Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
MC4R
Melanocortin 4 Receptor
Disorder
Obesity Due To Melanocortin 4 Receptor Deficiency
First reported 2003
Supporting publications 48
Key publication · gene–disorder Clinical spectrum of obesity and mutations in the melanocortin 4 receptor gene.The New England journal of medicine · 2003
Key publication · disorder Several mutations in the melanocortin-4 receptor gene including a nonsense and a frameshift mutation associated with dominantly inherited obesity in humans.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 1999
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between MC4R (Melanocortin 4 Receptor) and Obesity Due To Melanocortin 4 Receptor Deficiency is well established and manually curated, with its 2 contributing sources — 2 of them expert-curated — recording pathogenic and likely-pathogenic variants and a causative germline mutation.

Sources 2
Clinical variants 16
Symptoms 10
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 48
01
At a glance

Association overview

A cited synthesis of the gene–disorder association, with a clinical-actionability summary where the evidence supports one.

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02
Provenance

Evidence and sources

2 sources

Every contributing database and publication behind this association, with evidence type, strength, accessions and deep links.

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03
MC4R

The gene

2 source summaries

A gene summary alongside the source descriptions it was distilled from.

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Obesity Due To Melanocortin 4 Receptor Deficiency

The disorder

5 database identifiers

The disorder’s summary, prevalence, aliases and cross-reference identifiers (OMIM, Orphanet, MONDO, ICD-10, MedGen).

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05
Phenotype

Clinical features

10 clinical features

The disorder’s clinical features (HPO) grouped by body system, each with observed frequency and penetrance.

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ClinVar and variant evidence

Genetic basis

16 clinical variants

ClinVar variants reported for this pair, with disorder-specific significance, review status, molecular consequence and origin.

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07
Population genetics

GWAS signals

1 GWAS phenotype

Gene-associated GWAS phenotypes matching the disorder, with best SNP, score, risk-allele frequency and effect size.

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08
Mechanism overlap

Shared mechanisms

Biological pathways and phenotype concepts shared by the gene and the disorder, with supporting publications.

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Literature

Reading

48 publications

Publications linking the gene and the disorder, with title, authors, journal, year and citation metrics.

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10
Provenance

References & sources

15 references

Every source and publication cited across this dossier, as one numbered reference list.

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