Fiona McMurray, Chris D Church, Rachel Larder, George Nicholson, Sara Wells, Lydia Teboul, Y C Loraine Tung, Debra Rimmington, Fatima Bosch, Veronica Jimenez, Giles S H Yeo, Stephen O'Rahilly, Frances M Ashcroft, Anthony P Coll, Roger D Cox
The strongest BMI-associated GWAS locus in humans is the FTO gene. Rodent studies demonstrate a role for FTO in energy homeostasis and body composition. The phenotypes observed in loss of expression studies are complex with perinatal lethality, stunted growth from weaning, and significant alterations in body composition. Thus understanding how and where Fto regulates food intake, energy expenditure, and body composition is a challenge. To address this we generated a series of mice with distinct temporal and spatial loss of Fto expression...
2013: PLoS Genetics