Functional Characterization of Novel MC4R Variants Identified in Two Unrelated Patients with Morbid Obesity in Qatar
Mohammed I, Selvaraj S, Ahmed W, Al-Barazenji T, Hammad A, Dauleh H, Saraiva L, Al-Shafai M, Hussain K. Functional Characterization of Novel MC4R Variants Identified in Two Unrelated Patients with Morbid Obesity in Qatar. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24: 16361. PMID: 38003551, PMCID: PMC10671262, DOI: 10.3390/ijms242216361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCREB signaling pathwaysHeterozygous variantsSignaling pathwayVariants associated with obesityIn silico prediction toolsEffects of allelic variationFunctional impactIn silico analysisMonogenic obesityDownstream signaling cascadesLigand binding activityGT1-7 cellsObesity-related genesIdentified variantsAllelic variationFunctional characterizationSilico analysisSanger sequencingPathogenic variantsActivation of PKALeptin-melanocortin pathwaySignaling cascadesMonogenic forms of obesityGenesIn vitro analysis