Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (Toru Tamahara)
2026.02.10

1.   Kusano Keisuke, Uno Kaname, Tamahara Toru, et al. Metabolic Syndrome Develops Cardia Cancer via Nuclear Factor-E2-related Factor 2-Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Signaling. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2026; 20 (1): 101629. doi:10.1016/j.jcmgh.2025.101629  
2.   Numazaki Kento, Tamahara Toru, Komiyama Takamasa, et al. Association of anterior crossbite and open bite with the number of remaining teeth: A cross-sectional study from the Tohoku medical megabank cohort. Clinical Oral Investigations. 2026; 30 (1): 43. doi:10.1007/s00784-025-06715-5  
3.   Li Bin, Kumada Kazuki, Shimada Muneaki, et al. Establishment and Operation of a New Style Clinical Biobank: The Tohoku University Clinical Biobank. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2026; : 2025.J152. doi:10.1620/tjem.2025.J152  
4.   Sudo Koichiro, Uno Kaname, Tamahara Toru, et al. Costimulation with high-fat diet and acidic bile salts may promote Warburg effect in gastric carcinogenesis around the squamocolumnar junction in Gan mice. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 2025; 328 (6): G645-G662. doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00305.2024  
5.   Obara Taku, Ishikuro Mami, Noda Aoi, et al. Cohort Profile Update: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study (TMM BirThree Cohort Study) 2023 update. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2025; 54 (5): . doi:10.1093/ije/dyaf148  
6.   Koketsu Atsumu, Fukase Satoshi, Tamahara Toru, et al. Bacterial Involvement in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Potentially Malignant Oral Disorders. Oral Diseases. 2025; : . doi:10.1111/odi.70115  
7.   Tamahara Toru, Kouketsu Atsumu. Direct radiation damage to human tooth under IMRT for head and neck cancer: physicochemical evidence supporting a non-salivary mechanism for radiation-related caries. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. 2025; : . doi:10.1007/s00411-025-01180-w  
8.   Yamaki Keiko, Tamahara Toru, Washio Jumpei, et al. Intracanal microbiome profiles of two apical periodontitis cases in one patient: A comparison with saliva and plaque profiles. Clinical and Experimental Dental Research. 2024; 10 (2): . doi:10.1002/cre2.862  
9.   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  
10.   Ishizawa Kota, Tamahara Toru, Suzuki Suguo, et al. Sequential Sampling of the Gastrointestinal Tract to Characterize the Entire Digestive Microbiome in Japanese Subjects. Microorganisms. 2024; 12 (7): 1324. doi:10.3390/microorganisms12071324  
11.   Ochiai Kyoko, Shima Hiroki, Tamahara Toru, et al. Accelerated plasma-cell differentiation in Bach2-deficient mouse B cells is caused by altered IRF4 functions. The EMBO Journal. 2024; 43 (10): 1947-1964. doi:10.1038/s44318-024-00077-6  
12.   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  
13.   Divaris K., Haworth S., Shaffer J.R., et al. Phenotype Harmonization in the GLIDE2 Oral Health Genomics Consortium. Journal of Dental Research. 2022; 101 (11): 1408-1416. doi:10.1177/00220345221109775  
14.   Suenaga Hanako, Iikubo Masahiro, Tamahara Toru, et al. Dental care using an oral appliance to support hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for NK/T cell lymphoma, nasal type, with palatal perforation. Journal of Prosthodontic Research. 2022; 66 (2): JPR_D_20_00270. doi:10.2186/jpr.JPR_D_20_00270  
15.   Saito Sakae, Aoki Yuichi, Tamahara Toru, et al. Oral Microbiome Analysis in Prospective Genome Cohort Studies of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2021; 10 : . doi:10.3389/fcimb.2020.604596  
16.   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