NDLI: Comprehensive candidate gene study highlights UGT1A and BNC2 as new genes determining continuous skin color variation in Europeans

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Author	Jacobs, Leonie C. Wollstein, Andreas Lao, Oscar Hofman, Albert Klaver, Caroline C. Uitterlinden, André G. Nijsten, Tamar Kayser, Manfred Liu, Fan
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Natural variation in human skin pigmentation is primarily due to genetic causes rooted in recent evolutionary history. Genetic variants associated with human skin pigmentation confer risk of skin cancer and may provide useful information in forensic investigations. Almost all previous gene-mapping studies of human skin pigmentation were based on categorical skin color information known to oversimplify the continuous nature of human skin coloration. We digitally quantified skin color into hue and saturation dimensions for 5,860 Dutch Europeans based on high-resolution skin photographs. We then tested an extensive list of 14,185 single nucleotide polymorphisms in 281 candidate genes potentially involved in human skin pigmentation for association with quantitative skin color phenotypes. Confirmatory association was revealed for several known skin color genes including HERC2, MC1R, IRF4, TYR, OCA2, and ASIP. We identified two new skin color genes: genetic variants in UGT1A were significantly associated with hue and variants in BNC2 were significantly associated with saturation. Overall, digital quantification of human skin color allowed detecting new skin color genes. The variants identified in this study may also contribute to the risk of skin cancer. Our findings are also important for predicting skin color in forensic investigations.
Starting Page	147
Ending Page	158
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03406717
Journal	Human Genetics
Volume Number	132
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14321203
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-10-11
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Human Genetics Molecular Medicine Gene Function Metabolic Diseases
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics Genetics (clinical)

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