Initiatives & Research Initiatives & Research

Initiatives & Research

List of Publications

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.

2015

Association analyses identify 38 susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease and highlight shared genetic risk across populations

Jimmy Z. Liu, Suzanne van Sommeren, Hailiang Huang, et al.

2015

Integration of multiethnic fine-mapping and genomic annotation to prioritize candidate functional SNPs at prostate cancer susceptibility regions

Ying Han, Dennis J. Hazelett, Fredrik Wiklund, et al.

2015

Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

Peter K. Joshi, Tonu Esko, Hannele Mattsson, et al.

2015

Disease susceptibility genes shared by primary biliary cirrhosis and Crohn’s disease in the Japanese population

Yoshihiro Aiba, Keiko Yamazaki, Nao Nishida, et al.

2015

Influence of Genetic Variants in EGF and Other Genes on Hematological Traits in Korean Populations by a Genome-Wide Approach

Yun Kyoung Kim, Ji Hee Oh, Young Jin Kim, et al.

2015

Construction of a population-specific HLA imputation reference panel and its application to Graves’ disease risk in Japanese

Yukinori Okada, Yukihide Momozawa, Kyota Ashikawa, et al.

2015

Genome-wide association study of recalcitrant atopic dermatitis in Korean children.

Kyung Won Kim, Rachel A. Myers, Ji Hyun Lee, et al.

2015

Anti-citrullinated peptide/protein antibody (ACPA)-negative RA shares a large proportion of susceptibility loci with ACPA-positive RA: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association study in a Japanese population

Chikashi Terao, Koichiro Ohmura, Yuta Kochi, et al.

2015

An association between amino acid position 74 of HLA-DRB1 and anti-citrullinated protein antibody levels in Japanese patients with anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis

Chikashi Terao, Akari Suzuki, Katsunori Ikari, et al.

2015

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

Adam E. Locke, Bratati Kahali, Sonja I. Berndt, et al.

2015

A genome-wide association study of periodontitis in a Japanese population

S. Shimizu, Y. Momozawa, A. Takahashi, et al.

2015

A genome-wide association study of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease in a Japanese population

Atsushi Hirano, Tomoyuki Ohara, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2015

A Functional SNP in BNC2 Is Associated with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Yoji Ogura, Ikuyo Kou, Shigenori Miura, et al.

2015

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of adult height in East Asians identifies 17 novel loci

Meian He, Min Xu, Ben Zhang, et al.

2015

Association between endometriosis and the interleukin 1A (IL1A) locus

Yadav Sapkota, Siew-Kee Low, John Attia, et al.

2015

Genome-wide association study identified SNP on 15q24 associated with bladder cancer risk in Japanese population

Koichi Matsuda, Atsushi Takahashi, Candace D. Middlebrooks, et al.

2014

Genome-wide association study identifies three novel loci for type 2 diabetes

Kazuo Hara, Hayato Fujita, Todd A. Johnson, et al.

2014

Characteristics of Japanese inflammatory bowel disease susceptibility loci

Yoshiaki Arimura, Hiroyuki Isshiki, Kei Onodera, et al.

2014

A meta-analysis of 87,040 individuals identifies 23 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer

Ali Amin Al Olama, Zsofia Kote-Jarai, Sonja I. Berndt, et al.

2014

Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for pancreatic cancer

Brian M. Wolpin, Cosmeri Rizzato, Peter Kraft, et al.