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1) Okunishi K, Kochi Y, Zhao M, Wang H, Nakagome K, Izumi T. Munc13-4 regulates asthma and obesity in mice by controlling functions of CD11c(+) antigen-presenting cells. Allergy. 2024.

2) Fuseya Y, Kadoba K, Liu X, Suetsugu H, Iwasaki T, Ohmura K, Sumida T, Kochi Y, Morinobu A, Terao C, Iwai K. Attenuation of HOIL-1L ligase activity promotes systemic autoimmune disorders by augmenting linear ubiquitin signaling. JCI Insight. 2024;9(3).

3) Otomo N, Khanshour AM, Koido M, Takeda K, Momozawa Y, Kubo M, Kamatani Y, Herring JA, Ogura Y, Takahashi Y, Minami S, Uno K, Kawakami N, Ito M, Sato T, Watanabe K, Kaito T, Yanagida H, Taneichi H, Harimaya K, Taniguchi Y, Shigematsu H, Iida T, Demura S, Sugawara R, Fujita N, Yagi M, Okada E, Hosogane N, Kono K, Nakamura M, Chiba K, Kotani T, Sakuma T, Akazawa T, Suzuki T, Nishida K, Kakutani K, Tsuji T, Sudo H, Iwata A, Inami S, Wise CA, Kochi Y, Matsumoto M, Ikegawa S, Watanabe K, Terao C. Evidence of causality of low body mass index on risk of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a Mendelian randomization study. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023;14:1089414.

4) Ono C, Tanaka S, Myouzen K, Iwasaki T, Ueda M, Oda Y, Yamamoto K, Kochi Y, Baba Y. Upregulated Fcrl5 disrupts B cell anergy and causes autoimmune disease. Front Immunol. 2023;14:1276014.

5) Mitsui Y, Suzuki T, Kuniyoshi K, Inamo J, Yamaguchi K, Komuro M, Watanabe J, Edamoto M, Li S, Kouno T, Oba S, Hosoya T, Masuhiro K, Naito Y, Koyama S, Sakaguchi N, Standley DM, Shin JW, Akira S, Yasuda S, Miyazaki Y, Kochi Y, Kumanogoh A, Okamoto T, Satoh T. Expression of the readthrough transcript CiDRE in alveolar macrophages boosts SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and promotes COVID-19 severity. Immunity. 2023;56(8):1939-54 e12.

6) Iwasaki Y, Takeshima Y, Nakano M, Okubo M, Ota M, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Okamura T, Endo T, Miki I, Sakurada K, Yamamoto K, Fujio K. Combined plasma metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis identify histidine as a biomarker and potential contributor in SLE pathogenesis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023;62(2):905-13.

7) Fujitani H, Eguchi H, Kochi Y, Arai T, Muramatsu M, Okazaki Y. Rare germline variants in pancreatic cancer and multiple primary cancers: an autopsy study. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2023;32(3):286-97.

8) Chang S, Torii S, Inamo J, Ishikawa K, Kochi Y, Shimizu S. Uncovering the Localization and Function of a Novel Read-Through Transcript 'TOMM40-APOE'. Cells. 2023;13(1).

9) Yin X, Kim K, Suetsugu H, Bang SY, Wen L, Koido M, Ha E, Liu L, Sakamoto Y, Jo S, Leng RX, Otomo N, Kwon YC, Sheng Y, Sugano N, Hwang MY, Li W, Mukai M, Yoon K, Cai M, Ishigaki K, Chung WT, Huang H, Takahashi D, Lee SS, Wang M, Karino K, Shim SC, Zheng X, Miyamura T, Kang YM, Ye D, Nakamura J, Suh CH, Tang Y, Motomura G, Park YB, Ding H, Kuroda T, Choe JY, Li C, Niiro H, Park Y, Shen C, Miyamoto T, Ahn GY, Fei W, Takeuchi T, Shin JM, Li K, Kawaguchi Y, Lee YK, Wang YF, Amano K, Park DJ, Yang W, Tada Y, Lau YL, Yamaji K, Zhu Z, Shimizu M, Atsumi T, Suzuki A, Sumida T, Okada Y, Matsuda K, Matsuo K, Kochi Y, Japanese Research Committee on Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral H, Yamamoto K, Ohmura K, Kim TH, Yang S, Yamamoto T, Kim BJ, Shen N, Ikegawa S, Lee HS, Zhang X, Terao C, Cui Y, Bae SC. Biological insights into systemic lupus erythematosus through an immune cell-specific transcriptome-wide association study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022;81(9):1273-80.

10) Yamaguchi K, Ishigaki K, Suzuki A, Tsuchida Y, Tsuchiya H, Sumitomo S, Nagafuchi Y, Miya F, Tsunoda T, Shoda H, Fujio K, Yamamoto K, Kochi Y. Splicing QTL analysis focusing on coding sequences reveals mechanisms for disease susceptibility loci. Nat Commun. 2022;13(1):4659.

11) Tsuji H, Ohmura K, Jin H, Naito R, Arase N, Kohyama M, Suenaga T, Sakakibara S, Kochi Y, Okada Y, Yamamoto K, Kikutani H, Morinobu A, Mimori T, Arase H. Anti-Double-Stranded DNA Antibodies Recognize DNA Presented on HLA Class II Molecules of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Risk Alleles. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022;74(1):105-11.

12) Takeshima Y, Iwasaki Y, Nakano M, Narushima Y, Ota M, Nagafuchi Y, Sumitomo S, Okamura T, Elkon K, Ishigaki K, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Yamamoto K, Fujio K. Immune cell multiomics analysis reveals contribution of oxidative phosphorylation to B-cell functions and organ damage of lupus. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022;81(6):845-53.

13) Suetsugu H, Kim K, Yamamoto T, Bang SY, Sakamoto Y, Shin JM, Sugano N, Kim JS, Mukai M, Lee YK, Ohmura K, Park DJ, Takahashi D, Ahn GY, Karino K, Kwon YC, Miyamura T, Kim J, Nakamura J, Motomura G, Kuroda T, Niiro H, Miyamoto T, Takeuchi T, Ikari K, Amano K, Tada Y, Yamaji K, Shimizu M, Atsumi T, Seki T, Tanaka Y, Kubo T, Hisada R, Yoshioka T, Yamazaki M, Kabata T, Kajino T, Ohta Y, Okawa T, Naito Y, Kaneuji A, Yasunaga Y, Ohzono K, Tomizuka K, Koido M, Matsuda K, Okada Y, Suzuki A, Kim BJ, Kochi Y, Lee HS, Ikegawa S, Bae SC, Terao C. Novel susceptibility loci for steroid-associated osteonecrosis of the femoral head in systemic lupus erythematosus. Hum Mol Genet. 2022;31(7):1082-95.

