title: Obesity genetics in mouse and human: back and forth, and back again.
abstract: Obesity is a major public health concern. This condition results from a constant and complex interplay between predisposing genes and environmental stimuli. Current attempts to manage obesity have been moderately effective and a better understanding of the etiology of obesity is required for the development of more successful and personalized prevention and treatment options. To that effect, mouse models have been an essential tool in expanding our understanding of obesity, due to the availability of their complete genome sequence, genetically identified and defined strains, various tools for genetic manipulation and the accessibility of target tissues for obesity that are not easily attainable from humans. Our knowledge of monogenic obesity in humans greatly benefited from the mouse obesity genetics field. Genes underlying highly penetrant forms of monogenic obesity are part of the leptin-melanocortin pathway in the hypothalamus. Recently, hypothesis-generating genome-wide association studies for polygenic obesity traits in humans have led to the identification of 119 common gene variants with modest effect, most of them having an unknown function. These discoveries have led to novel animal models and have illuminated new biologic pathways. Integrated mouse-human genetic approaches have firmly established new obesity candidate genes. Innovative strategies recently developed by scientists are described in this review to accelerate the identification of causal genes and deepen our understanding of obesity etiology. An exhaustive dissection of the molecular roots of obesity may ultimately help to tackle the growing obesity epidemic worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University , Hamilton, ON , Canada.
authors.forename: Fereshteh T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Yazdi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC , Canada.
authors.forename: Susanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Clee
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University , Hamilton, ON , Canada ; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University , Hamilton, ON , Canada.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meyre
keywords: Genetics; Genome-wide association study; Human; Integrative biology; Knock-out; Monogenic obesity; Mouse; Next generation sequencing; Polygenic obesity; Transgenic
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