Akiyama, Masato

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

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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

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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

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Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation

Mahajan, A., Spracklen, C. N., Zhang, W., Ng, M. C. Y., Petty, L. E., Kitajima, H., Yu, G. Z., Rüeger, S., Speidel, L., Kim, Y. J., et al. (2022) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Genome-wide analyses identify a role for SLC17A4 and AADAT in thyroid hormone regulation

Teumer, A., Chaker, L., Groeneweg, S., Li, Y., Di Munno, C., Barbieri, C., Schultheiss, U. T., Traglia, M., Ahluwalia, T. S., Akiyama, M., et al. (2018) · Nature Communications

Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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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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Changes of serum inflammatory molecules and their relationships with visual function in retinitis pigmentosa

Okita, A., Murakami, Y., Shimokawa, S., Funatsu, J., Fujiwara, K., Nakatake, S., Koyanagi, Y., Akiyama, M., Takeda, A., Hisatomi, T., et al. (2020) · Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science

Retinal Development and DisordersRetinal Diseases and Treatments

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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

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Evidence of Polygenic Adaptation in Sardinia at Height-Associated Loci Ascertained from the Biobank Japan

Chen, M., Sidore, C., Akiyama, M., Ishigaki, K., Kamatani, Y., Schlessinger, D., Cucca, F., Okada, Y., & Chiang, C. W. K. (2020) · The American Journal of Human Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyForensic and Genetic Research

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