14) Scofield RH, Lewis VM, Cavitt J, Kurien BT, Assassi S, Martin J, Gorlova O, Gregersen P, Lee A, Rider LG, O'Hanlon T, Rothwell S, Lilleker J, Myositis Genetics Consortium XL, Kochi Y, Terao C, Igoe A, Stevens W, Sahhar J, Roddy J, Rischmueller M, Lester S, Proudman S, Chen S, Brown MA, Mayes MD, Lamb JA, Miller FW. 47XXY and 47XXX in Scleroderma and Myositis. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2022;4(6):528-33.

15) Kato D, Mitsuhashi S, Miya F, Saitoh S, Okamoto N, Tsunoda T, Kochi Y. Utility of tissue-specific gene expression scores for gene prioritization in Mendelian diseases. J Hum Genet. 2022;67(12):739-42.

16) Ishigaki K, Sakaue S, Terao C, Luo Y, Sonehara K, Yamaguchi K, Amariuta T, Too CL, Laufer VA, Scott IC, Viatte S, Takahashi M, Ohmura K, Murasawa A, Hashimoto M, Ito H, Hammoudeh M, Emadi SA, Masri BK, Halabi H, Badsha H, Uthman IW, Wu X, Lin L, Li T, Plant D, Barton A, Orozco G, Verstappen SMM, Bowes J, MacGregor AJ, Honda S, Koido M, Tomizuka K, Kamatani Y, Tanaka H, Tanaka E, Suzuki A, Maeda Y, Yamamoto K, Miyawaki S, Xie G, Zhang J, Amos CI, Keystone E, Wolbink G, van der Horst-Bruinsma I, Cui J, Liao KP, Carroll RJ, Lee HS, Bang SY, Siminovitch KA, de Vries N, Alfredsson L, Rantapaa-Dahlqvist S, Karlson EW, Bae SC, Kimberly RP, Edberg JC, Mariette X, Huizinga T, Dieude P, Schneider M, Kerick M, Denny JC, BioBank Japan P, Matsuda K, Matsuo K, Mimori T, Matsuda F, Fujio K, Tanaka Y, Kumanogoh A, Traylor M, Lewis CM, Eyre S, Xu H, Saxena R, Arayssi T, Kochi Y, Ikari K, Harigai M, Gregersen PK, Yamamoto K, Louis Bridges S, Jr., Padyukov L, Martin J, Klareskog L, Okada Y, Raychaudhuri S. Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses identify novel genetic mechanisms in rheumatoid arthritis. Nat Genet. 2022;54(11):1640-51.

17) Honda S, Ikari K, Yano K, Terao C, Tanaka E, Harigai M, Kochi Y. Association of Polygenic Risk Scores With Radiographic Progression in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022;74(5):791-800.

18) Tanaka N, Koido M, Suzuki A, Otomo N, Suetsugu H, Kochi Y, Tomizuka K, Momozawa Y, Kamatani Y, Biobank Japan P, Ikegawa S, Yamamoto K, Terao C. Eight novel susceptibility loci and putative causal variants in atopic dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021;148(5):1293-306.

19) Suetsugu H, Kim K, Yamamoto T, Bang SY, Sakamoto Y, Shin JM, Sugano N, Kim JS, Mukai M, Lee YK, Ohmura K, Park DJ, Takahashi D, Ahn GY, Karino K, Kwon YC, Miyamura T, Kim J, Nakamura J, Motomura G, Kuroda T, Niiro H, Miyamoto T, Takeuchi T, Ikari K, Amano K, Tada Y, Yamaji K, Shimizu M, Atsumi T, Seki T, Tanaka Y, Kubo T, Hisada R, Yoshioka T, Yamazaki M, Kabata T, Kajino T, Ohta Y, Okawa T, Naito Y, Kaneuji A, Yasunaga Y, Ohzono K, Tomizuka K, Koido M, Matsuda K, Okada Y, Suzuki A, Kim BJ, Kochi Y, Lee HS, Ikegawa S, Bae SC, Terao C. Novel susceptibility loci for steroid-associated osteonecrosis of the femoral head in systemic lupus erythematosus. Hum Mol Genet. 2021.

20) Singh B, Maiti GP, Zhou X, Fazel-Najafabadi M, Bae SC, Sun C, Terao C, Okada Y, Chua KH, Kochi Y, Guthridge JM, Zhang H, Weirauch M, James JA, Harley JB, Varshney GK, Looger LL, Nath SK. Lupus susceptibility region containing CDKN1B rs34330 mechanistically influences expression and function of multiple target genes, also linked to proliferation and apoptosis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021.

21) Ota M, Nagafuchi Y, Hatano H, Ishigaki K, Terao C, Takeshima Y, Yanaoka H, Kobayashi S, Okubo M, Shirai H, Sugimori Y, Maeda J, Nakano M, Yamada S, Yoshida R, Tsuchiya H, Tsuchida Y, Akizuki S, Yoshifuji H, Ohmura K, Mimori T, Yoshida K, Kurosaka D, Okada M, Setoguchi K, Kaneko H, Ban N, Yabuki N, Matsuki K, Mutoh H, Oyama S, Okazaki M, Tsunoda H, Iwasaki Y, Sumitomo S, Shoda H, Kochi Y, Okada Y, Yamamoto K, Okamura T, Fujio K. Dynamic landscape of immune cell-specific gene regulation in immune-mediated diseases. Cell. 2021;184(11):3006-21 e17.

22) Mizuguchi T, Toyota T, Miyatake S, Mitsuhashi S, Doi H, Kudo Y, Kishida H, Hayashi N, Tsuburaya RS, Kinoshita M, Fukuyama T, Fukuda H, Koshimizu E, Tsuchida N, Uchiyama Y, Fujita A, Takata A, Miyake N, Kato M, Tanaka F, Adachi H, Matsumoto N. Complete sequencing of expanded SAMD12 repeats by long-read sequencing and Cas9-mediated enrichment. Brain. 2021;144(4):1103-17.

