PubRank

Vincent Vatin

Author PubWeight™ 98.66‹?›

Top papers

Rank Title Journal Year PubWeight™‹?›
1 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index. Nat Genet 2010 23.08
2 Variation in FTO contributes to childhood obesity and severe adult obesity. Nat Genet 2007 13.62
3 Proposal for standardization of optimized mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol 2006 12.53
4 Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution. Nat Genet 2010 7.94
5 Genome-wide association study for early-onset and morbid adult obesity identifies three new risk loci in European populations. Nat Genet 2009 6.39
6 Variants of ENPP1 are associated with childhood and adult obesity and increase the risk of glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2005 4.44
7 Two new Loci for body-weight regulation identified in a joint analysis of genome-wide association studies for early-onset extreme obesity in French and german study groups. PLoS Genet 2010 3.21
8 Assessment of an optimized mycobacterial interspersed repetitive- unit-variable-number tandem-repeat typing system combined with spoligotyping for population-based molecular epidemiology studies of tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol 2006 3.08
9 Non-synonymous polymorphisms in melanocortin-4 receptor protect against obesity: the two facets of a Janus obesity gene. Hum Mol Genet 2007 2.50
10 Genome-wide search for type 2 diabetes in Japanese affected sib-pairs confirms susceptibility genes on 3q, 15q, and 20q and identifies two new candidate Loci on 7p and 11p. Diabetes 2002 1.63
11 A POMC variant implicates beta-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in the control of human energy balance. Cell Metab 2006 1.59
12 Prevalence of loss-of-function FTO mutations in lean and obese individuals. Diabetes 2009 1.54
13 A genome-wide scan for childhood obesity-associated traits in French families shows significant linkage on chromosome 6q22.31-q23.2. Diabetes 2004 1.44
14 Estimation of newborn risk for child or adolescent obesity: lessons from longitudinal birth cohorts. PLoS One 2012 1.35
15 Prevalence of melanocortin-4 receptor deficiency in Europeans and their age-dependent penetrance in multigenerational pedigrees. Diabetes 2008 1.35
16 Whole-exome sequencing and high throughput genotyping identified KCNJ11 as the thirteenth MODY gene. PLoS One 2012 1.24
17 Heterozygous mutations causing partial prohormone convertase 1 deficiency contribute to human obesity. Diabetes 2011 1.12
18 Genetic analysis of ADIPOR1 and ADIPOR2 candidate polymorphisms for type 2 diabetes in the Caucasian population. Diabetes 2006 1.02
19 The imprinted gene neuronatin is regulated by metabolic status and associated with obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 1.02
20 A rare variant in the visfatin gene (NAMPT/PBEF1) is associated with protection from obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 1.01
21 Study of TNFalpha -308G/A and IL6 -174G/C polymorphisms in type 2 diabetes and obesity risk in the Tunisian population. Clin Biochem 2010 1.00
22 Common variants in FTO, MC4R, TMEM18, PRL, AIF1, and PCSK1 show evidence of association with adult obesity in the Greek population. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2011 0.99
23 Loss-of-function mutations in SIM1 contribute to obesity and Prader-Willi-like features. J Clin Invest 2013 0.96
24 Association studies on ghrelin and ghrelin receptor gene polymorphisms with obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 0.94
25 Analysis of sequence variability in the CART gene in relation to obesity in a Caucasian population. BMC Genet 2005 0.86
26 Positional candidate gene analysis of Lim domain homeobox gene (Isl-1) on chromosome 5q11-q13 in a French morbidly obese population suggests indication for association with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes 2002 0.86
27 Analysis of the SIM1 contribution to polygenic obesity in the French population. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2010 0.84
28 Genetic study of the melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2 in childhood and adulthood severe obesity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007 0.83
29 Identification of a locus for nongoitrous congenital hypothyroidism on chromosome 15q25.3-26.1. Hum Genet 2005 0.83
30 The Q121 variant of ENPP1 may protect from childhood overweight/obesity in the Italian population. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008 0.82
31 Secretory granule neuroendocrine protein 1 (SGNE1) genetic variation and glucose intolerance in severe childhood and adult obesity. BMC Med Genet 2007 0.78
32 Loss-of-function mutations in MC4R are very rare in the Greek severely obese adult population. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2012 0.77
33 INS VNTR is not associated with childhood obesity in 1,023 families: a family-based study. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008 0.76