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Overview

Masao Ota is affiliated with Shinshu University in Japan and specializes in the field of Medicine. Their research spans various subfields including Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology, Genetics, and Rheumatology.

The scientist's research focuses on multiple topics, notably:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • High Altitude and Hypoxia
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

Masao Ota has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Genome-Wide Association Study in Asians Identifies Novel Loci for High Myopia and Highlights a Nervous System Role in Its Pathogenesis, 2020, Ophthalmology
  • The Gly82Ser mutation in AGER contributes to pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis in combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) in Japanese patients, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Genetic control of CCL24, POR, and IL23R contributes to the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Association of HLA-DRB1*04:05 allele with drug-induced interstitial lung disease in Japanese population, 2020, The Pharmacogenomics Journal
  • Quantitative and qualitative lipid improvement with chronic hepatitis C virus eradication using direct-acting antivirals, 2021, Hepatology Research

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Hepatology Research
  • PLoS ONE
  • Annals of Oncology

Masao Ota regularly collaborates with several researchers, some of whom include:

  • Satoru Joshita
  • Takeji Umemura
  • Yunden Droma
  • Masayuki Hanaoka
  • Ayumi Sugiura

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association studies identify IL23R - IL12RB2 and IL10 as Behçet's disease susceptibility loci

    Nobuhisa Mizuki;Akira Meguro;Masao Ota;Shigeaki Ohno

  • Triplet repeat polymorphism in the transmembrane region of the MICA gene: A strong association of six GCT repetitions with Behçet disease

    Nobuhisa Mizuki;Masao Ota;Minoru Kimura;Shigeaki Ohno

  • HLA DRB1*0405-DQB1*0401 haplotype is associated with autoimmune pancreatitis in the Japanese population

    Shigeyuki Kawa;Masao Ota;Kaname Yoshizawa;Akira Horiuchi

  • A simple and rapid method for HLA-DRB and -DQB typing by digestion of PCR-amplified DNA with allele specific restriction endonucleases.

    N. Uryu;M. Maeda;M. Maeda;M. Ota;K. Tsuji

  • HLA-DQB1 genotyping by a modified PCR-RFLP method combined with group-specific primers.

    Nobuhiro Nomura;Masao Ota;Kimiyoshi Tsuji;Hidetoshi Inoko

  • Allele frequencies and haplotypic associations defined by allelic DNA typing at HLA class I and class II loci in the Japanese population.

    S. Saito;S. Ota;E. Yamada;H. Inoko

  • Human amniotic mesenchymal cells have some characteristics of cardiomyocytes.

    Peng Zhao;Hirohiko Ise;Minoru Hongo;Masao Ota

  • Human Amnion-Isolated Cells Normalize Blood Glucose in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice:

    Jun Ping Wei;Tian Shu Zhang;Shigeyuki Kawa;Toru Aizawa

  • HLA class II molecules and autoimmune hepatitis susceptibility in Japanese patients.

    Takeshi Seki;Takeshi Seki;Takeshi Seki;Masao Ota;Masao Ota;Masao Ota;Seiichi Furuta;Seiichi Furuta;Seiichi Furuta;Hirohumi Fukushima;Hirohumi Fukushima;Hirohumi Fukushima

  • Modified PCR‐RFLP method for HLA‐DPB1 and ‐DQA1 genotyping

    Ota M;Seki T;Nomura N;Sugimura K

  • Association Analysis Using Refined Microsatellite Markers Localizes a Susceptibility Locus for Psoriasis Vulgaris Within a 111 kb Segment Telomeric to the HLA-C Gene

    Akira Oka;Gen Tamiya;Maiko Tomizawa;Masao Ota

  • Trinucleotide repeat polymorphism within exon 5 of the MICA gene (MHC class I chain-related gene A): allele frequency data in the nine population groups Japanese, Northern Han, Hui, Uygur, Kazakhstan, Iranian, Saudi Arabian, Greek and Italian

    M. Ota;Y. Katsuyama;N. Mizuki;H. Ando

  • Autoimmune pancreatitis and complement activation system.

    Takashi Muraki;Hideaki Hamano;Yasuhide Ochi;Kenichi Komatsu

  • Association of autoimmune hepatitis with HLA-Bw54 and DR4 in Japanese patients.

    Takeshi Seki;Kendo Kiyosawa;Hidetoshi Inoko;Masao Ota

  • Positive Association of the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Polymorphisms With High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

    Yunden Droma;Masayuki Hanaoka;Masao Ota;Yoshihiko Katsuyama

  • Super high resolution for single molecule‐sequence‐based typing of classical HLA loci at the 8‐digit level using next generation sequencers

    T Shiina;S Suzuki;Y Ozaki;H Taira

  • Genetics of Behçet disease inside and outside the MHC

    Akira Meguro;Hidetoshi Inoko;Masao Ota;Yoshihiko Katsuyama

  • Single nucleotide polymorphism detection by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism.

    Masao Ota;Hirofumi Fukushima;Jerzy K Kulski;Jerzy K Kulski;Hidetoshi Inoko

  • Genetic association of Fc receptor-like 3 polymorphisms with autoimmune pancreatitis in Japanese patients

    T Umemura;M Ota;H Hamano;Y Katsuyama

  • Association of autoimmune pancreatitis with cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 gene polymorphisms in Japanese patients.

    Takeji Umemura;Masao Ota;Hideaki Hamano;Yoshihiko Katsuyama

  • Identification of IκBL as the Second Major Histocompatibility Complex–Linked Susceptibility Locus for Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Koichi Okamoto;Satoshi Makino;Yoko Yoshikawa;Asumi Takaki

  • High Prevalence of Hypothyroidism in Patients with Autoimmune Pancreatitis

    Kenichi Komatsu;Hideaki Hamano;Yasuhide Ochi;Mari Takayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Hidetoshi Inoko
Hidetoshi Inoko Tokai University
Yoshihiko Katsuyama
Yoshihiko Katsuyama Shinshu University
Nobuhisa Mizuki
Nobuhisa Mizuki Yokohama City University
Shigeaki Ohno
Shigeaki Ohno Hokkaido University
Eiji Tanaka
Eiji Tanaka Shinshu University
Seiamak Bahram
Seiamak Bahram University of Strasbourg
Shigeyuki Kawa
Shigeyuki Kawa Matsumoto Dental University
Kendo Kiyosawa
Kendo Kiyosawa Shinshu University
Jerzy K. Kulski
Jerzy K. Kulski University of Western Australia
Akinori Kimura
Akinori Kimura Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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