23) Mitsuhashi S, Nakagawa S, Sasaki-Honda M, Sakurai H, Frith MC, Mitsuhashi H. Nanopore direct RNA sequencing detects DUX4-activated repeats and isoforms in human muscle cells. Hum Mol Genet. 2021;30(7):552-63.

24) Mitsuhashi S, Frith MC, Matsumoto N. Genome-wide survey of tandem repeats by nanopore sequencing shows that disease-associated repeats are more polymorphic in the general population. BMC Med Genomics. 2021;14(1):17.

25) Matsuzawa A, Lee J, Nakagawa S, Itoh J, Takahashi Ueda M, Mitsuhashi S, Kochi Y, Kaneko-Ishino T, Ishino F. HERV-Derived Ervpb1 Is Conserved in Simiiformes, Exhibiting Expression in Hematopoietic Cell Lineages Including Macrophages. Int J Mol Sci. 2021;22(9).

26) Kosugi Y, Uriu K, Suzuki N, Yamamoto K, Nagaoka S, Kimura I, Konno Y, Aso H, Willett BJ, Kobayashi T, Koyanagi Y, Ueda MT, Ito J, Sato K. A comprehensive investigation on the interplay between feline APOBEC3Z3 proteins and feline immunodeficiency virus Vif proteins. J Virol. 2021.

27) Inamo J, Kochi Y, Takeuchi T. Is type 2 diabetes mellitus an inverse risk factor for the development of rheumatoid arthritis? J Hum Genet. 2021;66(2):219-23.

28) Frith MC, Mitsuhashi S, Katoh K. lamassemble: Multiple Alignment and Consensus Sequence of Long Reads. Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2231:135-45.

29) Chikuma S, Yamanaka S, Nakagawa S, Ueda MT, Hayabuchi H, Tokifuji Y, Kanayama M, Okamura T, Arase H, Yoshimura A. TRIM28 Expression on Dendritic Cells Prevents Excessive T Cell Priming by Silencing Endogenous Retrovirus. J Immunol. 2021;206(7):1528-39.

30) Bing N, Zhou H, Chen X, Hirose T, Kochi Y, Tsuchida Y, Ishigaki K, Sumitomo S, Fujio K, Zhang B, Valdez H, Vincent MS, Martin D, Clark JD. Contribution of a European-Prevalent Variant near CD83 and an East Asian-Prevalent Variant near IL17RB to Herpes Zoster Risk in Tofacitinib Treatment: Results of Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analyses. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021.

31) Yin X, Kim K, Suetsugu H, Bang SY, Wen L, Koido M, Ha E, Liu L, Sakamoto Y, Jo S, Leng RX, Otomo N, Laurynenka V, Kwon YC, Sheng Y, Sugano N, Hwang MY, Li W, Mukai M, Yoon K, Cai M, Ishigaki K, Chung WT, Huang H, Takahashi D, Lee SS, Wang M, Karino K, Shim SC, Zheng X, Miyamura T, Kang YM, Ye D, Nakamura J, Suh CH, Tang Y, Motomura G, Park YB, Ding H, Kuroda T, Choe JY, Li C, Niiro H, Park Y, Shen C, Miyamoto T, Ahn GY, Fei W, Takeuchi T, Shin JM, Li K, Kawaguchi Y, Lee YK, Wang Y, Amano K, Park DJ, Yang W, Tada Y, Yamaji K, Shimizu M, Atsumi T, Suzuki A, Sumida T, Okada Y, Matsuda K, Matsuo K, Kochi Y, Japanese Research Committee on Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral H, Kottyan LC, Weirauch MT, Parameswaran S, Eswar S, Salim H, Chen X, Yamamoto K, Harley JB, Ohmura K, Kim TH, Yang S, Yamamoto T, Kim BJ, Shen N, Ikegawa S, Lee HS, Zhang X, Terao C, Cui Y, Bae SC. Meta-analysis of 208370 East Asians identifies 113 susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020.

32) Tsuchiya H, Ota M, Sumitomo S, Ishigaki K, Suzuki A, Sakata T, Tsuchida Y, Inui H, Hirose J, Kochi Y, Kadono Y, Shirahige K, Tanaka S, Yamamoto K, Fujio K. Parsing multiomics landscape of activated synovial fibroblasts highlights drug targets linked to genetic risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020.

33) Kochi Y. [Transcriptome Analysis of Immune Cells and Disease Susceptible Genes]. Arerugi. 2020;69(10):947-51.

34) Ishigaki K, Akiyama M, Kanai M, Takahashi A, Kawakami E, Sugishita H, Sakaue S, Matoba N, Low SK, Okada Y, Terao C, Amariuta T, Gazal S, Kochi Y, Horikoshi M, Suzuki K, Ito K, Koyama S, Ozaki K, Niida S, Sakata Y, Sakata Y, Kohno T, Shiraishi K, Momozawa Y, Hirata M, Matsuda K, Ikeda M, Iwata N, Ikegawa S, Kou I, Tanaka T, Nakagawa H, Suzuki A, Hirota T, Tamari M, Chayama K, Miki D, Mori M, Nagayama S, Daigo Y, Miki Y, Katagiri T, Ogawa O, Obara W, Ito H, Yoshida T, Imoto I, Takahashi T, Tanikawa C, Suzuki T, Sinozaki N, Minami S, Yamaguchi H, Asai S, Takahashi Y, Yamaji K, Takahashi K, Fujioka T, Takata R, Yanai H, Masumoto A, Koretsune Y, Kutsumi H, Higashiyama M, Murayama S, Minegishi N, Suzuki K, Tanno K, Shimizu A, Yamaji T, Iwasaki M, Sawada N, Uemura H, Tanaka K, Naito M, Sasaki M, Wakai K, Tsugane S, Yamamoto M, Yamamoto K, Murakami Y, Nakamura Y, Raychaudhuri S, Inazawa J, Yamauchi T, Kadowaki T, Kubo M, Kamatani Y. Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases. Nat Genet. 2020;52(7):669-79.

