A murine model of the human CREBRFR457Q obesity-risk variant does not influence energy or glucose homeostasis in response to nutritional stress
Kanshana JS, Mattila PE, Ewing MC, Wood AN, Schoiswohl G, Meyer AC, Kowalski A, Rosenthal SL, Gingras S, Kaufman BA, Lu R, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST, Minster RL, Hawley NL, Kershaw EE. A murine model of the human CREBRFR457Q obesity-risk variant does not influence energy or glucose homeostasis in response to nutritional stress. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0251895. PMID: 34520472, PMCID: PMC8439463, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMurine modelGlucose homeostasisEnergy/glucose homeostasisOdds of diabetesOdds of obesityObesity risk variantsAlternative preclinical modelsPromotes obesityPreclinical modelsKnockin miceObesityDiabetesStrong heritable componentExtensive phenotypic analysisMissense variantsOrthologous variantDiseaseMiceOddsAdaptive transcriptional responseExtreme nutritional stressNutritional stressHomeostasisGenetic contributionRegulatory factors