Positive selection in East Asians for an EDAR allele that enhances NF-kappaB activation.

Genome-wide scans for positive selection in humans provide a promising approach to establish links between genetic variants and adaptive phenotypes. From this approach, lists of hundreds of candidate genomic regions for positive selection have been assembled. These candidate regions are expected to...

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Auteurs principaux: Jarosław Bryk, Emilie Hardouin, Irina Pugach, David Hughes, Rainer Strotmann, Mark Stoneking, Sean Myles
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b73b97f3bf4141c58bbe4b2d63ae4cc42021-11-25T06:12:24ZPositive selection in East Asians for an EDAR allele that enhances NF-kappaB activation.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0002209https://doaj.org/article/b73b97f3bf4141c58bbe4b2d63ae4cc42008-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18493316/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Genome-wide scans for positive selection in humans provide a promising approach to establish links between genetic variants and adaptive phenotypes. From this approach, lists of hundreds of candidate genomic regions for positive selection have been assembled. These candidate regions are expected to contain variants that contribute to adaptive phenotypes, but few of these regions have been associated with phenotypic effects. Here we present evidence that a derived nonsynonymous substitution (370A) in EDAR, a gene involved in ectodermal development, was driven to high frequency in East Asia by positive selection prior to 10,000 years ago. With an in vitro transfection assay, we demonstrate that 370A enhances NF-kappaB activity. Our results suggest that 370A is a positively selected functional genetic variant that underlies an adaptive human phenotype.Jarosław BrykEmilie HardouinIrina PugachDavid HughesRainer StrotmannMark StonekingSean MylesPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 3, Iss 5, p e2209 (2008)
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Jarosław Bryk
Emilie Hardouin
Irina Pugach
David Hughes
Rainer Strotmann
Mark Stoneking
Sean Myles
Positive selection in East Asians for an EDAR allele that enhances NF-kappaB activation.
description Genome-wide scans for positive selection in humans provide a promising approach to establish links between genetic variants and adaptive phenotypes. From this approach, lists of hundreds of candidate genomic regions for positive selection have been assembled. These candidate regions are expected to contain variants that contribute to adaptive phenotypes, but few of these regions have been associated with phenotypic effects. Here we present evidence that a derived nonsynonymous substitution (370A) in EDAR, a gene involved in ectodermal development, was driven to high frequency in East Asia by positive selection prior to 10,000 years ago. With an in vitro transfection assay, we demonstrate that 370A enhances NF-kappaB activity. Our results suggest that 370A is a positively selected functional genetic variant that underlies an adaptive human phenotype.
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author Jarosław Bryk
Emilie Hardouin
Irina Pugach
David Hughes
Rainer Strotmann
Mark Stoneking
Sean Myles
author_facet Jarosław Bryk
Emilie Hardouin
Irina Pugach
David Hughes
Rainer Strotmann
Mark Stoneking
Sean Myles
author_sort Jarosław Bryk
title Positive selection in East Asians for an EDAR allele that enhances NF-kappaB activation.
title_short Positive selection in East Asians for an EDAR allele that enhances NF-kappaB activation.
title_full Positive selection in East Asians for an EDAR allele that enhances NF-kappaB activation.
title_fullStr Positive selection in East Asians for an EDAR allele that enhances NF-kappaB activation.
title_full_unstemmed Positive selection in East Asians for an EDAR allele that enhances NF-kappaB activation.
title_sort positive selection in east asians for an edar allele that enhances nf-kappab activation.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2008
url https://doaj.org/article/b73b97f3bf4141c58bbe4b2d63ae4cc4
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