35) Inamo J, Kochi Y, Takeuchi T. Is type 2 diabetes mellitus an inverse risk factor for the development of rheumatoid arthritis? J Hum Genet. 2020.

36) Ikeda A, Nosato H, Kochi Y, Negoro H, Kojima T, Sakanashi H, Murakawa M, Nishiyama H. Cystoscopic Imaging for Bladder Cancer Detection Based on Stepwise Organic Transfer Learning with a Pretrained Convolutional Neural Network. J Endourol. 2020.

37) Ikeda A, Nosato H, Kochi Y, Kojima T, Kawai K, Sakanashi H, Murakawa M, Nishiyama H. Support System of Cystoscopic Diagnosis for Bladder Cancer Based on Artificial Intelligence. J Endourol. 2020;34(3):352-8.

38) Otani T, Noma H, Sugasawa S, Kuchiba A, Goto A, Yamaji T, Kochi Y, Iwasaki M, Matsui S, Tsunoda T. Exploring predictive biomarkers from clinical genome-wide association studies via multidimensional hierarchical mixture models. Eur J Hum Genet. 2019;27(1):140-9.

39) Okubo M, Doi H, Fukai R, Fujita A, Mitsuhashi S, Hashiguchi S, Kishida H, Ueda N, Morihara K, Ogasawara A, Kawamoto Y, Takahashi T, Takahashi K, Nakamura H, Kunii M, Tada M, Katsumoto A, Fukuda H, Mizuguchi T, Miyatake S, Miyake N, Suzuki J, Ito Y, Sone J, Sobue G, Takeuchi H, Matsumoto N, Tanaka F. GGC Repeat Expansion of NOTCH2NLC in Adult Patients with Leukoencephalopathy. Ann Neurol. 2019;86(6):962-8.

40) Okada Y, Eyre S, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Yamamoto K. Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis: 2018 status. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019;78(4):446-53.

41) Motegi T, Kochi Y, Matsuda K, Kubo M, Yamamoto K, Momozawa Y. Identification of rare coding variants in TYK2 protective for rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population and their effects on cytokine signalling. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019;78(8):1062-9.

42) Molineros JE, Looger LL, Kim K, Okada Y, Terao C, Sun C, Zhou XJ, Raj P, Kochi Y, Suzuki A, Akizuki S, Nakabo S, Bang SY, Lee HS, Kang YM, Suh CH, Chung WT, Park YB, Choe JY, Shim SC, Lee SS, Zuo X, Yamamoto K, Li QZ, Shen N, Porter LL, Harley JB, Chua KH, Zhang H, Wakeland EK, Tsao BP, Bae SC, Nath SK. Amino acid signatures of HLA Class-I and II molecules are strongly associated with SLE susceptibility and autoantibody production in Eastern Asians. PLoS Genet. 2019;15(4):e1008092.

43) Kodama T, Kochi Y, Nakai W, Mizuno H, Baba T, Habu K, Sawada N, Tsunoda H, Shima T, Miyawaki K, Kikushige Y, Mori Y, Miyamoto T, Maeda T, Akashi K. Anti-GPRC5D/CD3 Bispecific T-Cell-Redirecting Antibody for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma. Mol Cancer Ther. 2019;18(9):1555-64.

44) Akizuki S, Ishigaki K, Kochi Y, Law SM, Matsuo K, Ohmura K, Suzuki A, Nakayama M, Iizuka Y, Koseki H, Ohara O, Hirata J, Kamatani Y, Matsuda F, Sumida T, Yamamoto K, Okada Y, Mimori T, Terao C. PLD4 is a genetic determinant to systemic lupus erythematosus and involved in murine autoimmune phenotypes. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019;78(4):509-18.

45) Tsuchida Y, Sumitomo S, Ota M, Tsuchiya H, Nagafuchi Y, Shoda H, Fujio K, Ishigaki K, Yamaguchi K, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Yamamoto K. Reduction of CD83 Expression on B Cells and the Genetic Basis for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comment on the Article by Thalayasingam et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018;70(10):1695-6.

46) Terao C, Yoshifuji H, Matsumura T, Naruse TK, Ishii T, Nakaoka Y, Kirino Y, Matsuo K, Origuchi T, Shimizu M, Maejima Y, Amiya E, Tamura N, Kawaguchi T, Takahashi M, Setoh K, Ohmura K, Watanabe R, Horita T, Atsumi T, Matsukura M, Miyata T, Kochi Y, Suda T, Tanemoto K, Meguro A, Okada Y, Ogimoto A, Yamamoto M, Takahashi H, Nakayamada S, Saito K, Kuwana M, Mizuki N, Tabara Y, Ueda A, Komuro I, Kimura A, Isobe M, Mimori T, Matsuda F. Genetic determinants and an epistasis of LILRA3 and HLA-B*52 in Takayasu arteritis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018;115(51):13045-50.

47) Sumitomo S, Nagafuchi Y, Tsuchida Y, Tsuchiya H, Ota M, Ishigaki K, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Fujio K, Yamamoto K. Transcriptome analysis of peripheral blood from patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review. Inflamm Regen. 2018;38:21.

48) Sumitomo S, Nagafuchi Y, Tsuchida Y, Tsuchiya H, Ota M, Ishigaki K, Nakachi S, Kato R, Sakurai K, Hanata N, Tateishi S, Kanda H, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Fujio K, Yamamoto K. A gene module associated with dysregulated TCR signaling pathways in CD4(+) T cell subsets in rheumatoid arthritis. J Autoimmun. 2018;89:21-9.

49) Sakurai K, Ishigaki K, Shoda H, Nagafuchi Y, Tsuchida Y, Sumitomo S, Kanda H, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Yamamoto K, Fujio K. HLA-DRB1 Shared Epitope Alleles and Disease Activity Are Correlated with Reduced T Cell Receptor Repertoire Diversity in CD4+ T Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2018;45(7):905-14.

50) Nishino J, Ochi H, Kochi Y, Tsunoda T, Matsui S. Sample Size for Successful Genome-Wide Association Study of Major Depressive Disorder. Front Genet. 2018;9:227.

51) Nishino J, Kochi Y, Shigemizu D, Kato M, Ikari K, Ochi H, Noma H, Matsui K, Morizono T, Boroevich KA, Tsunoda T, Matsui S. Empirical Bayes Estimation of Semi-parametric Hierarchical Mixture Models for Unbiased Characterization of Polygenic Disease Architectures. Front Genet. 2018;9:115.

