Initiatives & Research Initiatives & Research

Initiatives & Research

List of Publications

2020

Genetic and phenotypic landscape of the mitochondrial genome in the Japanese population

Kenichi Yamamoto, Saori Sakaue, Koichi Matsuda, et al.

2020

Identification of type 2 diabetes loci in 433,540 East Asian individuals

Cassandra N. Spracklen, Momoko Horikoshi, Young Jin Kim, et al.

2020

Prevalence and spectrum of pathogenic germline variants in Japanese patients with early-onset colorectal, breast, and prostate cancer

Xiaoxi Liu, Sadaaki Takata, Kyota Ashikawa, et al.

2020

GWAS of 165,084 Japanese individuals identified nine loci associated with dietary habits

Nana Matoba, Masato Akiyama, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki, et al.

2020

Identification of a novel uterine leiomyoma GWAS locus in a Japanese population

Kensuke Sakai, Chizu Tanikawa, Akira Hirasawa, et al.

2020

Genome-Wide Natural Selection Signatures Are Linked to Genetic Risk of Modern Phenotypes in the Japanese Population

Yoshiaki Yasumizu, Saori Sakaue, Takahiro Konuma, et al.

2020

Diabetes and cancer risk: A Mendelian randomization study

Atsushi Goto, Taiki Yamaji, Norie Sawada, et al.

2020

GWAS of five gynecologic diseases and cross-trait analysis in Japanese

Tatsuo Masuda, Siew-Kee Low, Masato Akiyama, et al.

2019

Characterizing rare and low-frequency height-associated variants in the Japanese population

Masato Akiyama, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki, Saori Sakaue, et al.

2019

Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes

David W. Clark, Yukinori Okada, Kristjan H. S. Moore, et al.

2019

Construction and benchmarking of a multi-ethnic reference panel for the imputation of HLA class I and II alleles

Frauke Degenhardt, Mareike Wendorff, Michael Wittig, et al.

2019

Genetically Determined Levels of Circulating Cytokines and Risk of Stroke

Marios K. Georgakis, Dipender Gill, Kristiina Rannikmäe, et al.

2019

Comparison of effects of UGT1A1*6 and UGT1A1*28 on irinotecan-induced adverse reactions in the Japanese population: analysis of the Biobank Japan Project

Keiko Hikino, Takeshi Ozeki, Masaru Koido, et al.

2019

Genetic and phenotypic landscape of the major histocompatibilty complex region in the Japanese population

Jun Hirata, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Saori Sakaue, et al.

2019

12 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer identified by genome-wide association study in Japanese population

Ryo Takata, Atsushi Takahashi, Masashi Fujita, et al.

2019

A novel PAK3 pathogenic variant identified in two siblings from a Japanese family with X-linked intellectual disability: case report and review of the literature

Aritoshi Iida, Kyoko Takano, Eri Takeshita, et al.

2019

A novel intragenic deletion in OPHN1 in a Japanese patient with Dandy-Walker malformation

Aritoshi Iida, Eri Takeshita, Shunichi Kosugi, et al.

2019

Genome-Wide Association Study Detected Novel Susceptibility Genes for Schizophrenia and Shared Trans-Populations/Diseases Genetic Effect

Masashi Ikeda, Atsushi Takahashi, Yoichiro Kamatani, et al.

2019

Empirical evaluation of variant calling accuracy using ultra-deep whole-genome sequencing data

Toshihiro Kishikawa, Yukihide Momozawa, Takeshi Ozeki, et al.

2019

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of HAAO and IRX6 Genes as Risk Factors for Hypospadias

Yoshiyuki Kojima, Tomoyuki Koguchi, Kentaro Mizuno, et al.

2019

Comparative genetic architectures of schizophrenia in East Asian and European populations

Max Lam, Chia-Yen Chen, Zhiqiang Li, et al.

2019

Serum magnesium and calcium levels in relation to ischemic stroke: Mendelian randomization study

Susanna C. Larsson, Matthew Traylor, Stephen Burgess, et al.

2019

Polygenic burden in focal and generalized epilepsies

Costin Leu, Remi Stevelink, Alexander W. Smith, et al.

2019

Identification of two novel breast cancer loci through large-scale genome-wide association study in the Japanese population

Siew-Kee Low, Yoon Ming Chin, Hidemi Ito, et al.

2019

Trans-ethnic kidney function association study reveals putative causal genes and effects on kidney-specific disease aetiologies

Andrew P. Morris, Thu H. Le, Haojia Wu, et al.

