Human Obesity Gene Map Database SummaryThe obesity gene map database results from a project to review annually all markers, genes and mutations associated or linked with obesity phenotypes at Universite Laval in Quebec City, Canada. The first version covered the evidence published until the fall of 1994 and was published in the Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Obesity held in Toronto. Subsequently, yearly editions of the Human Obesity Gene Map have been published in Obesity Research, the official journal of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity. The 11th version of the map covers the literature until the end of October 2004. The Obesity Gene Map web site was developed to address the need to include increasingly detailed information on the location and properties of an increasing number of obesity-related genes. Data from the authors’ published reviews was used as the starting point for constructing the Obesity Gene Map database. This information was then extensively cross-referenced internally, then linked to external resources such as OMIM, LocusLink and GenBank. The website contains several links to separate databases containing different information on human genetics and obesity. There are sections specific to information about single-gene mutations, Mendelian disorders, associations and linkages, in addition to other non-human sections. The association page contains a table of information, with each line representing the results for a particular gene, with information on gene name, location, the number of cases, the particular obesity phenotype, strength of association and phenotype. It is worth noting that only significant results are included in this database.
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Related websites: Main HuGENet site | Greece Coordinating Centre | Canada Coordinating Centre |
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