Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (Akira Uruno)
2025.05.01

1.   Ishikuro Mami, Fuse Nobuo, Obara Taku, et al. Parental axial lengths and prenatal conditions related to child axial length: The TMM BirThree Cohort Study. AJO International. 2025; 2 (1): 100088. doi:10.1016/j.ajoint.2024.100088  
2.   Takase Masato, Nakaya Naoki, Tanno Kozo, et al. Has the impact of cigarette smoking on mortality been underestimated by overlooking second-hand smoke? Tohoku medical megabank community-based cohort study. BMJ Public Health. 2025; 3 (1): e001746. doi:10.1136/bmjph-2024-001746  
3.   Tokioka Sayuri, Nakaya Naoki, Hatanaka Rieko, et al. Association Between Sodium- and Potassium-Related Urinary Markers and the Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation Journal. 2025; : CJ-24-0780. doi:10.1253/circj.CJ-24-0780  
4.   Tokioka Sayuri, Takase Masato, Nakaya Naoki, et al. Sex difference in genetic risk in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 2025; : . doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.1974  
5.   Chu Ching-Tung, Uruno Akira, Katsuoka Fumiki, Yamamoto Masayuki. Role of NRF2 in Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease. Antioxidants. 2024; 13 (12): 1529. doi:10.3390/antiox13121529  
6.   Noji Yoshiaki, Hatanaka Rieko, Nakaya Naoki, et al. Association of physiological factors with grip and leg extension strength: tohoku medical megabank community-based cohort study. BMC Public Health. 2024; 24 (1): 714. doi:10.1186/s12889-024-18244-z  
7.   Tokutomi Tomoharu, Yoshida Akiko, Fukushima Akimune, et al. The Health History of First-Degree Relatives’ Dyslipidemia Can Affect Preferences and Intentions following the Return of Genomic Results for Monogenic Familial Hypercholesterolemia. Genes. 2024; 15 (3): 384. doi:10.3390/genes15030384  
8.   Takase Masato, Hirata Takumi, Nakaya Naoki, et al. Associations of combined genetic and lifestyle risks with hypertension and home hypertension. Hypertension Research. 2024; 47 (8): 2064-2074. doi:10.1038/s41440-024-01705-8  
9.   Takase Masato, Nakaya Naoki, Tanno Kozo, et al. Relationship between traditional risk factors for hypertension and systolic blood pressure in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-based Cohort Study. Hypertension Research. 2024; 47 (6): 1533-1545. doi:10.1038/s41440-024-01582-1  
10.   Tokioka Sayuri, Nakaya Naoki, Nakaya Kumi, et al. The association between depressive symptoms and masked hypertension in participants with normotension measured at research center. Hypertension Research. 2024; 47 (3): 586-597. doi:10.1038/s41440-023-01484-8  
11.   Himuro Hiromi, Kogure Mana, Nakaya Naoki, et al. The association of birth weight and current BMI on the risk of hypertension: the Tohoku medical megabank community-based cohort study. Hypertension Research. 2024; 47 (11): 3025-3034. doi:10.1038/s41440-024-01827-z  
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13.   Yamada Mitsuhiro, Takase Masato, Nakaya Kumi, et al. Fractional exhaled nitric oxide distribution and its relevant factors in the general adult population and its healthy subpopulation. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global. 2024; 3 (3): 100253. doi:10.1016/j.jacig.2024.100253  
14.   Takase Masato, Nakaya Naoki, Nakamura Tomohiro, et al. Genetic Risk, Healthy Lifestyle Adherence, and Risk of Developing Diabetes in the Japanese Population. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 2024; 31 (12): 64906. doi:10.5551/jat.64906  
15.   Takase Masato, Nakamura Tomohiro, Nakaya Naoki, et al. Relationships of Fat Mass Index and Fat-Free Mass Index with Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 2024; 31 (6): 64535. doi:10.5551/jat.64535  
16.   Takase Masato, Yamada Mitsuhiro, Nakamura Tomohiro, et al. Combined Fat Mass and Fat-free Mass Indices and Lung Function Among Japanese Population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-based Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology. 2024; 34 (3): JE20220355. doi:10.2188/jea.JE20220355  
