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Obesity

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Description

excessively high accumulation of body fat or adipose tissue in relation to lean body mass; the amount of body fat (or adiposity) includes concern for both the distribution of fat throughout the body and the size of the adipose tissue deposits; individuals are usually at high clinical risk because of excess amount of body fat (BMI greater than 30).

Genes related to Obesity

  • ENPP1
  • PPARG
  • UCP1
  • AGRP
  • MC4R
  • NR0B2
  • GHRL
  • CARTPT
  • SDC3
  • PPARGC1B
  • SIM1
  • ADRB3
  • UCP3
  • POMC

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Clinical Features

Top most frequent phenotypes and symptoms related to Obesity

  • Hypertension
  • Obesity
  • Hypogonadism
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Weight loss
  • Hepatic steatosis
  • Asthma
  • Abnormality of the cardiovascular system
  • Type II diabetes mellitus
  • Epidermal acanthosis

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Incidence and onset information

— Currently we don't have prevalence information about this disease (Not enough data available about incidence and published cases.)
— No data available about the known clinical features onset.

Researches and researchers

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Obesity Recommended genes panels

Panel Name, Specifity and genes Tested/covered
Hypophosphatemic Rickets Deletion/Duplication Panel.

By Genetic Services Laboratory University of Chicago (United States).

VDR, CLCN5, SLC34A3, CYP2R1, CYP27B1, DMP1, ENPP1, FGF23, ALPL, PHEX
Specificity
10 %
Genes
8 %
Hypophosphatemic Rickets Sequencing Panel.

By Genetic Services Laboratory University of Chicago (United States).

VDR, CLCN5, SLC34A3, CYP2R1, CYP27B1, DMP1, ENPP1, FGF23, ALPL, PHEX
Specificity
10 %
Genes
8 %
ENPP1.

By Institute for Human Genetics University Clinic Freiburg (Germany).

ENPP1
Specificity
100 %
Genes
8 %
ExomePLUS Electrolyte & Kidney Stone.

By Laboratory for Molecular Medicine Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine (United States).

SCNN1A, SCNN1B, SLC12A1, SLC12A3, SLC2A2, VDR, WNK4, CASR, BSND, CDC73, SLC22A12, CLCN5, CLCNKB, SLC34A3, CLDN16, CLDN19, FAM20C, FAM20A, HOGA1, CTNS , (...)

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Specificity
3 %
Genes
8 %
Osteogenesis Imperfecta & Low Bone Mass Disorders Panel.

By Human Genetics Laboratory, Munroe-Meyer Institute University of Nebraska Medical Center (United States).

BMP1, SEC24D, SPARC, WNT1, CASR, SERPINH1, IFITM5, SP7, FKBP10, CREB3L1, P3H1, SLC34A3, COL1A2, CRTAP, TMEM38B, GORAB, DMP1, ENPP1, FGF23, ALPL , (...)

View the complete list with 8 more genes
Specificity
4 %
Genes
8 %
ENPP1 mutation analysis.

By Laboratory of genome diagnostics Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands).

ENPP1
Specificity
100 %
Genes
8 %
ENPP1. Complete sequencing.

By Instituto de Medicina Genomica Instituto de Medicina Genomica (Spain).

ENPP1
Specificity
100 %
Genes
8 %
Rickets (NGS panel for 10 genes).

By CGC Genetics (Portugal).

VDR, CLCN5, SLC34A3, CYP2R1, CYP27B1, DMP1, ENPP1, FGF23, ALPL, PHEX
Specificity
10 %
Genes
8 %

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Sources and references

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