Table 3

Nineteen candidate genes with cis-eQTL in chromosome 19 locus

cis-QTL gene symbol

Physical location of the gene (Mb)

Estimated physical location of the eQTL (Mb)

Correlation with subcutaneous fat mass

RIKEN cDNA 9530025L08

29.5

48.6

-0.29*

Cyp2c40^†

39.1

40.6

0.24

Col17a1

47.0

40.6

-0.25*

Scd2

43.6

40.6

-0.19

Slk

46.9

41.8

-0.07

Cyp2c37

39.3

37.0

0.32*

Cyp2c39^†

38.8

40.6

0.03

Gsto1

47.2

41.8

0.26*

Rnf134

46.4

48.6

0.05

Cutc

43.1

39.4

0.25*

Cpn1

43.3

39.4

0.28*

Cnnm1

42.8

46.2

0.27*

Acsl5

54.6

37.0

0.30*

RIKEN cDNA 1810018P12

32.0

35.7

0.24

Pik3ap1

40.6

39.4

-0.07

RIKEN cDNA 0610010D20

41.4

41.8

0.10

RIKEN cDNA 4833409A17

42.1

40.6

-0.21

RIKEN cDNA 4930538D17

45.7

38.2

-0.22

RIKEN cDNA 5730455O13

37.4

40.6

0.14

*Significant correlation of transcript levels with subcutaneous fat mass (p < 0.05). ^†The two genes that solely contributed to the significant LOD score of the fatty-acid metabolism and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane degredation principal components to chromosome 19 (see text for details).

Ghazalpour et al. Genome Biology 2005 6:R59   doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-7-r59