Konta T., Emi M., Toriyama S., Ariumi H., Ishii M., Takasaki S., Ikeda A., Ichikawa K., Shibata Y., Takabatake N., Takeishi Y., Kato T., Kawata S., and Kubota I. "Association of CC chemokine ligand 5 genotype with urinary albumin excretion in non-diabetic Japanese general population: The Takahata Study." J. Hum. Genet. (2007) in press

Koyano S., Emi M., Saito T., Makino N., Toriyama S., Ishii M., Kubota I., Kato T., and Kawata S. "Common null variant, Arg192Stop, in a G-protein coupled receptor, olfactory receptor 1B1, associated with decreased serum cholinesterase activity." Hepatology Research (2007) in press

Iijima H., Emi M., Wada M., Daimon M., Toriyama S., Koyano S., Sato H., Hopkins PN., Hunt SC, Kubota I., Kawata S., and Kato T. "Association of an intronic haplotype of the LIPC gene with hyperalphalipoproteinemia in two independent populations." J. Hum. Genet. (2007) in press

Daimon M., Sato H., Oizumi T., Toriyama S., Saito T., Karasawa S., Jimbu Y., Wada K., Kameda W., Susa S., Yamaguchi H., Emi M., Muramatsu M., Kubota I., Kawata S., and Kato T. "Association of the PIK3C2G gene polymorphisms with type 2 DM in a Japanese population" Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 365(3)(2008) 466-471

Takabatake N., Toriyama S., Takeishi Y., Shibata Y., Konta T., Inoue S., Abe S., Igarashi A., Tokairin Y., Ishii M., Koyano S., Emi M., Kato T., Kawata S., and Kubota I. "A nonfunctioning single nucleotide polymorphism in olfactory receptor gene family is associated with the forced expiratory volume in the first second/the forced vital capacity values of pulmonary function test in a Japanese population" Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 364(3)(2007) 662-667

Takeishi Y., Toriyama S., Takabatake N., Shibata Y., Konta T., Emi M., Kato T., Kawata S., and Kubota I. "Linkage disequilibrium analyses of natriuretic peptide precursor B locus reveal risk haplotype conferring high plasma BNP levels" Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 362(2)(2007) 480-484

Nagasawa H., Wada M., Arawaka S., Kawanami T., Kurita K., Daimon M., Adachi M., Hosoya T., Emi M., Muramatsu M., and Kato T. "A polymorphism of the aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 gene is a risk factor for multiple lacunar infarcts in Japanese men: the Takahata Study" Eur. J. Neurol. 14(2007) 428-434

Sata M., Takabatake N., Inoue S., Shibata Y., Abe S., Machiya J., Wada T., Ji G., Kido T., Matsuura T., Muramatsu M., and Kubota I. "Intronic single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Bcl-2 are associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity" Respirology 12(2007) 34-41

Kimura T., Saito T., Yoshimura M., Yixuan S., Baba M., Ji G., Muramatsu M., and Kawata S. "Association of transforming growth factor-beta 1 functional polymorphisms with natural clearance of hepatitis C virus" J. Infect. Dis. 193(2006) 1371-1374

Daimon M., Ji G., Oizumi T., Kido T., Baba M., Jimbu Y., Kameda W., Susa S., Yamaguchi H., Ohnuma H., Muramatsu M., and Kato T. "Association of nephrin gene polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes in a Japanese population: The Funagata study" Diabetes Care 29(2006) 1117-1119

Arawaka S., Wada M., Goto S., Karube H., Sakamoto M., Ren CH., Koyama S., Nagasawa H., Kimura H., Kawanami T., Kurita K., Tajima K., Daimon M., Baba M., Kido T., Saino S., Goto K., Asao H., Kitanaka C., Takashita E., Hongo S., Nakamura T., Kayama T., Suzuki Y., Kobayashi K., Katagiri T., Kurokawa K., Kurimura M., Toyoshima I., Niizato K., Tsuchiya K., Iwatsubo T., Muramatsu M., Matsumine H., and Kato T. "The role of G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 in pathogenesis of sporadic Parkinson's disease" J. Neurosci. 26(2006) 9227-9238

Takabatake N., Shibata Y., Abe S., Wada T., Machiya J., Igarashi A., Tokairin Y., Ji G., Sato H., Sata M., Takeishi Y., Emi M., Muramatsu M., and Kubota I. "A single nucleotide polymorphism in the CCL1 gene predicts acute exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 174(2006) 875-885

Geshi E., Kimura T., Yoshimura M., Suzuki H., Koba S., Sakai T., Saito T., Koga A., Muramatsu M., and Katagiri T. "A single nucleotide polymorphism in the carboxylesterase gene is associated with the responsiveness to imidapril medication and the promoter activity" Hypertens. Res. 28(2005) 719-725

Kato N., Ji G., Wang Y., Baba M., Hoshida Y., Otsuka M., Taniguchi H., Moriyama M., Dharel N., Goto T., Shao RX, Matsuura T., Ishii K., Shiina S., Kawabe T., Muramatsu M., and Omata M. "Large-scale search of single nucleotide polymorphisms for hepatocellular carcinoma susceptibility genes in patients with hepatitis C" Hepatology 42(2005) 846-853

Takabatake N., Sata M., Inoue S., Shibata Y., Abe S., Wada T., Machiya J., Ji G., Matsuura T., Takeishi Y., Muramatsu M., and Kubota I. "A novel polymorphism in secretory phospholipase A2-IID is associated with body weight loss in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 172(2005) 1097-1104

Daimon M., Kido T., Baba M., Oizumi T., Jimbu Y., Kameda W., Yamaguchi H., Ohnuma H., Tominaga M., Muramatsu M., and Kato T. "Association of the ABCA1 gene polymorphisms with type 2 DM in a Japanese population" Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 329(2005) 205-210

Hirano M. "RACE using only a gene-specific primer: application of a template-switching model" Mol. Biotechnol. 27(2004) 179-186

Suzuki A., Ji G., Numabe Y., Ishii K., Muramatsu M., and Kamoi K. "Large-scale investigation of genomic markers for severe periodontitis" Odontology 92(2004) 43-47

Suzuki A., Ji G., Numabe Y., Muramatsu M., Gomi K., Kanazashi M., Ogata Y., Shimizu E., Shibukawa Y., Ito A., Ito T., Sugaya A., Arai T., Yamada S., Deguchih S., and Kamoi K. "Single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with aggressive periodontitis and severe chronic periodontitis in Japanese" Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 317(2004) 887-892

Saito T., Ji G., Sinzawa H., Okumoto K., Hattori E., Adachi T., Takeda T., Sugahara K., Ito J., Watanabe H., Saito K., Togashi H., Ishii K., Matsuura T., Inageda K., Muramatsu M., and Kawata S. "Genetic variation in human associated with difference in the course of hepatitis C" Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 317(2004) 335-341

Daimon M., Ji G., Saitoh T., Oizumi T., Tominaga M., Nakamura T., Ishi K., Matsuura T., Inageda K., Matsumine H., Kido T., Htay L., Kamatani N., Muramatsu M., and Kato T. "Large-scale search of SNPs for type 2 DM susceptibility genes in a Japanease population" Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 302(2003) 751-758