MC4R, melanocortin 4 receptor, 4160

N. diseases: 149; N. variants: 58
Source: ALL
Variant Gene Disease Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs2229616
rs2229616
Entrez Id: 4160
Gene Symbol: MC4R
MC4R
CUI: C4054476
Disease:
Monogenic Obesity
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE Taken together, gain-of-function mutations I251L and V103I may be responsible for a preventive fraction of obesity of 2%, which mirrors the prevalence of monogenic obesity due to MC4R haploinsufficiency. 17519222 2007