Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (Fuji Nagami)
2025.05.01

1.   Ohneda Kinuko, Suzuki Yoichi, Hamanaka Yohei, et al. Returning genetic risk information for hereditary cancers to participants in a population-based cohort study in Japan. Journal of Human Genetics. 2025; 70 (3): 147-157. doi:10.1038/s10038-024-01314-w  
2.   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  
3.   Orui Masatsugu, Obara Taku, Ishikuro Mami. How Healthy Lifestyle Habits Have Interacted with SARS-CoV-2 Infection and the Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccinations: Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study. JMA Journal. 2024; 7 (3): 353-363. doi:10.31662/jmaj.2024-0043  
4.   Kodama Eiichi N, Taira Makiko, Kiyomoto Hideyasu. Urgent Notification Intervention of Home Blood Pressure in Cohort Studies of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. JMA Journal. 2024; 7 (3): 342-352. doi:10.31662/jmaj.2023-0215  
5.   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  
6.   Takahashi Ippei, Obara Taku, Ishikuro Mami, et al. Prospective associations of screen time at age 2 with specific behavioral subscales at age 3: a cohort study. Journal of Public Health. 2024; 46 (4): 477-486. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdae240  
7.   Li Xue, Takahashi Nagahide, Narita Akira, et al. Identification of risk loci for postpartum depression in a genome‐wide association study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2024; 78 (11): 712-720. doi:10.1111/pcn.13731  
8.   Sato Shuichi, Imaeda Takao, Mugikura Shunji, et al. Association of olfactory and cognitive function test scores with hippocampal and amygdalar grey matter volume: a cross-sectional study. Scientific Reports. 2024; 14 (1): 19138. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-69726-4  
9.   Ohneda Kinuko, Hamanaka Yohei, Kawame Hiroshi, et al. Returning individual genomic results to population-based cohort study participants with BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants. Breast Cancer. 2023; 30 (1): 110-120. doi:10.1007/s12282-022-01404-7  
10.   Li Xue, Ono Chiaki, Warita Noriko, et al. Comprehensive evaluation of machine learning algorithms for predicting sleep–wake conditions and differentiating between the wake conditions before and after sleep during pregnancy based on heart rate variability. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2023; 14 : . doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1104222  
11.   Tokutomi Tomoharu, Yoshida Akiko, Fukushima Akimune, et al. Stakeholder Perception of the Implementation of Genetic Risk Testing for Twelve Multifactorial Diseases. Genes. 2023; 15 (1): 49. doi:10.3390/genes15010049  
12.   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  
13.   Sato Shuichi, Imaeda Takao, Mugikura Shunji, et al. Association Between Olfactory Test Data with Multiple Levels of Odor Intensity and Suspected Cognitive Impairment: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2023; 95 (4): 1469-1480. doi:10.3233/JAD-230318  
14.   Shiga Hisashi, Takahashi Takahiro, Shiraki Manabu, et al. Reduced antiviral seropositivity among patients with inflammatory bowel disease treated with immunosuppressive agents. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2023; 58 (4): 360-367. doi:10.1080/00365521.2022.2132831  
15.   Kobayashi Tomoko, Kobayashi Mika, Minegishi Naoko, et al. Design and Progress of Child Health Assessments at Community Support Centers in the Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2023; 259 (2): 2022.J103. doi:10.1620/tjem.2022.J103  
16.   Shimokawa Kazuro. A knowledge representation model for family relationship to three generation. Bioinformation. 2022; 18 (12): 1166-1172. doi:10.6026/973206300181166  
17.   Li Xue, Ono Chiaki, Warita Noriko, et al. Heart Rate Information-Based Machine Learning Prediction of Emotions Among Pregnant Women. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022; 12 : . doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2021.799029  
18.   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  
19.   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  
20.   Fuse Nobuo, Sakurai Miyuki, Motoike Ikuko N., et al. Genome-wide Association Study of Axial Length in Population-based Cohorts in Japan. Ophthalmology Science. 2022; 2 (1): 100113. doi:10.1016/j.xops.2022.100113  
21.   Matsuyama Takashi, Narita Akira, Takanashi Masaki, et al. Visualization of estimated prevalence of CES-D positivity accounting for background factors and AIS scores. Scientific Reports. 2022; 12 (1): 17656. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-22266-1  
22.   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  
23.   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  
