Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 14 (BMIQ14)

Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 14, also known as obesity, is related to body mass index quantitative trait locus 11 and leptin deficiency or dysfunction, and has symptoms including high weight, obesity, metabolically benign and monogenic obesity. An important gene associated with Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 14 is FTO (FTO Alpha-Ketoglutarate Dependent Dioxygenase). The drugs Metyrapone and Indapamide have been mentioned in the context of this disorder. Affiliated tissues include skeletal muscle and liver.