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Yoshimitsu Fukushima

Yoshimitsu Fukushima

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Genetics

D-Index
64
Citations
33451
World Ranking
2736
National Ranking
109

Overview

Yoshimitsu Fukushima is affiliated with Shinshu University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their scholarly work covers several main topics: Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Orthopedic Infections and Treatments, Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management, Risk and Safety Analysis, and Structural Response to Dynamic Loads.

Recent publications by Yoshimitsu Fukushima include:

  • Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Assessment (PFDHA) for Nuclear Installations According to IAEA Safety Standards, 2021, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Six years' accomplishment of the Initiative on Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases: nationwide project in Japan to discover causes, mechanisms, and cures, 2022, Journal of Human Genetics
  • Prevalence of atrial FDG uptake and association with atrial arrhythmias in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis, 2020, International Journal of Cardiology
  • Heterozygous missense variant in TRPC6 in a boy with rapidly progressive infantile nephrotic syndrome associated with diffuse mesangial sclerosis, 2021, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • Localization of Late Gadolinium Enhancement and Its Association with Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Cardiac Sarcoidosis, 2022, International Heart Journal

Yoshimitsu Fukushima frequently publishes in venues such as Annals of Nuclear Medicine, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Journal of Human Genetics, International Journal of Cardiology, and Genetics in Medicine Open.

Collaborations form a significant part of their research. Frequent coauthors include Shin-ichiro Kumita, Keiko Wakui, Kenjiro Kosaki, Kenichiro Hata, and Fumio Takada.

Best Publications

  • The International HapMap Project

    John W. Belmont;Paul Hardenbol;Thomas D. Willis;Fuli Yu

  • A haplotype map of the human genome

    John W. Belmont;Andrew Boudreau;Suzanne M. Leal;Paul Hardenbol

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

    Pardis C. Sabeti;Pardis C. Sabeti;Patrick Varilly;Patrick Varilly;Ben Fry;Jason Lohmueller

  • Haploinsufficiency of NSD1 causes Sotos syndrome

    Naohiro Kurotaki;Kiyoshi Imaizumi;Naoki Harada;Mitsuo Masuno

  • ITPKC functional polymorphism associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility and formation of coronary artery aneurysms.

    Yoshihiro Onouchi;Tomohiko Gunji;Jane C Burns;Jane C Burns;Chisato Shimizu;Chisato Shimizu

  • Kabuki make-up (Niikawa-Kuroki) syndrome: a study of 62 patients.

    Norio Niikawa;Yoshikazu Kuroki;Tadashi Kajii;Nobuo Matsuura

  • Mutations affecting components of the SWI/SNF complex cause Coffin-Siris syndrome.

    Yoshinori Tsurusaki;Nobuhiko Okamoto;Hirofumi Ohashi;Tomoki Kosho

  • An imprinted gene p57KIP2 is mutated in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.

    Izuho Hatada;Hirofumi Ohashi;Yoshimitsu Fukushima;Yasuhiko Kaneko

  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha protects against alcohol-induced liver damage.

    Tamie Nakajima;Yuji Kamijo;Naoki Tanaka;Eiko Sugiyama

  • Domain-specific mutations in TGFB1 result in Camurati-Engelmann disease.

    Akira Kinoshita;Takashi Saito;Hiro Aki Tomita;Yoshio Makita

  • Aniridia-associated cytogenetic rearrangements suggest that a position effect may cause the mutant phenotype

    J Fantes;B Redeker;M Breen;S Boyle

  • Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Choreoathetosis Locus Maps to Chromosome 16p11.2-q12.1

    Hiro-aki Tomita;Shinichiro Nagamitsu;Keiko Wakui;Yoshimitsu Fukushima

  • Neonatal Management of Trisomy 18: Clinical Details of 24 Patients Receiving Intensive Treatment

    Tomoki Kosho;Tomohiko Nakamura;Hiroshi Kawame;Atsushi Baba

  • Peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor α protects against alcohol‐induced liver damage

    Tamie Nakajima;Tamie Nakajima;Yuji Kamijo;Yuji Kamijo;Naoki Tanaka;Naoki Tanaka;Eiko Sugiyama;Eiko Sugiyama

  • A new assay for the analysis of X-chromosome inactivation based on methylation-specific PCR.

    T. Kubota;Shigeaki Nonoyama;Hidefumi Tonoki;Mitsuo Masuno

  • Common variants in CASP3 confer susceptibility to Kawasaki disease

    Yoshihiro Onouchi;Kouichi Ozaki;Jane C. Buns;Jane C. Buns;Chisato Shimizu;Chisato Shimizu

  • Genomic Imprinting of Human p57KIP2 and Its Reduced Expression in Wilms' Tumors

    Izuho Hatada;Johji Inazawa;Tatsuo Abe;Masahiro Nakayama

  • Phenotypic spectrum of CHARGE syndrome with CHD7 mutations

    Michihiko Aramaki;Toru Udaka;Rika Kosaki;Yoshio Makita

  • GATA3 abnormalities and the phenotypic spectrum of HDR syndrome

    Koji Muroya;Tomonobu Hasegawa;Yoshiya Ito;Toshiro Nagai

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirofumi Ohashi
Hirofumi Ohashi Saitama Children's Medical Center
Norio Niikawa
Norio Niikawa Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
Naomichi Matsumoto
Naomichi Matsumoto Yokohama City University
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Tsutomu Ogata
Tsutomu Ogata Hamamatsu University
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Nobuhiko Okamoto Osaka University
Noriko Miyake
Noriko Miyake Yokohama City University
Koh-ichiro Yoshiura
Koh-ichiro Yoshiura Nagasaki University
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda University of Tokyo

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