Environ Sci 24 200-206

[10] Kahn SE(2008) gene K121Q polymorphism is associated with obesity in European adult populations: evidence from a meta-analysis involving 24,324 subjects Diabetes 57 1125-1130

[1] Abdullah A(2010)The magnitude of association between overweight and obesity and the risk of diabetes: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies Diabetes Res Clin Pract 89 309-319

[2] Peeters A(2011)Health and economic burden of the projected obesity trends in the USA and the UK Lancet 378 815-825

[3] de Courten M(2006)Mechanisms linking obesity to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes Nature 444 840-846

[4] Stoelwinder J(2009)Human genetics illuminates the paths to metabolic disease Nature 462 307-314

[5] Wang YC(2010)Genomics, type 2 diabetes, and obesity N Engl J Med 363 2339-2350

[6] McPherson K(2009)Genetic variant near IRS1 is associated with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia Nat Genet 41 1110-1115

[7] Marsh T(2011)Genetic variation near IRS1 associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile Nat Genet 43 753-760

[8] Gortmaker SL(2005)Variants of Nat Genet 37 863-867

[9] Brown M(2011) are associated with childhood and adult obesity and increase the risk of glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes Biomed Environ Sci 24 200-206

[10] Kahn SE(2008) gene K121Q polymorphism is associated with obesity in European adult populations: evidence from a meta-analysis involving 24,324 subjects Diabetes 57 1125-1130