52) Muta T, Yoshihiro T, Jinnouchi F, Aoki K, Kochi Y, Shima T, Takenaka K, Ogawa R, Akashi K, Oshima K. Expansion of NKG2C-expressing Natural Killer Cells after Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in a Patient with Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma with Cytotoxic Molecules. Intern Med. 2018;57(6):861-6.

53) Kochi Y, Kamatani Y, Kondo Y, Suzuki A, Kawakami E, Hiwa R, Momozawa Y, Fujimoto M, Jinnin M, Tanaka Y, Kanda T, Cooper RG, Chinoy H, Rothwell S, Lamb JA, Vencovsky J, Mann H, Ohmura K, Myouzen K, Ishigaki K, Nakashima R, Hosono Y, Tsuboi H, Kawasumi H, Iwasaki Y, Kajiyama H, Horita T, Ogawa-Momohara M, Takamura A, Tsunoda S, Shimizu J, Fujio K, Amano H, Mimori A, Kawakami A, Umehara H, Takeuchi T, Sano H, Muro Y, Atsumi T, Mimura T, Kawaguchi Y, Mimori T, Takahashi A, Kubo M, Kohsaka H, Sumida T, Yamamoto K. Splicing variant of WDFY4 augments MDA5 signalling and the risk of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018;77(4):602-11.

54) Ishigaki K, Kochi Y, Yamamoto K. Genetics of human autoimmunity: From genetic information to functional insights. Clin Immunol. 2018;186:9-13.

55) Tsuchida Y, Sumitomo S, Ishigaki K, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Tsuchiya H, Ota M, Komai T, Inoue M, Morita K, Okamura T, Yamamoto K, Fujio K. TGF-beta3 Inhibits Antibody Production by Human B Cells. PLoS One. 2017;12(1):e0169646.

56) Terao C, Okada Y, Ikari K, Kochi Y, Suzuki A, Ohmura K, Matsuo K, Taniguchi A, Kubo M, Raychaudhuri S, Yamamoto K, Yamanaka H, Kamatani Y, Mimori T, Matsuda F. Genetic landscape of interactive effects of HLA-DRB1 alleles on susceptibility to ACPA(+) rheumatoid arthritis and ACPA levels in Japanese population. J Med Genet. 2017;54(12):853-8.

57) Nitta T, Kochi Y, Muro R, Tomofuji Y, Okamura T, Murata S, Suzuki H, Sumida T, Yamamoto K, Takayanagi H. Human thymoproteasome variations influence CD8 T cell selection. Sci Immunol. 2017;2(12).

58) Molineros JE, Yang W, Zhou XJ, Sun C, Okada Y, Zhang H, Heng Chua K, Lau YL, Kochi Y, Suzuki A, Yamamoto K, Ma J, Bang SY, Lee HS, Kim K, Bae SC, Zhang H, Shen N, Looger LL, Nath SK. Confirmation of five novel susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and integrated network analysis of 82 SLE susceptibility loci. Hum Mol Genet. 2017;26(6):1205-16.

59) Kochi Y, Matsumoto Y, Sekimizu K, Kaito C. Two-spotted cricket as an animal infection model of human pathogenic fungi. Drug Discov Ther. 2017;11(5):259-66.

60) Ishigaki K, Kochi Y, Suzuki A, Tsuchida Y, Tsuchiya H, Sumitomo S, Yamaguchi K, Nagafuchi Y, Nakachi S, Kato R, Sakurai K, Shoda H, Ikari K, Taniguchi A, Yamanaka H, Miya F, Tsunoda T, Okada Y, Momozawa Y, Kamatani Y, Yamada R, Kubo M, Fujio K, Yamamoto K. Polygenic burdens on cell-specific pathways underlie the risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Nat Genet. 2017;49(7):1120-5.

61) Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Shoda H, Seri Y, Fujio K, Sawada T, Yamada R, Yamamoto K. Decreased severity of experimental autoimmune arthritis in peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 knockout mice. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016;17:205.

62) Sun C, Molineros JE, Looger LL, Zhou XJ, Kim K, Okada Y, Ma J, Qi YY, Kim-Howard X, Motghare P, Bhattarai K, Adler A, Bang SY, Lee HS, Kim TH, Kang YM, Suh CH, Chung WT, Park YB, Choe JY, Shim SC, Kochi Y, Suzuki A, Kubo M, Sumida T, Yamamoto K, Lee SS, Kim YJ, Han BG, Dozmorov M, Kaufman KM, Wren JD, Harley JB, Shen N, Chua KH, Zhang H, Bae SC, Nath SK. High-density genotyping of immune-related loci identifies new SLE risk variants in individuals with Asian ancestry. Nat Genet. 2016;48(3):323-30.

63) Okada Y, Suzuki A, Ikari K, Terao C, Kochi Y, Ohmura K, Higasa K, Akiyama M, Ashikawa K, Kanai M, Hirata J, Suita N, Teo YY, Xu H, Bae SC, Takahashi A, Momozawa Y, Matsuda K, Momohara S, Taniguchi A, Yamada R, Mimori T, Kubo M, Brown MA, Raychaudhuri S, Matsuda F, Yamanaka H, Kamatani Y, Yamamoto K. Contribution of a Non-classical HLA Gene, HLA-DOA, to the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Am J Hum Genet. 2016;99(2):366-74.

64) Nagafuchi Y, Shoda H, Sumitomo S, Nakachi S, Kato R, Tsuchida Y, Tsuchiya H, Sakurai K, Hanata N, Tateishi S, Kanda H, Ishigaki K, Okada Y, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Fujio K, Yamamoto K. Immunophenotyping of rheumatoid arthritis reveals a linkage between HLA-DRB1 genotype, CXCR4 expression on memory CD4(+) T cells, and disease activity. Sci Rep. 2016;6:29338.

65) Kochi Y, Miyashita A, Tsuchiya K, Mitsuyama M, Sekimizu K, Kaito C. A human pathogenic bacterial infection model using the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2016;363(15).

66) Kochi Y. Genetics of autoimmune diseases: perspectives from genome-wide association studies. Int Immunol. 2016;28(4):155-61.

