Kanai, Masahiro

FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population

Kurki, M. I., Karjalainen, J., Palta, P., Sipilä, T. P., Kristiansson, K., Donner, K. M., Reeve, M. P., Laivuori, H., Aavikko, M., Kaunisto, M. A., et al. (2023) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenomics and Rare Diseases

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Clinical use of current polygenic risk scores may exacerbate health disparities

Martin, A. R., Kanai, M., Kamatani, Y., Okada, Y., Neale, B. M., & Daly, M. J. (2019) · Nature Genetics

Race, Genetics, and SocietyGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 2,821

Current clinical use of polygenic scores will risk exacerbating health disparities

Martin, A. R., Kanai, M., Kamatani, Y., Okada, Y., Neale, B. M., & Daly, M. J. (2018) · Nature Genetics

Race, Genetics, and SocietyGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

Bellenguez, C., Küçükali, F., Jansen, I. E., Kleineidam, L., Moreno-Grau, S., Amin, N., Naj, A. C., Campos-Martin, R., Grenier-Boley, B., Andrade, V., et al. (2022) · Nature Genetics

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Cited by 2,498

A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes

Chen, S., Francioli, L. C., Goodrich, J. K., Collins, R. L., Kanai, M., Wang, Q., Alföldi, J., Watts, N. A., Vittal, C., Gauthier, L. D., et al. (2024) · Nature

Genomics and Rare DiseasesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 1,727

The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids

Graham, S. E., Clarke, S. L., Wu, K.-H. H., Kanoni, S., Zajac, G. J. M., Ramdas, S., Surakka, I., Ntalla, I., Vedantam, S., Winkler, T. W., et al. (2021) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Cited by 972

A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

Yengo, L., Vedantam, S., Marouli, E., Sidorenko, J., Bartell, E., Sakaue, S., Graff, M., Eliasen, A. U., Jiang, Y., Raghavan, S., et al. (2022) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

Cited by 825

Genetic analysis of quantitative traits in the Japanese population links cell types to complex human diseases

Kanai, M., Akiyama, M., Takahashi, A., Matoba, N., Momozawa, Y., Ikeda, M., Iwata, N., Ikegawa, S., Hirata, M., Matsuda, K., et al. (2018) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 801

The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases

Vuckovic, D., Bao, E. L., Akbari, P., Lareau, C. A., Mousas, A., Jiang, T., Chen, M.-H., Raffield, L. M., Tardaguila, M., Huffman, J. E., et al. (2020) · Cell

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 671

Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations

Chen, M.-H., Raffield, L. M., Mousas, A., Sakaue, S., Huffman, J. E., Moscati, A., Trivedi, B., Jiang, T., Akbari, P., Vuckovic, D., et al. (2020) · Cell

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 661

Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases

Ishigaki, K., Akiyama, M., Kanai, M., Takahashi, A., Kawakami, E., Sugishita, H., Sakaue, S., Matoba, N., Low, S.-K., Okada, Y., et al. (2020) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 508

Genome-wide association study identifies 112 new loci for body mass index in the Japanese population

Akiyama, M., Okada, Y., Kanai, M., Takahashi, A., Momozawa, Y., Ikeda, M., Iwata, N., Ikegawa, S., Hirata, M., Matsuda, K., et al. (2017) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 455

Responsible use of polygenic risk scores in the clinic: potential benefits, risks and gaps

Polygenic Risk Score Task Force of the International Common Disease Alliance, Adeyemo, A., Balaconis, M. K., Darnes, D. R., Fatumo, S., Granados Moreno, P., Hodonsky, C. J., Inouye, M., Kanai, M., Kato, K., et al. (2021) · Nature Medicine

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyRace, Genetics, and Society

Cited by 413

Genetic analyses identify widespread sex-differential participation bias

Pirastu, N., Cordioli, M., Nandakumar, P., Mignogna, G., Abdellaoui, A., Hollis, B., Kanai, M., Rajagopal, V. M., Parolo, P. D. B., Baya, N., et al. (2021) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 251

Population-specific causal disease effect sizes in functionally important regions impacted by selection

Shi, H., Gazal, S., Kanai, M., Koch, E. M., Schoech, A. P., Siewert, K. M., Kim, S. S., Luo, Y., Amariuta, T., Huang, H., et al. (2021) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Cited by 119

GWAS of smoking behaviour in 165,436 Japanese people reveals seven new loci and shared genetic architecture

Matoba, N., Akiyama, M., Ishigaki, K., Kanai, M., Takahashi, A., Momozawa, Y., Ikegawa, S., Ikeda, M., Iwata, N., Hirata, M., et al. (2019) · Nature Human Behaviour

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologySmoking Behavior and Cessation

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Multi-Ancestry Meta-Analysis yields novel genetic discoveries and ancestry-specific associations

Turley, P., Martin, A. R., Goldman, G., Li, H., Kanai, M., Walters, R. K., Jala, J. B., Lin, K., Millwood, I. Y., Carey, C. E., et al. (2021) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyForensic and Genetic Research

Cited by 35

Variant scoring performance across selection regimes depends on variant-to-gene and gene-to-disease components

Finucane, H. K., Parsa, S., Guez, J., Kanai, M., Satterstrom, F. K., Nkambule, L. L., Daly, M. J., Seed, C., & Karczewski, K. J. (2024) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Genomics and Rare DiseasesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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