Cited by 17Pharmacogenetics and Drug MetabolismGenetic Associations and EpidemiologyNutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Pharmacogenetics: potential role in the treatment of diabetes and obesity

Open access
Vella, Adrian, Camilleri, Michael·2008·Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Common genetic variation is associated with increased risk of common metabolic diseases such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Increasing experience with genetic association studies has led to an understanding of the large sample sizes required to detect a weak to moderate genetic predisposition to disease, the need to reproduce such associations in independent cohorts, and the statistical criteria required to detect a true association. This approach has been used successfully to identify disease-associated gene variation usually in representative populations of large numbers. OBJECTIVE: To review the current understanding of how common genetic variation influences predisposition to, and treatment of, metabolic disease. METHODOLOGY: Review of scientific literature. RESULTS: While there has been progress in understanding how genetic variation predisposes to diabetes and obesity, and how candidate genes may alter drug response, several caveats limit the interpretation and significance of pharmacogenetic studies published to date: those caveats typically include relatively small numbers of participants and choice of endpoints in determining gene-associated differences in response, which may not be clinically significant or relevant as a biomarker or predictor of a desired clinical effect. The genetic variants studied at a given locus are often limited in number and may not represent a comprehensive map of the region under study. CONCLUSIONS: The pharmacogenetic associations in diabetes and obesity that have been reported to date have had limited impact on the choice of individual treatments. We perceive, however, that this field is in its infancy in these multifactorial metabolic diseases, and with further advances and future drug intervention trials designed in a way that allows a more clear interpretation of the impact of genetic variation on differences in drug response in obesity and diabetes, it is anticipated that pharmacogenetics will have a significant impact on individualizing medical care.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1517/14656566.9.7.1109

Cites

86 of 86 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?

  • There is interindividual heterogeneity in response to GLP-1.

    “However, there has been some suggestion that there is interindividual heterogeneity in response to GLP-1, raising the possibility that some individuals may benefit more from such therapy than others earlier in the disease (25, 31).”

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Vella, A., & Camilleri, M.
Affiliations
Mayo Clinic (US)
Venue
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
Published
2008-04-21
Volume
9
Issue
7
Pages
1109-1119
ISSN
  • 1465-6566 (ISSN-L)
  • 1744-7666
OpenAlex
W2170397385
Cited by
17
References
86
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 3
FWCI
2.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK67071, DK-02638, P01DK068055, K24DK002638, R01DK078646)
  • National Center for Research Resources (RR-024150, UL1RR024150)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
  • 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
pharmacogenetics, diabetes mellitus, obesity, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, common genetic variants, genetic susceptibility, drug response, candidate genes, metabolic disorders, personalized medicine, genetic association studies
MeSH terms
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Humans, Obesity, Pharmacogenetics, Biomarkers, Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic, Genetic Predisposition to Disease

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