67) Kochi Y. [Genome-wide association study for rheumatoid arthritis]. Clin Calcium. 2016;26(4):561-6.

68) Zmijan R, Jonnalagadda US, Carugo D, Kochi Y, Lemm E, Packham G, Hill M, Glynne-Jones P. High throughput imaging cytometer with acoustic focussing. RSC Adv. 2015;5(101):83206-16.

69) Yamamoto K, Okada Y, Suzuki A, Kochi Y. Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis in Asia--present and future. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2015;11(6):375-9.

70) Yamamoto K, Okada Y, Suzuki A, Kochi Y. Genetic studies of rheumatoid arthritis. Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci. 2015;91(8):410-22.

71) Terao C, Suzuki A, Ikari K, Kochi Y, Ohmura K, Katayama M, Nakabo S, Yamamoto N, Suzuki T, Iwamoto T, Yurugi K, Miura Y, Maekawa T, Takasugi K, Kubo M, Saji H, Taniguchi A, Momohara S, Yamamoto K, Yamanaka H, Mimori T, Matsuda F. An association between amino acid position 74 of HLA-DRB1 and anti-citrullinated protein antibody levels in Japanese patients with anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015;67(8):2038-45.

72) Terao C, Ohmura K, Kochi Y, Ikari K, Okada Y, Shimizu M, Nishina N, Suzuki A, Myouzen K, Kawaguchi T, Takahashi M, Takasugi K, Murasawa A, Mizuki S, Iwahashi M, Funahashi K, Natsumeda M, Furu M, Hashimoto M, Ito H, Fujii T, Ezawa K, Matsubara T, Takeuchi T, Kubo M, Yamada R, Taniguchi A, Yamanaka H, Momohara S, Yamamoto K, Mimori T, Matsuda F. Anti-citrullinated peptide/protein antibody (ACPA)-negative RA shares a large proportion of susceptibility loci with ACPA-positive RA: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association study in a Japanese population. Arthritis Res Ther. 2015;17:104.

73) Terao C, Matsumura T, Yoshifuji H, Kirino Y, Maejima Y, Nakaoka Y, Takahashi M, Amiya E, Tamura N, Nakajima T, Origuchi T, Horita T, Matsukura M, Kochi Y, Ogimoto A, Yamamoto M, Takahashi H, Nakayamada S, Saito K, Wada Y, Narita I, Kawaguchi Y, Yamanaka H, Ohmura K, Atsumi T, Tanemoto K, Miyata T, Kuwana M, Komuro I, Tabara Y, Ueda A, Isobe M, Mimori T, Matsuda F. Takayasu arteritis and ulcerative colitis: high rate of co-occurrence and genetic overlap. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015;67(8):2226-32.

74) Ishigaki K, Shoda H, Kochi Y, Yasui T, Kadono Y, Tanaka S, Fujio K, Yamamoto K. Quantitative and qualitative characterization of expanded CD4+ T cell clones in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Sci Rep. 2015;5:12937.

75) Okada Y, Wu D, Trynka G, Raj T, Terao C, Ikari K, Kochi Y, Ohmura K, Suzuki A, Yoshida S, Graham RR, Manoharan A, Ortmann W, Bhangale T, Denny JC, Carroll RJ, Eyler AE, Greenberg JD, Kremer JM, Pappas DA, Jiang L, Yin J, Ye L, Su DF, Yang J, Xie G, Keystone E, Westra HJ, Esko T, Metspalu A, Zhou X, Gupta N, Mirel D, Stahl EA, Diogo D, Cui J, Liao K, Guo MH, Myouzen K, Kawaguchi T, Coenen MJ, van Riel PL, van de Laar MA, Guchelaar HJ, Huizinga TW, Dieude P, Mariette X, Bridges SL, Jr., Zhernakova A, Toes RE, Tak PP, Miceli-Richard C, Bang SY, Lee HS, Martin J, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L, Rantapaa-Dahlqvist S, Arlestig L, Choi HK, Kamatani Y, Galan P, Lathrop M, consortium R, consortium G, Eyre S, Bowes J, Barton A, de Vries N, Moreland LW, Criswell LA, Karlson EW, Taniguchi A, Yamada R, Kubo M, Liu JS, Bae SC, Worthington J, Padyukov L, Klareskog L, Gregersen PK, Raychaudhuri S, Stranger BE, De Jager PL, Franke L, Visscher PM, Brown MA, Yamanaka H, Mimori T, Takahashi A, Xu H, Behrens TW, Siminovitch KA, Momohara S, Matsuda F, Yamamoto K, Plenge RM. Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery. Nature. 2014;506(7488):376-81.

76) Ohata H, Yotsumoto K, Taira M, Kochi Y, Hashimoto T. Reliability and validity of a brief self-rated scale of health condition with acute schizophrenia. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2014;68(1):70-7.

77) Kochi Y, Suzuki A, Yamamoto K. Genetic basis of rheumatoid arthritis: a current review. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2014;452(2):254-62.

78) Terao C, Ohmura K, Kawaguchi Y, Nishimoto T, Kawasaki A, Takehara K, Furukawa H, Kochi Y, Ota Y, Ikari K, Sato S, Tohma S, Yamada R, Yamamoto K, Kubo M, Yamanaka H, Kuwana M, Tsuchiya N, Matsuda F, Mimori T. PLD4 as a novel susceptibility gene for systemic sclerosis in a Japanese population. Arthritis Rheum. 2013;65(2):472-80.

79) Shimane K, Kochi Y, Suzuki A, Okada Y, Ishii T, Horita T, Saito K, Okamoto A, Nishimoto N, Myouzen K, Kubo M, Hirakata M, Sumida T, Takasaki Y, Yamada R, Nakamura Y, Kamatani N, Yamamoto K. An association analysis of HLA-DRB1 with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis in a Japanese population: effects of *09:01 allele on disease phenotypes. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2013;52(7):1172-82.

80) Terao C, Ohmura K, Ikari K, Kochi Y, Maruya E, Katayama M, Yurugi K, Shimada K, Murasawa A, Honjo S, Takasugi K, Matsuo K, Tajima K, Suzuki A, Yamamoto K, Momohara S, Yamanaka H, Yamada R, Saji H, Matsuda F, Mimori T. ACPA-negative RA consists of two genetically distinct subsets based on RF positivity in Japanese. PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e40067.

