2024
Associations between fasting glucose rate-of-change and the missense variant, rs373863828, in an adult Samoan cohort
Rivara A, Russell E, Carlson J, Pomer A, Naseri T, Reupena M, Manna S, Viali S, Minster R, Weeks D, DeLany J, Kershaw E, McGarvey S, Hawley N. Associations between fasting glucose rate-of-change and the missense variant, rs373863828, in an adult Samoan cohort. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0302643. PMID: 38829901, PMCID: PMC11146712, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 2 diabetesAllele of rs373863828Body mass indexFasting glucoseAdult SamoansDevelopment of type 2 diabetesOdds of type 2 diabetesReduction of modifiable risk factorsRs373863828 genotypeAssociated with higher body mass indexType 2 diabetes developmentGlucose rate of changeMass indexHousehold asset scoreUrbanization of residenceHigher body mass indexRisk factorsModifiable risk factorsRate of changeBaseline variablesMultivariate linear regressionPhysical activityDiabetes preventionType 2 diabetes mellitusSmoking status
2022
Multivariate analysis of a missense variant in CREBRF reveals associations with measures of adiposity in people of Polynesian ancestries
Zhang J, Heinsberg L, Krishnan M, Hawley N, Major T, Carlson J, Hindmarsh J, Watson H, Qasim M, Stamp L, Dalbeth N, Murphy R, Sun G, Cheng H, Naseri T, Reupena M, Kershaw E, Deka R, McGarvey S, Minster R, Merriman T, Weeks D. Multivariate analysis of a missense variant in CREBRF reveals associations with measures of adiposity in people of Polynesian ancestries. Genetic Epidemiology 2022, 47: 105-118. PMID: 36352773, PMCID: PMC9892232, DOI: 10.1002/gepi.22508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdiposityBayes TheoremBody Mass IndexHumansMultivariate AnalysisMutation, MissenseObesityPacific Island PeopleTumor Suppressor Proteins
2021
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
2020
A missense variant in CREBRF, rs373863828, is associated with fat-free mass, not fat mass in Samoan infants
Arslanian KJ, Fidow UT, Atanoa T, Unasa-Apelu F, Naseri T, Wetzel AI, Pomer A, Duckham RL, McGarvey ST, Strayer JA, Kershaw EE, Weeks DE, Hawley NL. A missense variant in CREBRF, rs373863828, is associated with fat-free mass, not fat mass in Samoan infants. International Journal Of Obesity 2020, 45: 45-55. PMID: 32884101, PMCID: PMC8329753, DOI: 10.1038/s41366-020-00659-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexDual-energy X-ray absorptiometrySamoan infantsBone massFat massLean massEarly infantsBody compositionInfant body mass indexMinor alleleDeterminants of adiposityOdds of diabetesBone mass accretionMissense variantsX-ray absorptiometryFat-free massCross-sectional analysisMore bone massCREBRF variantProspective studyHigher oddsEarly infancyInfantsAdult populationNatural history
2016
A thrifty variant in CREBRF strongly influences body mass index in Samoans
Minster RL, Hawley NL, Su CT, Sun G, Kershaw EE, Cheng H, Buhule OD, Lin J, Reupena MS, Viali S, Tuitele J, Naseri T, Urban Z, Deka R, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST. A thrifty variant in CREBRF strongly influences body mass index in Samoans. Nature Genetics 2016, 48: 1049-1054. PMID: 27455349, PMCID: PMC5069069, DOI: 10.1038/ng.3620.Peer-Reviewed Original Research