Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (Atsushi Shimizu)
2026.02.16

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4.   Sutoh Yoichi, Hachiya Tsuyoshi, Otsuka-Yamasaki Yayoi, et al. Genetic predisposition for immunoglobulin E production explains atopic risk in children: Tohoku Medical Megabank cohort study. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 2025; 112 (8): 1852-1863. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.06.015  
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6.   Harada Sei, Iida Miho, Miyagawa Naoko, et al. Study Profile of the Tsuruoka Metabolomics Cohort Study (TMCS). Journal of Epidemiology. 2024; 34 (8): JE20230192. doi:10.2188/jea.JE20230192  
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10.   Hanyuda Akiko, Goto Atsushi, Katagiri Ryoko, et al. Investigating the association between glycaemic traits and colorectal cancer in the Japanese population using Mendelian randomisation. Scientific Reports. 2023; 13 (1): 7052. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-33966-7  
11.   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  
12.   Shimizu Atsushi. ヒトゲノム計画とヒトゲノム完全解読. JSBi Bioinformatics Review. 2022; 3 (1): 11-19. doi:10.11234/jsbibr.2022.primer2  
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14.   Kotozaki Yuka, Tanno Kozo, Sakata Kiyomi, et al. Association between the social isolation and depressive symptoms after the great East Japan earthquake: findings from the baseline survey of the TMM CommCohort study. BMC Public Health. 2021; 21 (1): 925. doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10896-5  
15.   Suzuki Shiori, Goto Atsushi, Nakatochi Masahiro, et al. Body mass index and colorectal cancer risk: A Mendelian randomization study. Cancer Science. 2021; 112 (4): 1579-1588. doi:10.1111/cas.14824  
16.   Suzuki Harumitsu, Nakamura Yasuyuki, Matsuo Keitaro, et al. A genome-wide association study in Japanese identified one variant associated with a preference for a Japanese dietary pattern. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2021; 75 (6): 937-945. doi:10.1038/s41430-020-00823-z  
17.   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  
18.   Hozawa Atsushi, Tanno Kozo, Nakaya Naoki, et al. Study profile of the tohoku medical megabank community-based cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology. 2021; 31 (1): 65-76. doi:10.2188/jea.JE20190271  
19.   Tadaka Shu, Hishinuma Eiji, Komaki Shohei, et al. jMorp updates in 2020: large enhancement of multi-omics data resources on the general Japanese population. Nucleic Acids Research. 2021; 49 (D1): D536-D544. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaa1034  
20.   Kuriyama Shinichi, Metoki Hirohito, Kikuya Masahiro, et al. Cohort Profile: Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study (TMM BirThree Cohort Study): rationale, progress and perspective. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2020; 49 (1): 18-19m. doi:10.1093/ije/dyz169  
21.   Lin Yingsong, Nakatochi Masahiro, Hosono Yasuyuki, et al. Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies GP2 gene risk variants for pancreatic cancer. Nature Communications. 2020; 11 (1): 3175. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16711-w  
22.   Oikawa Yoshitsugu, Izumi Rumiko, Koide Masashi, et al. Mitochondrial dysfunction underlying sporadic inclusion body myositis is ameliorated by the mitochondrial homing drug MA-5. PLOS ONE. 2020; 15 (12): e0231064. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231064  
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24.   Takahashi Yuta, Ueki Masao, Tamiya Gen, et al. Machine learning for effectively avoiding overfitting is a crucial strategy for the genetic prediction of polygenic psychiatric phenotypes. Translational Psychiatry. 2020; 10 (1): 294. doi:10.1038/s41398-020-00957-5  
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26.   Tanikawa Chizu, Kamatani Yoichiro, Terao Chikashi, et al. Novel Risk Loci Identified in a Genome-Wide Association Study of Urolithiasis in a Japanese Population. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2019; 30 (5): 855-864. doi:10.1681/ASN.2018090942  
27.   Takata Ryo, Takahashi Atsushi, Fujita Masashi, et al. 12 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer identified by genome-wide association study in Japanese population. Nature Communications. 2019; 10 (1): 4422. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12267-6  
28.   Akiyama Masato, Ishigaki Kazuyoshi, Sakaue Saori, et al. Characterizing rare and low-frequency height-associated variants in the Japanese population. Nature Communications. 2019; 10 (1): 4393. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12276-5  
29.   Nishiyama Takeshi, Nakatochi Masahiro, Goto Atsushi, et al. Genome-wide association meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization analysis confirm the influence of ALDH2 on sleep durationin the Japanese population. Sleep. 2019; 42 (6): . doi:10.1093/sleep/zsz046  
30.   Yasuda Jun, Kinoshita Kengo, Katsuoka Fumiki, et al. Genome analyses for the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project towards establishment of personalized healthcare. The Journal of Biochemistry. 2019; 165 (2): 139-158. doi:10.1093/jb/mvy096  
31.   Yasuda Jun, Katsuoka Fumiki, Danjoh Inaho, et al. Regional genetic differences among Japanese populations and performance of genotype imputation using whole-genome reference panel of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. BMC Genomics. 2018; 19 (1): 551. doi:10.1186/s12864-018-4942-0  
32.   Tanikawa Chizu, Kamatani Yoichiro, Toyoshima Osamu, et al. Genome‐wide association study identifies gastric cancer susceptibility loci at 12q24.11‐12 and 20q11.21. Cancer Science. 2018; 109 (12): 4015-4024. doi:10.1111/cas.13815  
33.   Tanikawa Chizu, Kamatani Yoichiro, Takahashi Atsushi, et al. GWAS identifies two novel colorectal cancer loci at 16q24.1 and 20q13.12. Carcinogenesis. 2018; 39 (5): 652-660. doi:10.1093/carcin/bgy026  
34.   Yamamoto Kayono, Shimizu Atsushi, Aizawa Fumie, et al. A comparison of genome cohort participants’ genetic knowledge and preferences to receive genetic results before and after a genetics workshop. Journal of Human Genetics. 2018; 63 (11): 1139-1147. doi:10.1038/s10038-018-0494-z  
35.   Yodsurang Varalee, Tang Yaqi, Takahashi Yukie, et al. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) of ovarian cancer in Japanese predicted regulatory variants in 22q13.1. PLOS ONE. 2018; 13 (12): e0209096. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209096  
36.   Yamamoto Kayono, Hachiya Tsuyoshi, Fukushima Akimune, et al. Population-based biobank participants’ preferences for receiving genetic test results. Journal of Human Genetics. 2017; 62 (12): 1037-1048. doi:10.1038/jhg.2017.81  
37.   Akiyama Masato, Okada Yukinori, Kanai Masahiro, et al. Genome-wide association study identifies 112 new loci for body mass index in the Japanese population. Nature Genetics. 2017; 49 (10): 1458-1467. doi:10.1038/ng.3951  
38.   Hachiya Tsuyoshi, Kamatani Yoichiro, Takahashi Atsushi, et al. Genetic Predisposition to Ischemic Stroke. Stroke. 2017; 48 (2): 253-258. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014506  
39.   Kuriyama Shinichi, Yaegashi Nobuo, Nagami Fuji, et al. The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project: Design and Mission. Journal of Epidemiology. 2016; 26 (9): 493-511. doi:10.2188/jea.JE20150268