KCNB1 Regulatory Variants and BMI Associations in Admixed Brazilian Population
by Samantha Kuwada Teixeira·Updated 1mo ago
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Description
Samantha Kuwada Teixeira's dataset contains results from a genome-wide association study of body mass index in 1,079 admixed Brazilian individuals. It includes prioritized regulatory variants, such as rs149309426, and functional assay results linking KCNB1 to adipogenesis. The data was last updated on May 7, 2026.
Use Cases
Identify BMI-associated loci based on GWAS results from admixed Brazilian individuals.
Analyze ancestry-enriched regulatory variants based on the prioritized rs149309426 variant.
Investigate gene function in adipogenesis based on KCNB1 inhibition and knockout model results.
Strengths
Includes GWAS results from a cohort of 1,079 admixed Brazilian individuals.
Identifies three BMI-associated loci reaching genome-wide significance (p ≤ 5 × 10⁻⁸).
Integrates functional validation data from luciferase assays, EMSA, and animal models.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
The dataset is 406.1 KB, indicating a limited scope of data.
Provenance
Source
figshare
Collection Method
Genome-wide association study (GWAS) and integrative functional analysis.