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Masashi Ikeda

Masashi Ikeda

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Genetics

D-Index
67
Citations
35745
World Ranking
2481
National Ranking
96

Overview

Masashi Ikeda is affiliated with Fujita Health University in Japan. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions to Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Neurology.

Their work focuses on topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex, 2020, Science
  • Improving polygenic prediction in ancestrally diverse populations, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • GWAS of 165,084 Japanese individuals identified nine loci associated with dietary habits, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Masashi Ikeda include:

  • Nakao Iwata
  • Takeo Saito
  • Norio Ozaki
  • Hiroki Kimura
  • Kunihiro Iwamoto

Their research has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Nature Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology

Masashi Ikeda has also contributed to book publications, including "Urban Food Deserts in Japan," published in 2021 under the series International Perspectives in Geography.

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Identification of loci associated with schizophrenia by genome-wide association and follow-up

    Michael C. O'Donovan;Nicholas Craddock;Nadine Norton;Hywel Williams

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • De Novo CNV Analysis Implicates Specific Abnormalities of Postsynaptic Signalling Complexes in the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia

    George Kirov;Andrew Pocklington;Peter Alan Holmans;Dobril Ivanov

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Partitioning heritability of regulatory and cell-type-specific variants across 11 common diseases

    Alexander Gusev;S. Hong Lee;Gosia Trynka;Hilary Finucane

  • Genetic analysis of quantitative traits in the Japanese population links cell types to complex human diseases

    Masahiro Kanai;Masahiro Kanai;Masato Akiyama;Atsushi Takahashi;Nana Matoba

  • Comparative genetic architectures of schizophrenia in East Asian and European populations

    Max Lam;Chia-Yen Chen;Zhiqiang Li;Alicia R. Martin;Alicia R. Martin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases

    Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Masato Akiyama;Masahiro Kanai;Masahiro Kanai;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 112 new loci for body mass index in the Japanese population

    Masato Akiyama;Yukinori Okada;Masahiro Kanai;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • Fine mapping of ZNF804A and genome wide significant evidence for its involvement in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

    H. J. Williams;N. Norton;S. Dwyer;V. Moskvina

  • Alpha-CaMKII deficiency causes immature dentate gyrus, a novel candidate endophenotype of psychiatric disorders.

    Nobuyuki Yamasaki;Motoko Maekawa;Katsunori Kobayashi;Yasushi Kajii

  • Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

    Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Nakao Iwata
Nakao Iwata Fujita Health University
Norio Ozaki
Norio Ozaki Nagoya University
Ryota Hashimoto
Ryota Hashimoto National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Derek W. Morris
Derek W. Morris University of Galway
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Ingrid Agartz
Ingrid Agartz University of Oslo
Gary Donohoe
Gary Donohoe University of Galway
Erik G. Jönsson
Erik G. Jönsson University of Oslo
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn

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