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
The missense variant, rs373863828, in CREBRF plays a role in longitudinal changes in body mass index in Samoans
Fu H, Hawley NL, Carlson JC, Russell EM, Pomer A, Cheng H, Naseri T, Reupena M, Deka R, Choy CC, McGarvey ST, Minster RL, Weeks DE. The missense variant, rs373863828, in CREBRF plays a role in longitudinal changes in body mass index in Samoans. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 2022, 16: 220-227. PMID: 35606300, PMCID: PMC9373717, DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2022.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBMI rateHousehold asset scoreAA genotypeBody mass indexMissense variantsBMI of femalesSex-stratified modelsHigh rateAG participantsBaseline BMIMean BMICohort studyMass indexSamoan adultsPhysical activityGG genotypeBMIAge groupsA alleleLongitudinal changesAsset scoreRs373863828Older participantsFemalesCREBRFA loss-of-function IFNAR1 allele in Polynesia underlies severe viral diseases in homozygotes
Bastard P, Hsiao KC, Zhang Q, Choin J, Best E, Chen J, Gervais A, Bizien L, Materna M, Harmant C, Roux M, Hawley NL, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST, Sandoval K, Barberena-Jonas C, Quinto-Cortés CD, Hagelberg E, Mentzer AJ, Robson K, Coulibaly B, Seeleuthner Y, Bigio B, Li Z, Uzé G, Pellegrini S, Lorenzo L, Sbihi Z, Latour S, Besnard M, de Beaumais T, Aigrain E, Béziat V, Deka R, Tulifau L, Viali S, Reupena M, Naseri T, McNaughton P, Sarkozy V, Peake J, Blincoe A, Primhak S, Stables S, Gibson K, Woon ST, Drake KM, Hill AVS, Chan CY, King R, Ameratunga R, Teiti I, Aubry M, Cao-Lormeau VM, Tangye SG, Zhang SY, Jouanguy E, Gray P, Abel L, Moreno-Estrada A, Minster RL, Quintana-Murci L, Wood AC, Casanova JL. A loss-of-function IFNAR1 allele in Polynesia underlies severe viral diseases in homozygotes. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2022, 219: e20220028. PMID: 35442418, PMCID: PMC9026234, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20220028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research