Initiatives & Research Initiatives & Research

Initiatives & Research

List of Publications

2017

TCL1A Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Estrogen-Mediated Toll-Like Receptor-MYD88-Dependent Nuclear Factor-κB Activation: Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism- and Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator-Dependent Modification of Inflammation and Immune Response

Ming-Fen Ho, James N. Ingle, Tim Bongartz, et al.

2017

Polygenic burdens on cell-specific pathways underlie the risk of rheumatoid arthritis

Kazuyoshi Ishigaki, Yuta Kochi, Akari Suzuki, et al.

2017

Pathogen lineage-based genome-wide association study identified CD53 as susceptible locus in tuberculosis

Yosuke Omae, Licht Toyo-Oka, Hideki Yanai, et al.

2017

SLCO1B1 polymorphisms and plasma estrone conjugates in postmenopausal women with ER+ breast cancer: genome-wide association studies of the estrone pathway

Tanda M. Dudenkov, James N. Ingle, Aman U. Buzdar, et al.

2017

Protein-Truncating Variants at the Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Gene and Risk for Coronary Heart Disease

Akihiro Nomura, Hong-Hee Won, Amit V. Khera, et al.

2017

Identification of six new genetic loci associated with atrial fibrillation in the Japanese population

Siew-Kee Low, Atsushi Takahashi, Yusuke Ebana, et al.

2017

Large-scale analyses of common and rare variants identify 12 new loci associated with atrial fibrillation

Ingrid E. Christophersen, Michiel Rienstra, Carolina Roselli, et al.

2017

Meta-analysis identifies five novel loci associated with endometriosis highlighting key genes involved in hormone metabolism

Yadav Sapkota, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Andrew P. Morris, et al.

2017

Association analyses of East Asian individuals and trans-ancestry analyses with European individuals reveal new loci associated with cholesterol and triglyceride levels

Cassandra N. Spracklen, Peng Chen, Young Jin Kim, et al.

2017

Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Philip C. Haycock, Stephen Burgess, Aayah Nounu, et al.

2017

Association between GWAS-identified lung adenocarcinoma susceptibility loci and EGFR mutations in never-smoking Asian women, and comparison with findings from Western populations

Wei Jie Seow, Keitaro Matsuo, Chao Agnes Hsiung, et al.

2017

Genome-Wide Association and Replication Study of Hepatotoxicity Induced by Antiretrovirals Alone or with Concomitant Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs

Zelalem Petros, Ming Ta Michael Lee, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2017

Characteristics and prognosis of Japanese female breast cancer patients: The BioBank Japan project

Koshi Nakamura, Emiko Okada, Shigekazu Ukawa, et al.

2017

Characteristics and prognosis of Japanese colorectal cancer patients: The BioBank Japan Project

Akiko Tamakoshi, Koshi Nakamura, Shigekazu Ukawa, et al.

2017

Characteristics and prognosis of Japanese male and female lung cancer patients: The BioBank Japan Project

Koshi Nakamura, Shigekazu Ukawa, Emiko Okada, et al.

2017

Characteristics of patients with liver cancer in the BioBank Japan project

Shigekazu Ukawa, Emiko Okada, Koshi Nakamura, et al.

2017

Cholesterol levels of Japanese dyslipidaemic patients with various comorbidities: BioBank Japan

Hiroshi Yokomichi, Hokuto Noda, Akiko Nagai, et al.

2017

Clinical and histopathological characteristics of patients with prostate cancer in the BioBank Japan project

Shigekazu Ukawa, Koshi Nakamura, Emiko Okada, et al.

2017

Cross-sectional analysis of BioBank Japan clinical data: A large cohort of 200,000 patients with 47 common diseases

Makoto Hirata, Yoichiro Kamatani, Akiko Nagai, et al.

2017

Demographic and lifestyle factors and survival among patients with esophageal and gastric cancer: The Biobank Japan Project

Emiko Okada, Shigekazu Ukawa, Koshi Nakamura, et al.

2017

Overview of BioBank Japan follow-up data in 32 diseases

Makoto Hirata, Akiko Nagai, Yoichiro Kamatani, et al.

2017

Overview of the BioBank Japan Project: Study design and profile

Akiko Nagai, Makoto Hirata, Yoichiro Kamatani, et al.

2017

Risk prediction models for mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease: The BioBank Japan project

Jun Hata, Akiko Nagai, Makoto Hirata, et al.

2017

Serum glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure levels in Japanese type 1 and 2 diabetic patients: BioBank Japan

Hiroshi Yokomichi, Akiko Nagai, Makoto Hirata, et al.