17.   Hozawa Atsushi, Nakaya Kumi, Nakaya Naoki, et al. Progress Report of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-based Cohort Study: Study Profile of the Repeated Center-based Survey During Second Period in Miyagi Prefecture. Journal of Epidemiology. 2024; 34 (9): JE20230241. doi:10.2188/jea.JE20230241  
18.   Takase Masato, Nakaya Naoki, Nakamura Tomohiro, et al. Genetic risk, lifestyle adherence, and risk of developing hyperuricaemia in a Japanese population. Rheumatology. 2024; : . doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keae492  
19.   Uruno Akira, Kadoguchi-Igarashi Shiori, Saito Ritsumi, et al. The NRF2 inducer CDDO-2P-Im provokes a reduction in amyloid β levels in Alzheimer’s disease model mice. The Journal of Biochemistry. 2024; 176 (5): 405-414. doi:10.1093/jb/mvae060  
20.   Uruno Akira, Yamamoto Masayuki. The KEAP1-NRF2 System and Neurodegenerative Diseases. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling. 2023; 38 (13-15): 974-988. doi:10.1089/ars.2023.0234  
21.   Shimizu Ritsuko, Hirano Ikuo, Hasegawa Atsushi, et al. Nrf2 alleviates spaceflight-induced immunosuppression and thrombotic microangiopathy in mice. Communications Biology. 2023; 6 (1): 875. doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05251-w  
22.   Murakami Keiko, Kuriyama Shinichi, Hashimoto Hideki. Economic, cognitive, and social paths of education to health-related behaviors: evidence from a population-based study in Japan. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 2023; 28 (1): 22-00178. doi:10.1265/ehpm.22-00178  
23.   Hatanaka Rieko, Nakaya Naoki, Kogure Mana, et al. The risk of withdrawal from hypertension treatment in coastal areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake: the TMM CommCohort Study. Hypertension Research. 2023; 46 (12): 2718-2728. doi:10.1038/s41440-023-01454-0  
24.   Taira Makiko, Mugikura Shunji, Mori Naoko, et al. Tohoku Medical Megabank Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study: Rationale, Design, and Background. JMA Journal. 2023; 6 (3): 246-264. doi:10.31662/jmaj.2022-0220  
25.   Tokioka Sayuri, Nakaya Naoki, Nakaya Kumi, et al. Association of Central Blood Pressure and Carotid Intima Media Thickness with New-Onset Hypertension in People with High Normal Blood Pressure. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 2023; 30 (12): 64151. doi:10.5551/jat.64151  
26.   Takase Masato, Nakamura Tomohiro, Nakaya Naoki, et al. Associations between the Combined Fat Mass Index and Fat-Free Mass Index with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Japanese Population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 2023; 30 (3): 63523. doi:10.5551/jat.63523  
27.   Takase Masato, Nakaya Naoki, Nakamura Tomohiro, et al. Carotid Intima Media Thickness and Risk Factor for Atherosclerosis: Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 2023; 30 (10): 64039. doi:10.5551/jat.64039  
28.   Takase Masato, Nakaya Naoki, Nakamura Tomohiro, et al. Influence of Diabetes Family History on the Associations of Combined Genetic and Lifestyle Risks with Diabetes in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 2023; 30 (12): 64425. doi:10.5551/jat.64425  
29.   Takase Masato, Yamada Mitsuhiro, Nakamura Tomohiro, et al. The Association of Lung Function and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Japanese Population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 2023; 30 (8): 63826. doi:10.5551/jat.63826  
30.   Takase Masato, Yamada Mitsuhiro, Nakamura Tomohiro, et al. Association between lung function and hypertension and home hypertension in a Japanese population: the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study. Journal of Hypertension. 2023; 41 (3): 443-452. doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000003356  
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34.   Shao Xiaodong, Saito Ryuta, Sato Aya, et al. Local Delivery of Nimustine Hydrochloride against Brain Tumors: Basic Characterization Study. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2023; 261 (3): 2023.J069. doi:10.1620/tjem.2023.J069  
35.   Kogure Mana, Nakamura Tomohiro, Tsuchiya Naho, et al. Consideration of the reference value and number of measurements of the urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio based on the prevalence of untreated home hypertension: TMM Cohort Study. Hypertension Research. 2022; 45 (5): 866-875. doi:10.1038/s41440-021-00843-7  