2019

Identification of rare coding variants in TYK2 protective for rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population and their effects on cytokine signalling

Tomoki Motegi, Yuta Kochi, Koichi Matsuda, et al.

2019

Clinical and molecular characteristics of MEF2D fusion-positive B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood, including a novel translocation resulting in MEF2D-HNRNPH1 gene fusion.

Kentaro Ohki, Nobutaka Kiyokawa, Yuya Saito, et al.

2019

Moyamoya Disease Susceptibility Variant RNF213 p.R4810K Increases the Risk of Ischemic Stroke Attributable to Large-Artery Atherosclerosis

Shuhei Okazaki, Takaaki Morimoto, Yoichiro Kamatani, et al.

2019

Multiethnic Genome-Wide Association Study of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Liability Threshold Modeling of Duration of Diabetes and Glycemic Control

Samuela Pollack, Robert P. Igo, Richard A. Jensen, et al.

2019

Novel Common Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Colorectal Cancer

Stephanie L. Schmit, Christopher K. Edlund, Fredrick R. Schumacher, et al.

2019

Identification of 28 new susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population

Ken Suzuki, Masato Akiyama, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki, et al.

2019

Genome-wide association study of cervical cancer suggests a role for ARRDC3 gene in human papillomavirus infection

Fumihiko Takeuchi, Iwao Kukimoto, Zhiqiang Li, et al.

2019

GWAS of mosaic loss of chromosome Y highlights genetic effects on blood cell differentiation

Chikashi Terao, Yukihide Momozawa, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki, et al.

2019

Genetic predisposition to mosaic Y chromosome loss in blood

Deborah J. Thompson, Giulio Genovese, Jonatan Halvardson, et al.

2019

GWAS of smoking behaviour in 165,436 Japanese people reveals seven new loci and shared genetic architecture

Nana Matoba, Masato Akiyama, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki, et al.

2018

Citrullination of RGG Motifs in FET Proteins by PAD4 Regulates Protein Aggregation and ALS Susceptibility

Chizu Tanikawa, Koji Ueda, Akari Suzuki, et al.

2018

A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure

Yun J. Sung, Thomas W. Winkler, Lisa de Las Fuentes, et al.

2018

GWAS identifies two novel colorectal cancer loci at 16q24.1 and 20q13.12

Chizu Tanikawa, Yoichiro Kamatani, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2018

Genetic analysis of quantitative traits in the Japanese population links cell types to complex human diseases

Masahiro Kanai, Masato Akiyama, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2018

Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

Florence Demenais, Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin, Kathleen C. Barnes, et al.

2018

Protein-altering variants of PTPN2 in childhood-onset Type 1A diabetes

M. Okuno, T. Ayabe, I. Yokota, et al.

2018

Decrease in PSCA expression caused by Helicobacter pylori infection may promote progression to severe gastritis

Osamu Toyoshima, Chizu Tanikawa, Ryuta Yamamoto, et al.

2018

Genetics of the thrombomodulin-endothelial cell protein C receptor system and the risk of early-onset ischemic stroke

John W. Cole, Huichun Xu, Kathleen Ryan, et al.

2018

Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

Mary F. Feitosa, Aldi T. Kraja, Daniel I. Chasman, et al.

2018

Amino acid position 37 of HLA-DRβ1 affects susceptibility to Crohn’s disease in Asians

Buhm Han, Masato Akiyama, Kyung-Kon Kim, et al.

2018

Genome-Wide Association Study of Renal Function Traits: Results from the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort Study

Asahi Hishida, Masahiro Nakatochi, Masato Akiyama, et al.

2018

Elucidating the genetic architecture of reproductive ageing in the Japanese population

Momoko Horikoshi, Felix R. Day, Masato Akiyama, et al.

2018

Re-evaluating classical body type theories: genetic correlation between psychiatric disorders and body mass index

Masashi Ikeda, Satoshi Tanaka, Takeo Saito, et al.

2018

Development of a Highly Sensitive Device for Counting the Number of Disease-Specific Exosomes in Human Sera

Yasuaki Kabe, Makoto Suematsu, Satoshi Sakamoto, et al.

2018

Genome-wide meta-analysis and replication studies in multiple ethnicities identify novel adolescent idiopathic scoliosis susceptibility loci

Anas M. Khanshour, Ikuyo Kou, Yanhui Fan, et al.