81) Okada Y, Terao C, Ikari K, Kochi Y, Ohmura K, Suzuki A, Kawaguchi T, Stahl EA, Kurreeman FA, Nishida N, Ohmiya H, Myouzen K, Takahashi M, Sawada T, Nishioka Y, Yukioka M, Matsubara T, Wakitani S, Teshima R, Tohma S, Takasugi K, Shimada K, Murasawa A, Honjo S, Matsuo K, Tanaka H, Tajima K, Suzuki T, Iwamoto T, Kawamura Y, Tanii H, Okazaki Y, Sasaki T, Gregersen PK, Padyukov L, Worthington J, Siminovitch KA, Lathrop M, Taniguchi A, Takahashi A, Tokunaga K, Kubo M, Nakamura Y, Kamatani N, Mimori T, Plenge RM, Yamanaka H, Momohara S, Yamada R, Matsuda F, Yamamoto K. Meta-analysis identifies nine new loci associated with rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population. Nat Genet. 2012;44(5):511-6.

82) Okada Y, Shimane K, Kochi Y, Tahira T, Suzuki A, Higasa K, Takahashi A, Horita T, Atsumi T, Ishii T, Okamoto A, Fujio K, Hirakata M, Amano H, Kondo Y, Ito S, Takada K, Mimori A, Saito K, Kamachi M, Kawaguchi Y, Ikari K, Mohammed OW, Matsuda K, Terao C, Ohmura K, Myouzen K, Hosono N, Tsunoda T, Nishimoto N, Mimori T, Matsuda F, Tanaka Y, Sumida T, Yamanaka H, Takasaki Y, Koike T, Horiuchi T, Hayashi K, Kubo M, Kamatani N, Yamada R, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. A genome-wide association study identified AFF1 as a susceptibility locus for systemic lupus eyrthematosus in Japanese. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(1):e1002455.

83) Myouzen K, Kochi Y, Okada Y, Terao C, Suzuki A, Ikari K, Tsunoda T, Takahashi A, Kubo M, Taniguchi A, Matsuda F, Ohmura K, Momohara S, Mimori T, Yamanaka H, Kamatani N, Yamada R, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. Functional variants in NFKBIE and RTKN2 involved in activation of the NF-kappaB pathway are associated with rheumatoid arthritis in Japanese. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(9):e1002949.

84) Kurreeman FA, Stahl EA, Okada Y, Liao K, Diogo D, Raychaudhuri S, Freudenberg J, Kochi Y, Patsopoulos NA, Gupta N, investigators C, Sandor C, Bang SY, Lee HS, Padyukov L, Suzuki A, Siminovitch K, Worthington J, Gregersen PK, Hughes LB, Reynolds RJ, Bridges SL, Jr., Bae SC, Yamamoto K, Plenge RM. Use of a multiethnic approach to identify rheumatoid- arthritis-susceptibility loci, 1p36 and 17q12. Am J Hum Genet. 2012;90(3):524-32.

85) Chang WC, Woon PY, Wei JC, Chang CM, Hsu YW, Guo YC, Hwang DY, Kochi Y, Yen JH. A single-nucleotide polymorphism of CCR6 (rs3093024) is associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis but not ankylosing spondylitis, in a Taiwanese population. J Rheumatol. 2012;39(8):1765-6.

86) Terao C, Yamada R, Ohmura K, Takahashi M, Kawaguchi T, Kochi Y, Human Disease Genomics Working G, Clinical RA, Genetic Study C, Okada Y, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K, Melchers I, Lathrop M, Mimori T, Matsuda F. The human AIRE gene at chromosome 21q22 is a genetic determinant for the predisposition to rheumatoid arthritis in Japanese population. Hum Mol Genet. 2011;20(13):2680-5.

87) Terao C, Ohmura K, Kochi Y, Ikari K, Maruya E, Katayama M, Shimada K, Murasawa A, Honjo S, Takasugi K, Matsuo K, Tajima K, Suzuki A, Yamamoto K, Momohara S, Yamanaka H, Yamada R, Saji H, Matsuda F, Mimori T. A large-scale association study identified multiple HLA-DRB1 alleles associated with ACPA-negative rheumatoid arthritis in Japanese subjects. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011;70(12):2134-9.

88) Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Okada Y, Yamamoto K. Insight from genome-wide association studies in rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. FEBS Lett. 2011;585(23):3627-32.

89) Nishimoto K, Ikari K, Kaneko H, Tsukahara S, Kochi Y, Yamamoto K, Nakamura Y, Toyama Y, Taniguchi A, Yamanaka H, Momohara S. Association of EMCN with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis in a Japanese population. J Rheumatol. 2011;38(2):221-8.

90) Kochi Y, Thabet MM, Suzuki A, Okada Y, Daha NA, Toes RE, Huizinga TW, Myouzen K, Kubo M, Yamada R, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. PADI4 polymorphism predisposes male smokers to rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011;70(3):512-5.

91) Shimane K, Kochi Y, Horita T, Ikari K, Amano H, Hirakata M, Okamoto A, Yamada R, Myouzen K, Suzuki A, Kubo M, Atsumi T, Koike T, Takasaki Y, Momohara S, Yamanaka H, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. The association of a nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism in TNFAIP3 with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population. Arthritis Rheum. 2010;62(2):574-9.

92) Okada Y, Suzuki A, Yamada R, Kochi Y, Shimane K, Myouzen K, Kubo M, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. HLA-DRB1*0901 lowers anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody levels in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010;69(8):1569-70.

93) Nishimoto K, Kochi Y, Ikari K, Yamamoto K, Suzuki A, Shimane K, Nakamura Y, Yano K, Iikuni N, Tsukahara S, Kamatani N, Okamoto H, Kaneko H, Kawaguchi Y, Hara M, Toyama Y, Horiuchi T, Tao K, Yasutomo K, Hamada D, Yasui N, Inoue H, Itakura M, Yamanaka H, Momohara S. Association study of TRAF1-C5 polymorphisms with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus in Japanese. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010;69(2):368-73.