36.   Ohneda Kinuko, Hiratsuka Masahiro, Kawame Hiroshi, et al. A Pilot Study for Return of Individual Pharmacogenomic Results to Population-Based Cohort Study Participants. JMA Journal. 2022; 5 (2): . doi:10.31662/jmaj.2021-0156  
37.   Takase Masato, Nakamura Tomohiro, Hirata Takumi, et al. Association between fat mass index, fat‐free mass index and hemoglobin A1c in a Japanese population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community‐based Cohort Study. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 2022; 13 (5): 858-867. doi:10.1111/jdi.13729  
38.   Sugawara Junichi, Ishikuro Mami, Obara Taku, et al. Maternal Baseline Characteristics and Perinatal Outcomes: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study. Journal of epidemiology. 2022; 32 (2): 69-79. doi:10.2188/jea.JE20200338  
39.   Kawame Hiroshi, Fukushima Akimune, Fuse Nobuo, et al. The return of individual genomic results to research participants: design and pilot study of Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. Journal of Human Genetics. 2022; 67 (1): 9-17. doi:10.1038/s10038-021-00952-8  
40.   Suzuki Norio, Iwamura Yuma, Nakai Taku, et al. Gene expression changes related to bone mineralization, blood pressure and lipid metabolism in mouse kidneys after space travel. Kidney International. 2022; 101 (1): 92-105. doi:10.1016/j.kint.2021.09.031  
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45.   Uruno Akira, Saigusa Daisuke, Suzuki Takafumi, et al. Nrf2 plays a critical role in the metabolic response during and after spaceflight. Communications Biology. 2021; 4 (1): 1381. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02904-6  
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47.   Ogishima Soichi, Nagaie Satoshi, Mizuno Satoshi, et al. dbTMM: an integrated database of large-scale cohort, genome and clinical data for the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. Human Genome Variation. 2021; 8 (1): 44. doi:10.1038/s41439-021-00175-5  
48.   Hirata Takumi, Kogure Mana, Tsuchiya Naho, et al. Impacts of the urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio, sleep efficiency, and conventional risk factors on home hypertension in a general Japanese population. Hypertension Research. 2021; 44 (7): 858-865. doi:10.1038/s41440-021-00628-y  
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51.   Suzuki Takafumi, Uruno Akira, Yumoto Akane, et al. Nrf2 contributes to the weight gain of mice during space travel. Communications Biology. 2020; 3 (1): 496. doi:10.1038/s42003-020-01227-2  
52.   Kogure Mana, Hirata Takumi, Nakaya Naoki, et al. Multiple measurements of the urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio strongly related home hypertension: TMM Cohort Study. Hypertension Research. 2020; 43 (1): 62-71. doi:10.1038/s41440-019-0335-2  
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54.   Uruno Akira, Matsumaru Daisuke, Ryoke Rie, et al. Nrf2 Suppresses Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in App Knock-In Alzheimer’s Disease Model Mice. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2020; 40 (6): . doi:10.1128/MCB.00467-19  
55.   Rashad Sherif, Saigusa Daisuke, Yamazaki Takahiro, et al. Metabolic basis of neuronal vulnerability to ischemia; an in vivo untargeted metabolomics approach. Scientific Reports. 2020; 10 (1): 6507. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-63483-w  
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59.   Yamaguchi-Kabata Yumi, Yasuda Jun, Uruno Akira, et al. Estimating carrier frequencies of newborn screening disorders using a whole-genome reference panel of 3552 Japanese individuals. Human Genetics. 2019; 138 (4): 389-409. doi:10.1007/s00439-019-01998-7  
60.   Fujishima Fumiyoshi, Katsushima Hiroki, Fukuhara Noriko, et al. Immunohistochemical pattern of c-MYC protein judged as “+/(weak)+/−” by a new notation correlates with MYC gene nontranslocation in large B-cell lymphoma. Human Pathology. 2019; 85 (3): 112-118. doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2018.10.025  
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