Initiatives & Research Initiatives & Research

Initiatives & Research

List of Publications

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.

2014

Trans-ethnic meta-analysis of white blood cell phenotypes

Margaux F. Keller, Alexander P. Reiner, Yukinori Okada, et al.

2014

Integrating genetic, transcriptional, and functional analyses to identify 5 novel genes for atrial fibrillation

Moritz F. Sinner, Nathan R. Tucker, Kathryn L. Lunetta, et al.

2014

A genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine

Masahiro Nakajima, Atsushi Takahashi, Takashi Tsuji, et al.

2014

Genome-wide association analysis in East Asians identifies breast cancer susceptibility loci at 1q32.1, 5q14.3 and 15q26.1

Qiuyin Cai, Ben Zhang, Hyuna Sung, et al.

2014

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in East Asian-ancestry populations identifies four new loci for body mass index

Wanqing Wen, Wei Zheng, Yukinori Okada, et al.

2014

Large-scale genetic study in East Asians identifies six new loci associated with colorectal cancer risk

Ben Zhang, Wei-Hua Jia, Koichi Matsuda, et al.

2014

The construction of risk prediction models using GWAS data and its application to a type 2 diabetes prospective cohort

Shigemizu D, Abe T, Morizono T, Johnson TA, Boroevich KA, Hirakawa Y, Ninomiya T, Kiyohara Y, Kubo M, Nakamura Y, Maeda S, Tsunoda T.
PLoS One. 2014 Mar 20;9(3):e92549. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092549. eCollection 2014.

2014

Multiple Non-glycemic Genomic Loci Are Newly Associated with Blood Level of Glycated Hemoglobin in East Asians.

Peng Chen, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Jong-Young Lee, et al.

2014

Genome-wide association study identifies a new SMAD7 risk variant associated with colorectal cancer risk in East Asians

Ben Zhang, Wei-Hua Jia, Keitaro Matsuo, et al.

2014

Novel genetic markers associate with atrial fibrillation risk in Europeans and Japanese

Steven A. Lubitz, Kathryn L. Lunetta, Honghuang Lin, et al.

2014

Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery

Yukinori Okada, Di Wu, Gosia Trynka, et al.

2013

PLD4 as a novel susceptibility gene for systemic sclerosis in a Japanese population

Chikashi Terao, Koichiro Ohmura, Yasushi Kawaguchi, et al.

2013

HLA-DQB1*03 confers susceptibility to chronic hepatitis C in Japanese: a genome-wide association study

Daiki Miki, Hidenori Ochi, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2013

Specific HLA types are associated with antiepileptic drug-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis in Japanese subjects

Nahoko Kaniwa, Emiko Sugiyama, Yoshiro Saito, et al.

2013

Lumbar disc degeneration is linked to a carbohydrate sulfotransferase 3 variant

You-Qiang Song, Tatsuki Karasugi, Kenneth M. C. Cheung, et al.

2013

Genome-wide association study of breast cancer in the Japanese population

Siew-Kee Low, Atsushi Takahashi, Kyota Ashikawa, et al.

2013

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies six new Loci for serum calcium concentrations

Conall M. O'Seaghdha, Hongsheng Wu, Qiong Yang, et al.

2013

A genome-wide association study of chemotherapy-induced alopecia in breast cancer patients

Suyoun Chung, Siew-Kee Low, Hitoshi Zembutsu, et al.

2013

Identification of a susceptibility locus for severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis on chromosome 17q24.3

Atsushi Miyake, Ikuyo Kou, Yohei Takahashi, et al.

2013

Association of STAT4 polymorphisms with susceptibility to type-1 autoimmune hepatitis in the Japanese population

Kiyoshi Migita, Minoru Nakamura, Seigo Abiru, et al.

2013

Impact of allele copy number of polymorphisms in FCGR3A and FCGR3B genes on susceptibility to ulcerative colitis

Kouichi Asano, Takayuki Matsumoto, Junji Umeno, et al.

2013

Pathway analysis of genome-wide data improves warfarin dose prediction

Roxana Daneshjou, Nicholas P. Tatonetti, Konrad J. Karczewski, et al.

2013

An association analysis of HLA-DRB1 with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis in a Japanese population: effects of *09:01 allele on disease phenotypes

Kenichi Shimane, Yuta Kochi, Akari Suzuki, et al.

2013

A replication study for three nephrolithiasis loci at 5q35.3, 7p14.3 and 13q14.1 in the Japanese population

Takahiro Yasui, Atsushi Okada, Yuji Urabe, et al.

2013

Impact of PSCA variation on gastric ulcer susceptibility

Chizu Tanikawa, Keitaro Matsuo, Michiaki Kubo, et al.

2013

High-density genotyping study identifies four new susceptibility loci for atopic dermatitis

David Ellinghaus, Hansjörg Baurecht, Jorge Esparza-Gordillo, et al.

2013

Genome wide association study of age at menarche in the Japanese population

Chizu Tanikawa, Yukinori Okada, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2013

Genetic variants in GPR126 are associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Ikuyo Kou, Yohei Takahashi, Todd A. Johnson, et al.

2013

Genome-wide association study of chemotherapeutic agent-induced severe neutropenia/leucopenia for patients in Biobank Japan

Siew-Kee Low, Suyoun Chung, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.

2013

Identification of a functional variant in the MICA promoter which regulates MICA expression and increases HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma risk

Paulisally Hau Yi Lo, Yuji Urabe, Vinod Kumar, et al.