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ArticlePLoS computational biology2016

Evolutionary and Topological Properties of Genes and Community Structures in Human Gene Regulatory Networks.

Anthony Szedlak, Nicholas Smith, Li Liu, Giovanni Paternostro, Carlo Piermarocchi

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Anthony SzedlakDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America.
Nicholas SmithSalgomed Inc., Del Mar, California, United States of America.
Li LiuCollege of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America.
Giovanni PaternostroSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Carlo PiermarocchiDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America.
Michigan State University · USArizona State University · USSalgomed (United States) · USSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · US

Funding

Search Algorithms for Drug Combinations: Extending Approved Cancer TherapiesR41CA174059 · NCI · SALGOMED, INC. · PI PATERNOSTRO, GIOVANNI, PIERMAROCCHI, CARLO · 2012 to 2013
$372k
NCI NIH HHS R41 CA174059
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diverse, specialized genes present in today's lifeforms evolved from a common core of ancient, elementary genes. However, these genes did not evolve individually: gene expression is controlled by a complex network of interactions, and alterations in one gene may drive reciprocal changes in its proteins' binding partners. Like many complex networks, these gene regulatory networks (GRNs) are composed of communities, or clusters of genes with relatively high connectivity. A deep understanding of the relationship between the evolutionary history of single genes and the topological properties of the underlying GRN is integral to evolutionary genetics. Here, we show that the topological properties of an acute myeloid leukemia GRN and a general human GRN are strongly coupled with its genes' evolutionary properties. Slowly evolving ("cold"), old genes tend to interact with each other, as do rapidly evolving ("hot"), young genes. This naturally causes genes to segregate into community structures with relatively homogeneous evolutionary histories. We argue that gene duplication placed old, cold genes and communities at the center of the networks, and young, hot genes and communities at the periphery. We demonstrate this with single-node centrality measures and two new measures of efficiency, the set efficiency and the interset efficiency. We conclude that these methods for studying the relationships between a GRN's community structures and its genes' evolutionary properties provide new perspectives for understanding evolutionary genetics.

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Evolution, MolecularModels, GeneticComputational BiologyGene Regulatory NetworksHumansLeukemia, Myeloid, Acute

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PMID27359334
PMCPMC4928929
OpenAlexW2467468633

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