Initiatives & Research Initiatives & Research

Initiatives & Research

List of Publications

2023

Genome-wide Association Studies Categorized by Class of Antihypertensive Drugs Reveal Complex Pathogenesis of Hypertension with Drug Resistance

Keiko Yamazaki, Chikashi Terao, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2023

Hyperfructosemia in Sleep Disordered Breathing: Metabolome Analysis of Nagahama Study

Yoshinari Nakatsuka, Kimihiko Murase, Kazuhiro Sonomura, et al.

2023

A whole-genome reference panel of 14,393 individuals for East Asian populations accelerates discovery of rare functional variants

Jaeyong Choi, Sungjae Kim, Juhyun Kim, et al.

2023

Contribution of an Asian-prevalent HLA haplotype to the risk of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma

Atsushi Kawamura, Koichi Matsuda, Yoshinori Murakami, et al.

2023

ENIGMA CHEK2gether Project: A Comprehensive Study Identifies Functionally Impaired CHEK2 Germline Missense Variants Associated with Increased Breast Cancer Risk

Lenka Stolarova, Petra Kleiblova, Petra Zemankova, et al.

2023

Androgen receptor binding sites enabling genetic prediction of mortality due to prostate cancer in cancer-free subjects

Shuji Ito, Xiaoxi Liu, Yuki Ishikawa, et al.

2023

GWAS Meta-Analysis of Over 29,000 People with Epilepsy Identifies 26 Risk Loci and Subtype-Specific Genetic Architecture

International League Against Epilepsy Consortium on Complex Epilepsies.

2023

Multi-Ancestry Genome-Wide Analysis Identifies Shared Genetic Effects and Common Genetic Variants for Self-Reported Sleep Duration

B. H. Scammell, C. Tchio, Y. Song, et al.

2023

Boosting the power of genome-wide association studies within and across ancestries by using polygenic scores

Adrian I. Campos, Shinichi Namba, Shu-Chin Lin, et al.

2023

Combining Asian and European genome-wide association studies of colorectal cancer improves risk prediction across racial and ethnic populations

Minta Thomas, Yu-Ru Su, Elisabeth A. Rosenthal, et al.

2023

Natural Selection Signatures in the Hondo and Ryukyu Japanese Subpopulations

Xiaoxi Liu, Masatoshi Matsunami, Momoko Horikoshi, et al.

2023

Polygenic Prediction Across Populations is Influenced by Ancestry, Genetic Architecture, and Methodology

Ying Wang, Masahiro Kanai, Taotao Tan, et al.

2023

Identification of Telomere Maintenance Gene Variations Related to Lung Adenocarcinoma Risk by Genome-Wide Association and Whole Genome Sequencing Analyses

Kouya Shiraishi, Atsushi Takahashi, Yukihide Momozawa, et al.

2023

A large-scale microRNA transcriptome-wide association study identifies two susceptibility microRNAs, miR-1307-5p and miR-192-3p, for colorectal cancer risk

Zhishan Chen, Weiqiang Lin, Qiuyin Cai, et al.

2023

Extracting immunological and clinical heterogeneity across autoimmune rheumatic diseases by cohort-wide immunophenotyping

Hiroaki Tanaka, Yukinori Okada, Shingo Nakayamada, et al.

2023

Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants

Anqi Wang, Jiayi Shen, Alex A. Rodriguez, et al.

2023

East Asian-specific and cross-ancestry genome-wide meta-analyses provide mechanistic insights into peptic ulcer disease

Yunye He, Masaru Koido, Yoichi Sutoh, et al.

2023

Genetic Risk Score of Cerebral Infarction in Atrial Fibrillation Genome-Wide Association Study

Yusuke Ebana, Lian Liu, Kensuke Ihara, et al.

2023

Genetic insights into ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine

Yoshinao Koike, Masahiko Takahata, Masahiro Nakajima, et al.

2022

Discovery and systematic characterization of risk variants and genes for coronary artery disease in over a million participants

Krishna G. Aragam, Tao Jiang, Anuj Goel, et al.

2022

Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use

Gretchen R. B. Saunders, Xingyan Wang, Fang Chen, et al.

2022

Novel susceptibility loci for steroid-associated osteonecrosis of the femoral head in systemic lupus erythematosus

Hiroyuki Suetsugu, Kwangwoo Kim, Takuaki Yamamoto, et al.

2022

Genetic Architectures Underlie Onset Age of Atopic Dermatitis

Keiko Hikino, Nao Tanaka, Masaru Koido, et al.