24.   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  
25.   Aizawa Yayoi, Nagami Fuji, Ohashi Noriko, Kato Kazuto. A proposal on the first Japanese practical guidance for the return of individual genomic results in research settings. Journal of Human Genetics. 2020; 65 (3): 251-261. doi:10.1038/s10038-019-0697-y  
26.   Tsuboi Akito, Matsui Hiroyuki, Shiraishi Naru, et al. Design and Progress of Oral Health Examinations in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2020; 251 (2): 97-115. doi:10.1620/tjem.251.97  
27.   Nagami Fuji, Kuriki Miho, Koreeda Sachie, et al. Public Relations and Communication Strategies in Construction of Large-Scale Cohorts and Biobank: Practice in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2020; 250 (4): 253-262. doi:10.1620/tjem.250.253  
28.   Takahashi Yuta, Ueki Masao, Yamada Makoto, et al. Improved metabolomic data-based prediction of depressive symptoms using nonlinear machine learning with feature selection. Translational Psychiatry. 2020; 10 (1): 157. doi:10.1038/s41398-020-0831-9  
29.   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  
30.   Sakurai-Yageta Mika, Kawame Hiroshi, Kuriyama Shinichi, et al. A training and education program for genome medical research coordinators in the genome cohort study of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization. BMC Medical Education. 2019; 19 (1): 297. doi:10.1186/s12909-019-1725-5  
31.   Kuniyoshi Yasutaka, Kikuya Masahiro, Miyashita Masako, et al. Prefabricated Temporary Housing and Eczema or Respiratory Symptoms in Schoolchildren after the Great East Japan Earthquake: The ToMMo Child Health Study. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2019; 13 (5-6): 905-911. doi:10.1017/dmp.2019.8  
32.   Nagasaki Masao, Kuroki Yoko, Shibata Tomoko F., et al. Construction of JRG (Japanese reference genome) with single-molecule real-time sequencing. Human Genome Variation. 2019; 6 (1): 27. doi:10.1038/s41439-019-0057-7  
33.   Fuse Nobuo, Sakurai-Yageta Mika, Katsuoka Fumiki, et al. Establishment of Integrated Biobank for Precision Medicine and Personalized Healthcare: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. JMA Journal. 2019; 2 (2): 113-122. doi:10.31662/jmaj.2019-0014  
34.   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  
35.   Kuniyoshi Yasutaka, Kikuya Masahiro, Miyashita Masako, et al. Severity of eczema and mental health problems in Japanese schoolchildren: The ToMMo Child Health Study. Allergology International. 2018; 67 (4): 481-486. doi:10.1016/j.alit.2018.02.009  
36.   Yamaguchi-Kabata Yumi, Yasuda Jun, Tanabe Osamu, et al. Evaluation of reported pathogenic variants and their frequencies in a Japanese population based on a whole-genome reference panel of 2049 individuals. Journal of Human Genetics. 2018; 63 (2): 213-230. doi:10.1038/s10038-017-0347-1  
37.   Ishikuro Mami, Obara Taku, Osanai Tamae, et al. Strategic Methods for Recruiting Grandparents: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2018; 246 (2): 97-105. doi:10.1620/tjem.246.97  
38.   Takai-Igarashi Takako, Kinoshita Kengo, Nagasaki Masao, et al. Security controls in an integrated Biobank to protect privacy in data sharing: rationale and study design. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2017; 17 (1): 100. doi:10.1186/s12911-017-0494-5  
39.   Pan Xiaoqing, Nariai Naoki, Fukuhara Noriko, et al. Monitoring of minimal residual disease in early T‐cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia by next‐generation sequencing. British Journal of Haematology. 2017; 176 (2): 318-321. doi:10.1111/bjh.13948  
40.   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  
41.   Ishikuro Mami, Nakaya Naoki, Obara Taku, et al. Public Attitudes toward an Epidemiological Study with Genomic Analysis in the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Area. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2016; 31 (3): 330-334. doi:10.1017/S1049023X16000182  
42.   Nagasaki Masao, Yasuda Jun, Katsuoka Fumiki, et al. Rare variant discovery by deep whole-genome sequencing of 1,070 Japanese individuals. Nature Communications. 2015; 6 (1): 8018. doi:10.1038/ncomms9018  
43.   Miyashita Masako, Kikuya Masahiro, Yamanaka Chizuru, et al. Eczema and Asthma Symptoms among Schoolchildren in Coastal and Inland Areas after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: The ToMMo Child Health Study. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2015; 237 (4): 297-305. doi:10.1620/tjem.237.297  
44.   Kikuya Masahiro, Miyashita Masako, Yamanaka Chizuru, et al. Protocol and Research Perspectives of the ToMMo Child Health Study after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2015; 236 (2): 123-130. doi:10.1620/tjem.236.123