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The GPR35 gene was included in our survey because of its location immediately 3′ to CAPN10 and because it showed evidence of association with type 2 diabetes. Also, its expression in tissues including pancreatic islets and skeletal muscle is consistent with a possible role in type 2 diabetes. Our results showed unusually high polymorphism levels in the Italian sample, relative to the Hausa and Chinese samples; this was determined by comparison with the data from 50 noncoding regions obtained in the same population samples. However, a test of the standard neutral model based on polymorphism and divergence—using the same data—did not detect a significant departure in the Italians. Thus, although these results remain unusual and deserve further attention, they do not constitute strong evidence of positive selection. Elucidating the evolutionary models of common human diseases is crucial for defining powerful approaches to mapping susceptibility variants. In particular, models in which selective pressures on disease risk variants changed during human 4 hydroxytamoxifen mg are likely to apply broadly to diseases of modernization (e.g., obesity, hypertension, and asthma), which represent a major health burden in industrialized countries. The analysis of candidate genes, such as CAPN10 and GPR35, is a step toward outlining the relevant models for these diseases and developing further working hypotheses. Further studies of CAPN10 and GPR35, as well as other candidate genes, will be necessary to develop a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of common-disease susceptibility.
Acknowledgments We are grateful to C. Spencer for pointing out to us that the multiallelic balancing selection model could generate patterns of variation that are similar to those observed at CAPN10 and for sharing simulation results with us. We thank N. Cox, for helpful comments and discussions throughout this project; G. Bell, for comments on the manuscript; and M. Hammond, for technical help. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (grants DK56670 and DK55889). L.M.F. was supported by a National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellowship (HG00219). J.V. was supported by an NIH training grant (GM07197).
Introduction Neuropathic pain is a serious clinical problem, principally because of the weak efficacy and numerous adverse side effects of opioids [1,2]. Pain associated with neuropathy develops as a result of nervous system damage; however, the mechanism remains unknown despite numerous studies. Patients suffering from neuropathic pain symptoms exhibit ongoing spontaneous and evoked pain [3]. The mechanisms involved in the development of neuropathy are complex [[4], [5], [6]]; however, the participation of chemokines in this phenomenon seems to be very important and still unclear [[7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12]]. First, fractalkine (CX3CL1) has been shown to induce neuropathic pain [13,14]. Recently, it was postulated that chemokines C-C (CCL2, CCL3, CCL5, CCL7), C-X-C (CXCL1, CXCL5, CXCL9, CXCL12) and X-C (XCL1) motif chemokine ligands also play a crucial role in the development of neuropathic pain [10,[15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25]]. Therefore, it is important to determine the role of CXCL17 in nociceptive transmission. In 2015, studies have provided evidence that chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 8 (CXCR8), also named GPR35, is a receptor for chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 17 (CXCL17) [26]. GPR35 is 7-Transmembrane receptor that transmits function via interactions with Gai/o, Ga13, and beta-arrestin [[27], [28], [29], [30]]. GPR35 is expressed in the nervous systems in both neuronal and non-neuronal cells, including glia, and is therefore suggested to be important for nociceptive transmission [31,32]. Recently, it has been shown that GPR35 agonists, such as kynurenic acid or zaprinast beneficially influence the nociceptive transmission [33].