2022

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses identify novel genetic mechanisms in rheumatoid arthritis

Kazuyoshi Ishigaki, Saori Sakaue, Chikashi Terao, et al.

2022

Association between germline pathogenic variants in cancer-predisposing genes and lymphoma risk

Yoshiaki Usui, Yusuke Iwasaki, Keitaro Matsuo, et al.

2022

Population-based Screening for Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Variants in Japan

Masashi Fujita, Xiaoxi Liu, Yusuke Iwasaki, et al.

2022

Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries

Aniket Mishra, Rainer Malik, Tsuyoshi Hachiya, et al.

2022

DOCK2 is involved in the host genetics and biology of severe COVID-19

Ho Namkoong, Ryuya Edahiro, Tomomi Takano, et al.

2022

Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations

Catherine Tcheandjieu, Xiang Zhu, Austin T. Hilliard, et al.

2022

Genetic analysis of right heart structure and function in 40,000 people

James P. Pirruccello, Paolo Di Achille, Victor Nauffal, et al.

2022

Developing and validating polygenic risk scores for colorectal cancer risk prediction in East Asians

Jie Ping, Yaohua Yang, Wanqing Wen, et al.

2022

Multi-trait and cross-population genome-wide association studies across autoimmune and allergic diseases identify shared and distinct genetic component

Yuya Shirai, Yoshimitsu Nakanishi, Akari Suzuki, et al.

2022

Association of germline TYK2 variation with lung cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk

James Yarmolinsky, Christopher I. Amos, Rayjean J. Hung, et al.

2022

Different risk genes contribute to clear cell and non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma in 1532 Japanese patients and 5996 controls

Yuya Sekine, Yusuke Iwasaki, Tomomi Aoi, et al.

2022

Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals

Thomas W. Winkler, Humaira Rasheed, Alexander Teumer, et al.

2022

Large-scale Integrated Analysis of Genetics and Metabolomic Data Reveals Potential Links Between Lipids and Colorectal Cancer Risk

Xiang Shu, Zhishan Chen, Jirong Long, et al.

2022

Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation

Anubha Mahajan, Cassandra N. Spracklen, Weihua Zhang, et al.

2022

Biological insights into systemic lupus erythematosus through an immune cell-specific transcriptome-wide association study

Xianyong Yin, Kwangwoo Kim, Hiroyuki Suetsugu, et al.

2022

A polygenic risk score improves risk stratification of coronary artery disease: a large-scale prospective Chinese cohort study

Xiangfeng Lu, Zhongying Liu, Qingmei Cui, et al.

2022

Leveraging fine-mapping and multipopulation training data to improve cross-population polygenic risk scores

Omer Weissbrod, Masahiro Kanai, Huwenbo Shi, et al.

2022

Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia

Vassily Trubetskoy, Antonio F. Pardiñas, Ting Qi, et al.

2022

Editorial: Current Status and Future Challenges of Biobank Data Analysis

Tzu-Pin Lu, Yoichiro Kamatani, Gillian Belbin, et al.

2022

Expansion of Cancer Risk Profile for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variants

Yukihide Momozawa, Rumi Sasai, Yoshiaki Usui, et al.

2022

Genome-wide risk prediction of common diseases across ancestries in one million people

Nina Mars, Sini Kerminen, Yen-Chen A. Feng, et al.

2022

Response to Comment on Dawed et al. Genome-Wide Meta-analysis Identifies Genetic Variants Associated With Glycemic Response to Sulfonylureas. Diabetes Care 2021;44:2673-2682

Adem Y. Dawed, Sook Wah Yee, Kaixin Zhou, et al.

2022

Genome-wide association study of colorectal polyps identified highly overlapping polygenic architecture with colorectal cancer

Keiko Hikino, Masaru Koido, Nao Otomo, et al.

2022

Federated analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 variation in a Japanese cohort

James Casaletto, Michael Parsons, Charles Markello, et al.

2022

Whole exome analysis of patients in Japan with hearing loss reveals high heterogeneity among responsible and novel candidate genes

Hideki Mutai, Yukihide Momozawa, Yoichiro Kamatani, et al.

2022

[Cohorts and Biobanks as Essential Resources for Cancer Research]

Yoshinori Murakami.

2022

A single-nucleotide-polymorphism in the 5′-flanking region of MSX1 gene as a predictive marker candidate for platinum-based therapy of esophageal carcinoma

Takahiro Mori, Kazuko Ueno, Katsushi Tokunaga, et al.