TY - JOUR
T1 - Refining the impact of TCF7L2 gene variants on type 2 diabetes and adaptive evolution
AU - Helgason, Agnar
AU - Pálsson, Snaebjörn
AU - Thorleifsson, Gudmar
AU - Grant, Struan F A
AU - Emilsson, Valur
AU - Gunnarsdottir, Steinunn
AU - Adeyemo, Adebowale
AU - Chen, Yuanxiu
AU - Chen, Guanjie
AU - Reynisdottir, Inga
AU - Benediktsson, Rafn
AU - Hinney, Anke
AU - Hansen, Torben
AU - Andersen, Gitte
AU - Borch-Johnsen, Knut
AU - Jorgensen, Torben
AU - Schäfer, Helmut
AU - Faruque, Mezbah
AU - Doumatey, Ayo
AU - Zhou, Jie
AU - Wilensky, Robert L
AU - Reilly, Muredach P
AU - Rader, Daniel J
AU - Bagger, Yu
AU - Christiansen, Claus
AU - Sigurdsson, Gunnar
AU - Hebebrand, Johannes
AU - Pedersen, Oluf
AU - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur
AU - Gulcher, Jeffrey R
AU - Kong, Augustine
AU - Rotimi, Charles
AU - Stefánsson, Kári
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We recently described an association between risk of type 2diabetes and variants in the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene (TCF7L2; formerly TCF4), with a population attributable risk (PAR) of 17%-28% in three populations of European ancestry. Here, we refine the definition of the TCF7L2 type 2diabetes risk variant, HapB(T2D), to the ancestral T allele of a SNP, rs7903146, through replication in West African and Danish type 2 diabetes case-control studies and an expanded Icelandic study. We also identify another variant of the same gene, HapA, that shows evidence of positive selection in East Asian, European and West African populations. Notably, HapA shows a suggestive association with body mass index and altered concentrations of the hunger-satiety hormones ghrelin and leptin in males, indicating that the selective advantage of HapA may have been mediated through effects on energy metabolism.
AB - We recently described an association between risk of type 2diabetes and variants in the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene (TCF7L2; formerly TCF4), with a population attributable risk (PAR) of 17%-28% in three populations of European ancestry. Here, we refine the definition of the TCF7L2 type 2diabetes risk variant, HapB(T2D), to the ancestral T allele of a SNP, rs7903146, through replication in West African and Danish type 2 diabetes case-control studies and an expanded Icelandic study. We also identify another variant of the same gene, HapA, that shows evidence of positive selection in East Asian, European and West African populations. Notably, HapA shows a suggestive association with body mass index and altered concentrations of the hunger-satiety hormones ghrelin and leptin in males, indicating that the selective advantage of HapA may have been mediated through effects on energy metabolism.
KW - African Continental Ancestry Group
KW - Asian Continental Ancestry Group
KW - Biological Evolution
KW - Body Mass Index
KW - Case-Control Studies
KW - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
KW - European Continental Ancestry Group
KW - Female
KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease
KW - Genetic Variation
KW - Haplotypes
KW - Humans
KW - Iceland
KW - Male
KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
KW - Risk
KW - Selection, Genetic
KW - TCF Transcription Factors
KW - Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein
U2 - 10.1038/ng1960
DO - 10.1038/ng1960
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 17206141
SN - 1061-4036
VL - 39
SP - 218
EP - 225
JO - Nature: New biology
JF - Nature: New biology
IS - 2
ER -