2017

Statin use and all-cause and cancer mortality: BioBank Japan cohort

Hiroshi Yokomichi, Akiko Nagai, Makoto Hirata, et al.

2017

Survival of macrovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic respiratory disease, cancer and smoking in patients with type 2 diabetes: BioBank Japan cohort

Hiroshi Yokomichi, Akiko Nagai, Makoto Hirata, et al.

2016

Genome-wide association study of clinically defined gout identifies multiple risk loci and its association with clinical subtypes

Hirotaka Matsuo, Ken Yamamoto, Hirofumi Nakaoka, et al.

2016

Genetic Variation in the SLC8A1 Calcium Signaling Pathway Is Associated With Susceptibility to Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Artery Abnormalities

Chisato Shimizu, Hariklia Eleftherohorinou, Victoria J. Wright, et al.

2016

Association of germline variants in the APOBEC3 region with cancer risk and enrichment with APOBEC-signature mutations in tumors

Candace D. Middlebrooks, A. Rouf Banday, Konichi Matsuda, et al.

2016

Low-frequency coding variants in CETP and CFB are associated with susceptibility of exudative age-related macular degeneration in the Japanese population

Yukihide Momozawa, Masato Akiyama, Yoichiro Kamatani, et al.

2016

Genome-wide association and replication study of anti-tuberculosis drugs-induced liver toxicity

Zelalem Petros, Ming-Ta Michael Lee, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2016

Trans-ethnic Fine Mapping Highlights Kidney-Function Genes Linked to Salt Sensitivity

Anubha Mahajan, Aylin R. Rodan, Thu H. Le, et al.

2016

Stepwise iterative maximum likelihood clustering approach

Alok Sharma, Daichi Shigemizu, Keith A. Boroevich, et al.

2016

Association of variations in HLA class II and other loci with susceptibility to EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma

Kouya Shiraishi, Yukinori Okada, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2016

Contribution of a Non-classical HLA Gene, HLA-DOA, to the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Yukinori Okada, Akari Suzuki, Katsunori Ikari, et al.

2016

Genome-wide association study in East Asians identifies two novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

Mi-Ryung Han, Jirong Long, Ji-Yeob Choi, et al.

2016

Shared Genetic Risk Factors of Intracranial, Abdominal, and Thoracic Aneurysms

Femke N. G. van 't Hof, Ynte M. Ruigrok, Cue Hyunkyu Lee, et al.

2016

Genetic characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease in a Japanese population

Yuta Fuyuno, Keiko Yamazaki, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2016

ABCB1 polymorphism is associated with atorvastatin-induced liver injury in Japanese population

Koya Fukunaga, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Toshihisa Ishikawa, et al.

2016

Identification of Susceptibility Loci and Genes for Colorectal Cancer Risk

Chenjie Zeng, Koichi Matsuda, Wei-Hua Jia, et al.

2016

High-density genotyping of immune-related loci identifies new SLE risk variants in individuals with Asian ancestry

Celi Sun, Julio E. Molineros, Loren L. Looger, et al.

2016

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies multiple lung cancer susceptibility loci in never-smoking Asian women

Zhaoming Wang, Wei Jie Seow, Kouya Shiraishi, et al.

2016

Variants near the HLA complex group 22 gene (HCG22) confer increased susceptibility to late-onset asthma in Japanese populations

Yohei Yatagai, Tomomitsu Hirota, Tohru Sakamoto, et al.

2016

Genome-wide association studies in the Japanese population identify seven novel loci for type 2 diabetes

Minako Imamura, Atsushi Takahashi, Toshimasa Yamauchi, et al.

2016

A functional SNP in FLT1 increases risk of coronary artery disease in a Japanese population

Atsuko Konta, Kouichi Ozaki, Yasuhiko Sakata, et al.

2016

A rapid functional decline type of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is linked to low expression of TTN

Hazuki Watanabe, Naoki Atsuta, Akihiro Hirakawa, et al.

2015

A genome-wide association study identifies PLCL2 and AP3D1-DOT1L-SF3A2 as new susceptibility loci for myocardial infarction in Japanese

Megumi Hirokawa, Hiroyuki Morita, Tomoyuki Tajima, et al.

2015

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis.

Lavinia Paternoster, Marie Standl, Johannes Waage, et al.

2015

Genome-Wide Association Study of Peripheral Arterial Disease in a Japanese Population

Mitsuru Matsukura, Kouichi Ozaki, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2015

Large-scale association analysis in Asians identifies new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer

Meilin Wang, Atsushi Takahashi, Fang Liu, et al.