Cited by 355Regulation of Appetite and ObesityGenetic Associations and EpidemiologyNutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Genetics and epigenetics in obesity

Open access
Rohde, Kerstin, Keller, Maria, la Cour Poulsen, Lars, Blüher, Matthias, Kovacs, Peter, Böttcher, Yvonne·2019·Metabolism

Abstract

Obesity is among the most threatening health burdens worldwide and its prevalence has markedly increased over the last decades. Obesity maybe considered a heritable trait. Identifications of rare cases of monogenic obesity unveiled that hypothalamic circuits and the brain-adipose axis play an important role in the regulation of energy homeostasis, appetite, hunger and satiety. For example, mutations in the leptin gene cause obesity through almost unsuppressed overeating. Common (multifactorial) obesity, most likely resulting from a concerted interplay of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors, is clearly linked to genetic predisposition by multiple risk variants, which, however only account for a minor part of the general BMI variability. Although GWAS opened new avenues in elucidating the complex genetics behind common obesity, understanding the biological mechanisms relative to the specific risk contributing to obesity remains poorly understood. Non-genetic factors such as eating behavior or physical activity strongly modulate the individual risk for developing obesity. These factors may interact with genetic predisposition for obesity through epigenetic mechanisms. Thus, here, we review the current knowledge about monogenic and common (multifactorial) obesity highlighting the important recent advances in our knowledge on how epigenetic regulation is involved in the etiology of obesity.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.metabol.2018.10.007

Cites

152 of 152 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

2 of the 154 references couldn’t be matched to a known paper.

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Rohde, K., Keller, M., la Cour Poulsen, L., Blüher, M., Kovacs, P., & Böttcher, Y.
Affiliations
  • University of Oslo (NO)
  • IFB Adiposity Diseases (DE)
  • Leipzig University (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Rohde, Kerstin
  • Keller, Maria
  • Blüher, Matthias
  • Kovacs, Peter
  • Böttcher, Yvonne
Venue
Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-03
Volume
92
Pages
37-50
ISSN
0026-0495 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2898859410
Cited by
355
References
154
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 61 · 2021: 82 · 2020: 45 · 2019: 21
FWCI
5.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • BMBF (FKZ: 01EO1501)
  • European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-COFUND)
  • Helse Sør-Øst
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
Keywords
obesity, monogenic obesity, epigenetics, genetic susceptibility, leptin, hypothalamic circuits, energy homeostasis, appetite and satiety, genetic risk variants, dietary habits, physical activity, gene-environment interaction
MeSH terms
Humans, Obesity, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Epigenesis, Genetic, Precision Medicine

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review