# Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/six-new-loci-associated-with-body-mass-index-highlight-a-neuronal-influence-on/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Cristen J. Willer,Anne Jackson,Laura J. Scott,Heather M. Stringham,Michael Boehnke,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Helen N. Lyon,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Ruth J F Loos,Shengxu Li,Jing Hua Zhao,Christopher Gillson,Jian'an Luan,Sandhu Ms,Matthew Sims,Karani S. Vimaleswaran,Ken K. Ong,N J Wareham,Z Jovanović,Stephen O’Rahilly,Carolin Purmann,Y. C. Loraine Tung,I Sadaf Farooqi,Cecilia M Lindgren,Joshua C. Randall,Inga Prokopenko,Eleftheria Zeggini,Mark I McCarthy,Iris M. Heid,Claudia Lamina,Christian Gieger,H Wichmann,Sonja I. Berndt,S J Chanock,Richard B. Hayes,Amanda L. Elliott,Guillaume Lettre,Steven A. McCarroll,Noel L. P. Burtt,Lauren Gianniny,Candace Guiducci,Rachel Hackett,Mikko Kuokkanen,David Altshuler,David J. Hunter,Leena Peltonen,Noha Lim,Kijoung Song,Dawn Waterworth,Vincent Mooser,Papadakis Kg,David Hadley,D P STRACHAN,Lu Qi,Frank B. Hu,Rosa Maria Roccasecca,Eleanor Wheeler,N Soranzo,Willem H. Ouwehand,Panagiotis Deloukas,Inês Barroso,Serena Sanna,Antonella Mulas,Manuela Uda,Paul Scheet,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Michael N. Weedon,Timothy M. Frayling,Leonie C. Jacobs,Karol Estrada,Fernando Rivadeneira,M. Carola Zillikens,André G. Uitterlinden,Guangju Zhai,Timothy D. Spector,Toshiko Tanaka,Luigi Ferrucci,Nicholas J. Timpson,George Davey Smith,David M. Evans,Peter Almgren,Leif C Groop,Amanda J. Bennett,Richard N. Bergman,Sheila Bingham,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Peter S. Chines,Francis S. Collins,Parimal Deodhar,Michael R. Erdos,Narisu Narisu,Matthew G. Rees,Brown Mj,Coin Lachlan,Paul Elliott,Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin,John Connell,Cyrus Cooper,Elaine Dennison,Alistair S. Hall |
| Citations | 1,728 |
| DOI | 10.1038/ng.287 |
| Fields | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Neuroscience |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | green |
| OA URL | https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_F8992FC64167 |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2129150286 |
| PMID | 19079261 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2008 |

## Paper authors

- [Frank B. Hu](https://scholariq.org/researchers/frank-b-hu/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Genetic Associations and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-associations-and-epidemiology/)

## Paper topics

- [Genetic Associations and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-associations-and-epidemiology/)
- [Regulation of Appetite and Obesity](https://scholariq.org/topics/regulation-of-appetite-and-obesity/)
- [Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research](https://scholariq.org/topics/cancer-related-molecular-mechanisms-research/)

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