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Jun Ohashi is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their work spans multiple disciplines within biology and medicine, with a primary focus on Genetics and related fields.

The scientist's main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. They have significant contributions in subfields such as Genetics, Immunology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Physiology. Their research topics cover areas like Forensic and Genetic Research, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, HIV Research and Treatment, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, and Malaria Research and Control.

Jun Ohashi has published in several academic journals, with a notable number of publications in the following venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Melbourne Asia Review
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Human Genetics

Among their recent papers are:

  • Emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum with kelch13 C580Y mutations on the island of New Guinea, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Endogenization and excision of human herpesvirus 6 in human genomes, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • The Origin and Composition of Korean Ethnicity Analyzed by Ancient and Present-Day Genome Sequences, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Genome-wide association study identifies CDH13 as a susceptibility gene for rhododendrol-induced leukoderma, 2020, Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research
  • Genetic association of IL17 and the importance of ABO blood group antigens in saliva to COVID-19, 2022, Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors in their research projects include Izumi Naka, Nao Nishida, Katsushi Tokunaga, Masaya Sugiyama, and Yosuke Kawai. The collaboration with these colleagues reflects a multidisciplinary approach and engagement with other experts across different genetic and immunological studies.

Best Publications

  • Mapping human genetic diversity in Asia

    Mahmood Ameen Abdulla;Ikhlak Ahmed;Anunchai Assawamakin;Anunchai Assawamakin;Jong Bhak

  • The G/G Genotype of a Resistin Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism at −420 Increases Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Susceptibility by Inducing Promoter Activity through Specific Binding of Sp1/3

    Haruhiko Osawa;Kazuya Yamada;Kazuya Yamada;Hiroshi Onuma;Akiko Murakami

  • A scan for genetic determinants of human hair morphology: EDAR is associated with Asian hair thickness

    Akihiro Fujimoto;Ryosuke Kimura;Jun Ohashi;Kazuya Omi

  • A Practical Genome Scan for Population-Specific Strong Selective Sweeps That Have Reached Fixation

    Ryosuke Kimura;Ryosuke Kimura;Akihiro Fujimoto;Katsushi Tokunaga;Jun Ohashi

  • Sequence features associated with the cleavage efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9 system.

    Xiaoxi Liu;Ayaka Homma;Jamasb Sayadi;Jamasb Sayadi;Shu Yang

  • Brain Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor in Schizophrenia

    Hiroki Ishiguro;Yasue Horiuchi;Maya Ishikawa;Minori Koga

  • Association of Fcgamma receptor IIb polymorphism with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in Chinese: a common susceptibility gene in the Asian populations.

    Z.T. Chu;N. Tsuchiya;C. Kyogoku;J. Ohashi;J. Ohashi

  • Plasma resistin, associated with single nucleotide polymorphism -420, is correlated with insulin resistance, lower HDL cholesterol, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in the Japanese general population.

    Haruhiko Osawa;Yasuharu Tabara;Ryuichi Kawamoto;Jun Ohashi

  • FTO polymorphisms in oceanic populations

    Jun Ohashi;Izumi Naka;Ryosuke Kimura;Kazumi Natsuhara

  • Extended linkage disequilibrium surrounding the hemoglobin E variant due to malarial selection.

    Jun Ohashi;Jun Ohashi;Izumi Naka;Jintana Patarapotikul;Hathairad Hananantachai

  • Artemisinin-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum with High Survival Rates, Uganda, 2014-2016.

    Mie Ikeda;Megumi Kaneko;Shin-Ichiro Tachibana;Betty Balikagala

  • Variant between CPT1B and CHKB associated with susceptibility to narcolepsy

    Taku Miyagawa;Minae Kawashima;Nao Nishida;Jun Ohashi

  • Association of Fcγ receptor IIIB, but not of Fcγ receptor IIA and IIIA polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus in Japanese

    Y Hatta;N Tsuchiya;J Ohashi;M Matsushita

  • Emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum with kelch13 C580Y mutations on the island of New Guinea.

    Olivo Miotto;Makoto Sekihara;Shin-Ichiro Tachibana;Masato Yamauchi

  • Association of a functional polymorphism in the IRF5 region with systemic sclerosis in a Japanese population.

    Ikue Ito;Yasushi Kawaguchi;Aya Kawasaki;Minoru Hasegawa

  • Epigenetic aberration of the human REELIN gene in psychiatric disorders.

    Y Tamura;H Kunugi;J Ohashi;H Hohjoh

  • The Q223R polymorphism in LEPR is associated with obesity in Pacific Islanders

    Takuro Furusawa;Izumi Naka;Taro Yamauchi;Kazumi Natsuhara

  • Role of STAT4 polymorphisms in systemic lupus erythematosus in a Japanese population: a case-control association study of the STAT1-STAT4 region.

    Aya Kawasaki;Ikue Ito;Koki Hikami;Jun Ohashi

  • Systematic search for single nucleotide polymorphisms in the resistin gene: the absence of evidence for the association of three identified single nucleotide polymorphisms with Japanese type 2 diabetes.

    Haruhiko Osawa;Hiroshi Onuma;Akiko Murakami;Masaaki Ochi

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Katsushi Tokunaga
Katsushi Tokunaga University of Tokyo
Naoyuki Tsuchiya
Naoyuki Tsuchiya University of Tsukuba
Sornchai Looareesuwan
Sornchai Looareesuwan Mahidol University
Takeo Juji
Takeo Juji Texas Medical Center
Nobumasa Kato
Nobumasa Kato Showa University
Sarah Auburn
Sarah Auburn Charles Darwin University
Ric N. Price
Ric N. Price Charles Darwin University
Yoshinari Takasaki
Yoshinari Takasaki Juntendo University
Yoshinori Murakami
Yoshinori Murakami University of Tokyo
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski University of Oxford

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