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Several genes are known to be implicated in the regulation of body weight. The identification of alleles that can be associated with obesity is a key element to control this pandemic. On the basis of a Portuguese population, 65 obesity-related genes are sequenced using Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) in 72 individuals with obesity, in order to identify variants associated with monogenic obesity and potential risk factors. A total of 429 variants are identified, 129 of which had already been associated with the phenotype. Comparing our results with the European and Global frequencies, from 1000 Genomes project, 23 potential risk variants are identified. Six new variants are discovered in heterozygous carriers: four missense (genes ALMS1-NM_015120.4:c.5552C&gt;T; SORCS1-NM_001013031.2:c.1072A&gt;G and NM_001013031.2: c.2491A&gt;C; TMEM67-NM_153704.5:c.158A&gt;G) and two synonymous (genes BBS1-NM_024649.4:c.1437C&gt;T; TMEM67-NM_153704.5:c.2583T&gt;C). Functional studies should be performed to validate these new findings and evaluate their penetrance and pathogenicity. Regardless of no cases of monogenic obesity being identified, this kind of investigational study is important when we are still trying to understand the aetiology and pathophysiology of obesity. This will allow the identification of rare variants associated with obesity and the study of their prevalence in specific populational groups.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes12040603","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,19]],"date-time":"2021-04-19T11:21:38Z","timestamp":1618831298000},"page":"603","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Identification of Genetic Variants in 65 Obesity Related Genes in a Cohort of Portuguese Obese Individuals"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Catarina","family":"Ginete","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"H&amp;TRC Health and Technology Research Center, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Sa\u00fade de Lisboa, Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Lisboa, 1990-096 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7056-2987","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bernardo","family":"Serrasqueiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"H&amp;TRC Health and Technology Research Center, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Sa\u00fade de Lisboa, Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Lisboa, 1990-096 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Silva-Nunes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"H&amp;TRC Health and Technology Research Center, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Sa\u00fade de Lisboa, Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Lisboa, 1990-096 Lisbon, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa Central, 1150-199 Lisbon, Portugal"},{"name":"NOVA Medical School\/Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias M\u00e9dicas, New University of Lisbon, 1169-056 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Lu\u00edsa","family":"Veiga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"H&amp;TRC Health and Technology Research Center, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Sa\u00fade de Lisboa, Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Lisboa, 1990-096 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6394-658X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Miguel","family":"Brito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"H&amp;TRC Health and Technology Research Center, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Sa\u00fade de Lisboa, Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Lisboa, 1990-096 Lisbon, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2020, June 06). 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