94) Myouzen K, Kochi Y, Shimane K, Fujio K, Okamura T, Okada Y, Suzuki A, Atsumi T, Ito S, Takada K, Mimori A, Ikegawa S, Yamada R, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. Regulatory polymorphisms in EGR2 are associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus. Hum Mol Genet. 2010;19(11):2313-20.

95) Kochi Y, Yamamoto K. [Progress in the studies on genes related to collagen and rheumatoid diseases]. Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi. 2010;99(1):150-5.

96) Kochi Y, Suzuki A, Yamada R, Yamamoto K. Ethnogenetic heterogeneity of rheumatoid arthritis-implications for pathogenesis. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2010;6(5):290-5.

97) Kochi Y, Okada Y, Suzuki A, Ikari K, Terao C, Takahashi A, Yamazaki K, Hosono N, Myouzen K, Tsunoda T, Kamatani N, Furuichi T, Ikegawa S, Ohmura K, Mimori T, Matsuda F, Iwamoto T, Momohara S, Yamanaka H, Yamada R, Kubo M, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. A regulatory variant in CCR6 is associated with rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility. Nat Genet. 2010;42(6):515-9.

98) Kochi Y. Genetic background of tolerance breakdown in rheumatoid arthritis. Nihon Rinsho Meneki Gakkai Kaishi. 2010;33(2):48-56.

99) Shimane K, Kochi Y, Yamada R, Okada Y, Suzuki A, Miyatake A, Kubo M, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. A single nucleotide polymorphism in the IRF5 promoter region is associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009;68(3):377-83.

100) Okada Y, Yamada R, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Shimane K, Myouzen K, Kubo M, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. Contribution of a haplotype in the HLA region to anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody positivity in rheumatoid arthritis, independently of HLA-DRB1. Arthritis Rheum. 2009;60(12):3582-90.

101) Kochi Y, Yamamoto K. [Genetics of autoimmune and collagen diseases]. Nihon Rinsho. 2009;67(6):1103-7.

102) Kochi Y, Suzuki A, Yamada R, Yamamoto K. Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis: underlying evidence of ethnic differences. J Autoimmun. 2009;32(3-4):158-62.

103) Kochi Y, Myouzen K, Yamada R, Suzuki A, Kurosaki T, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. FCRL3, an autoimmune susceptibility gene, has inhibitory potential on B-cell receptor-mediated signaling. J Immunol. 2009;183(9):5502-10.

104) Suzuki A, Yamada R, Kochi Y, Sawada T, Okada Y, Matsuda K, Kamatani Y, Mori M, Shimane K, Hirabayashi Y, Takahashi A, Tsunoda T, Miyatake A, Kubo M, Kamatani N, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. Functional SNPs in CD244 increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in a Japanese population. Nat Genet. 2008;40(10):1224-9.

105) Shimane K, Yamamoto K, Kochi Y. [Genomic approaches to bone and joint diseases. Current status of human disease genomics in rheumatoid arthritis]. Clin Calcium. 2008;18(2):169-75.

106) Oishi T, Iida A, Otsubo S, Kamatani Y, Usami M, Takei T, Uchida K, Tsuchiya K, Saito S, Ohnisi Y, Tokunaga K, Nitta K, Kawaguchi Y, Kamatani N, Kochi Y, Shimane K, Yamamoto K, Nakamura Y, Yumura W, Matsuda K. A functional SNP in the NKX2.5-binding site of ITPR3 promoter is associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in Japanese population. J Hum Genet. 2008;53(2):151-62.

107) Kobayashi S, Ikari K, Kaneko H, Kochi Y, Yamamoto K, Shimane K, Nakamura Y, Toyama Y, Mochizuki T, Tsukahara S, Kawaguchi Y, Terai C, Hara M, Tomatsu T, Yamanaka H, Horiuchi T, Tao K, Yasutomo K, Hamada D, Yasui N, Inoue H, Itakura M, Okamoto H, Kamatani N, Momohara S. Association of STAT4 with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus in the Japanese population. Arthritis Rheum. 2008;58(7):1940-6.

108) Yamamoto K, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Mori M, Yamada R. [Studies on the genes related to rheumatoid arthritis and the application of the results to clinical medicine]. Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi. 2007;96(9):1845-55.

109) Kochi Y, Fukushima H, Suwaki H, Kato M, Matsushita Y, Miyakawa T, Akanashi T, Higuchi S. [Physiopathology of alcoholism and present status of the therapy in Japan--result of the questionnaires sent to all psychiatric care facilities]. Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi. 2007;109(6):541-6.

110) Shoda H, Fujio K, Yamaguchi Y, Okamoto A, Sawada T, Kochi Y, Yamamoto K. Interactions between IL-32 and tumor necrosis factor alpha contribute to the exacerbation of immune-inflammatory diseases. Arthritis Res Ther. 2006;8(6):R166.

111) Kochi Y, Yamada R, Suzuki A, Harley JB, Shirasawa S, Sawada T, Bae SC, Tokuhiro S, Chang X, Sekine A, Takahashi A, Tsunoda T, Ohnishi Y, Kaufman KM, Kang CP, Kang C, Otsubo S, Yumura W, Mimori A, Koike T, Nakamura Y, Sasazuki T, Yamamoto K. A functional variant in FCRL3, encoding Fc receptor-like 3, is associated with rheumatoid arthritis and several autoimmunities. Nat Genet. 2005;37(5):478-85.

112) Kawaida R, Yamada R, Kobayashi K, Tokuhiro S, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Chang X, Sekine A, Tsunoda T, Sawada T, Furukawa H, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. CUL1, a component of E3 ubiquitin ligase, alters lymphocyte signal transduction with possible effect on rheumatoid arthritis. Genes Immun. 2005;6(3):194-202.

113) Chang X, Yamada R, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Sawada T, Yamamoto K. Citrullination of fibronectin in rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2005;44(11):1374-82.

114) Chang X, Yamada R, Sawada T, Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Yamamoto K. The inhibition of antithrombin by peptidylarginine deiminase 4 may contribute to pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2005;44(3):293-8.

115) Kochi Y, Yamada R, Kobayashi K, Takahashi A, Suzuki A, Sekine A, Mabuchi A, Akiyama F, Tsunoda T, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K. Analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients shows additional susceptibility markers besides the classic shared epitope susceptibility sequences. Arthritis Rheum. 2004;50(1):63-71.