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Atsushi Tajima

Atsushi Tajima

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
8816
World Ranking
15783
National Ranking
1125

Overview

Atsushi Tajima is affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple disciplines, with a particular focus on physiology, molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and immunology.

Their recent scientific papers include investigations into ancient human migration, genetic and cultural correlations in northeast Asia, cerebral cortex development, hematological mutations, and neuronal survival under cellular stress. Notable publications are:

  • Ancient Jomon genome sequence analysis sheds light on migration patterns of early East Asian populations (2020, Communications Biology)
  • Exploring correlations in genetic and cultural variation across language families in northeast Asia (2021, Science Advances)
  • Localized astrogenesis regulates gyrification of the cerebral cortex (2022, Science Advances)
  • A frequent nonsense mutation in exon 1 across certain HLA-A and -B alleles in leukocytes of patients with acquired aplastic anemia (2020, Haematologica)
  • The ATF6β-calreticulin axis promotes neuronal survival under endoplasmic reticulum stress and excitotoxicity (2021, Scientific Reports)

Tajima frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Takayuki Kannon, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Hiromasa Tsujiguchi, Akinori Hara, and Keita Suzuki. These collaborations reflect a broad network within their research areas.

The most common publication venues for Tajima's work are:

  • Nutrients
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Human Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Blood

Tajima's main research areas are medicine with an emphasis on subfields such as physiology, molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and immunology. Their work covers a range of research topics, including:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

The breadth of Tajima's research indicates a focus on understanding complex biological and medical problems related to genetics, nutrition, immunity, neurological development, and disease mechanisms. Their contributions are documented through a consistent output in reputable scientific journals and ongoing collaborations with numerous experts in related fields.

Best Publications

  • The prehistoric peopling of Southeast Asia.

    Hugh McColl;Fernando Racimo;Lasse Vinner;Fabrice Demeter

  • The progression of liver fibrosis is related with overexpression of the miR-199 and 200 families

    Yoshiki Murakami;Hidenori Toyoda;Masami Tanaka;Masahiko Kuroda

  • Genome-wide association study of intracranial aneurysm identifies three new risk loci

    Katsuhito Yasuno;Kaya Bilguvar;Philippe Bijlenga;Siew Kee Low

  • Susceptibility loci for intracranial aneurysm in European and Japanese populations.

    Kaya Bilguvar;Katsuhito Yasuno;Mika Niemelä;Ynte M Ruigrok

  • Regulation of the hepatitis C virus genome replication by miR-199a

    Yoshiki Murakami;Hussein H. Aly;Atsushi Tajima;Ituro Inoue

  • Gene expression profiling of advanced‐stage serous ovarian cancers distinguishes novel subclasses and implicates ZEB2 in tumor progression and prognosis

    Kosuke Yoshihara;Atsushi Tajima;Dai Komata;Tadashi Yamamoto

  • The impact of next-generation sequencing technologies on HLA research.

    Kazuyoshi Hosomichi;Takashi Shiina;Atsushi Tajima;Ituro Inoue

  • High-Risk Ovarian Cancer Based on 126-Gene Expression Signature Is Uniquely Characterized by Downregulation of Antigen Presentation Pathway

    Kosuke Yoshihara;Tatsuhiko Tsunoda;Daichi Shigemizu;Hiroyuki Fujiwara

  • Genetic origins of the Ainu inferred from combined DNA analyses of maternal and paternal lineages

    Atsushi Tajima;Masanori Hayami;Katsushi Tokunaga;Takeo Juji

  • Gene expression profile for predicting survival in advanced-stage serous ovarian cancer across two independent datasets.

    Kosuke Yoshihara;Atsushi Tajima;Tetsuro Yahata;Shoji Kodama

  • Genome-Wide Expression of Azoospermia Testes Demonstrates a Specific Profile and Implicates ART3 in Genetic Susceptibility

    Hiroyuki Okada;Atsushi Tajima;Kazuyoshi Shichiri;Atsushi Tanaka

  • COL6A1, the candidate gene for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, is associated with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in Japanese.

    So Tsukahara;Nobuhiko Miyazawa;Hiroyuki Akagawa;Sarka Forejtova

  • Potent antinociceptive effects of TRK-820, a novel κ-opioid receptor agonist

    Takashi Endoh;Hirotoshi Matsuura;Atsushi Tajima;Naoki Izumimoto

  • The history of human populations in the Japanese Archipelago inferred from genome-wide SNP data with a special reference to the Ainu and the Ryukyuan populations

    Timothy Jinam;Nao Nishida;Momoki Hirai;Shoji Kawamura

  • Sequence rearrangement in JC virus DNAs molecularly cloned from immunosuppressed renal transplant patients.

    Y Yogo;T Kitamura;C Sugimoto;K Hara

  • Meta-analyses of Blood Homocysteine Levels for Gender and Genetic Association Studies of the MTHFR C677T Polymorphism in Schizophrenia

    Akira Nishi;Shusuke Numata;Atsushi Tajima;Makoto Kinoshita

  • Common Variants in the ATP2B1 Gene Are Associated With Susceptibility to Hypertension: The Japanese Millennium Genome Project

    Yasuharu Tabara;Katsuhiko Kohara;Yoshikuni Kita;Nobuhito Hirawa

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association scans for genetic susceptibility to endometriosis in Japanese population.

    Sosuke Adachi;Atsushi Tajima;Jinhua Quan;Kazufumi Haino

  • Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Distinct Molecular Signatures Associated With the Rupture of Intracranial Aneurysm

    Hirofumi Nakaoka;Atsushi Tajima;Taku Yoneyama;Kazuyoshi Hosomichi

  • Network-based gene expression analysis of intracranial aneurysm tissue reveals role of antigen presenting cells.

    B. Krischek;H. Kasuya;A. Tajima;H. Akagawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Ituro Inoue
Ituro Inoue National Institute of Genetics
Yoshio Aso
Yoshio Aso Osaka University
Issei Imoto
Issei Imoto University of Tokushima
Makoto Kinoshita
Makoto Kinoshita University of Tokushima
Shinji Nakao
Shinji Nakao Kanazawa University
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Kentaro Shimizu
Kentaro Shimizu University of Zurich
Akira Hata
Akira Hata Chiba University
Ryota Hashimoto
Ryota Hashimoto National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Katsushi Tokunaga
Katsushi Tokunaga University of Tokyo

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