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ArticleNature communications2025

An obesogenic FTO allele causes accelerated development, growth and insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle cells.

Lu Guang, Shilin Ma, Ziyue Yao, Dan Song, Yu Chen, Shuqing Liu, Peng Wang, Jiali Su, Yuefan Wang, Lanfang Luo and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Lu GuangKey Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Shilin MaKey Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Ziyue YaoKey Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Dan SongKey Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yu ChenKey Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Shuqing LiuKey Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Peng WangKey Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jiali SuKey Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yuefan WangKey Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Lanfang LuoKey Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Ng Shyh-ChangKey Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. huangsq@ioz.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-9525

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human GWAS have shown that obesogenic FTO polymorphisms correlate with lean mass, but the mechanisms have remained unclear. It is counterintuitive because lean mass is inversely correlated with obesity and metabolic diseases. Here, we use CRISPR to knock-in FTO

Indexed as

Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOInsulin ResistanceMuscle, SkeletalObesityAllelesCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCellular SenescenceCRISPR-Cas SystemsDiet, High-FatHistonesHumansInsulinInsulin-Like Growth Factor IIMuscle DevelopmentRNA, Long NoncodingAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOFTO protein, humanH19 long non-coding RNAHistonesIGF2 protein, humanInsulinInsulin-Like Growth Factor IIRNA, Long Noncoding

Identifiers

PMID40055326
PMCPMC11889117

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