Okada, Yukinori

Suppression of autophagic activity by Rubicon is a signature of aging

Nakamura, S., Oba, M., Suzuki, M., Takahashi, A., Yamamuro, T., Fujiwara, M., Ikenaka, K., Minami, S., Tabata, N., Yamamoto, K., et al. (2019) · Nature Communications

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsAutophagy in Disease and Therapy

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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

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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of adult height in East Asians identifies 17 novel loci

He, M., Xu, M., Zhang, B., Liang, J., Chen, P., Lee, J.-Y., Johnson, T. A., Li, H., Yang, X., Dai, J., et al. (2015) · Human Molecular Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

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Multi-trait analysis characterizes the genetics of thyroid function and identifies causal associations with clinical implications.

Sterenborg, R. B. T. M., Steinbrenner, I., Li, Y., Bujnis, M. N., Naito, T., Marouli, E., Galesloot, T. E., Babajide, O., Andreasen, L., Astrup, A., et al. (2024) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyThyroid Disorders and Treatments

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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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Statistically and functionally fine-mapped blood eQTLs and pQTLs from 1,405 humans reveal distinct regulation patterns and disease relevance

Wang, Q. S., Hasegawa, T., Namkoong, H., Saiki, R., Edahiro, R., Sonehara, K., Tanaka, H., Azekawa, S., Chubachi, S., Takahashi, Y., et al. (2024) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Prokaryotic and viral genomes recovered from 787 Japanese gut metagenomes revealed microbial features linked to diets, populations, and diseases

Tomofuji, Y., Kishikawa, T., Maeda, Y., Ogawa, K., Otake-Kasamoto, Y., Kawabata, S., Nii, T., Okuno, T., Oguro-Igashira, E., Kinoshita, M., et al. (2022) · Cell Genomics

Bacteriophages and microbial interactionsGut microbiota and health

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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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Integration of genetically regulated gene expression and pharmacological library provides therapeutic drug candidates

Konuma, T., Ogawa, K., & Okada, Y. (2021) · Human Molecular Genetics

Computational Drug Discovery MethodsGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Proteogenomics in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma reveals new biological fingerprint of cerebral small vessel disease

Debette, S., Caro, I., Western, D., Namba, S., Sun, N., Kawaguchi, S., He, Y., Fujita, M., Roshchupkin, G., D'Aoust, T., et al. (2024) · Research Square

Cerebrovascular and genetic disordersMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies

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Mosaic chromosomal alterations in blood are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Naito, T., Hirata, K., Jang, B., Lakhani, C. M., Buonfiglioli, A., Lee, W.-P., Valladares, O., Wang, L.-S., Okada, Y., Won, H.-H., et al. (2025) · medRxiv

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

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Alzheimer’s disease genetics converges on microglial and neuronal dysregulation

Uffelmann, E., Wightman, D. P., Bahrami, S., Shadrin, A. A., Fominykh, V., Ojima, T., Jiang, C., Benner, C., Moreno, E., Campos, A. I., et al. (2026) · Nature

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

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