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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2000 - Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Yusuke Nakamura is affiliated with the Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on oncology and cancer research.

The main subfields of study associated with Nakamura include oncology, cancer research, immunology, molecular biology, and pathology and forensic medicine. Their work frequently addresses topics such as cancer genomics and diagnostics, immunotherapy and immune responses, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, colorectal cancer treatments and studies, and lung cancer treatments and mutations.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on molecular and clinical aspects of cancer and immune response mechanisms. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Bioinformatic prediction of potential T cell epitopes for SARS-Cov-2" (2020) published in Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Clonal Hematopoiesis in Liquid Biopsy: From Biological Noise to Valuable Clinical Implications" (2020) published in Cancers
  • "Clinical significance of clonal hematopoiesis in the interpretation of blood liquid biopsy" (2020) published in Molecular Oncology
  • "Plasma or Serum: Which Is Preferable for Mutation Detection in Liquid Biopsy?" (2020) published in Clinical Chemistry
  • "Tumor-informed or tumor-agnostic circulating tumor DNA as a biomarker for risk of recurrence in resected colorectal cancer patients" (2023) published in Frontiers in Oncology

Nakamura collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Siew-Kee Low, Kazuma Kiyotani, Yoon Ming Chin, Satoshi Nagayama, and Ting Chan.

Their research is published repeatedly in high-impact venues such as the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Human Genetics, UNC Libraries, Clinical Cancer Research, and Cancer Science.

Over the course of their career, Nakamura has been recognized with awards including the Keio Medical Science Prize from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, awarded in 2000, and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

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

  • Identification of FAP locus genes from chromosome 5q21

    Kenneth W. Kinzler;Mef C. Nilbert;Li Kuo Su;Bert Vogelstein

  • Chromosome 17 deletions and p53 gene mutations in colorectal carcinomas

    Suzanne J. Baker;Eric R. Fearon;Janice M. Nigro;Stanley R. Hamilton

  • 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

  • Mutations of chromosome 5q21 genes in FAP and colorectal cancer patients

    Isamu Nishisho;Yusuke Nakamura;Yasuo Miyoshi;Yoshio Miki

  • Variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) markers for human gene mapping

    Yusuke Nakamura;Mark Leppert;Peter O'Connell;Roger Wolff

  • A cross-population atlas of genetic associations for 220 human phenotypes

    Saori Sakaue;Masahiro Kanai;Yosuke Tanigawa;Juha Karjalainen

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • Allelotype of colorectal carcinomas

    Bert Vogelstein;Eric R. Fearon;Scott E. Kern;Stanley R. Hamilton

  • p53AIP1, a Potential Mediator of p53-Dependent Apoptosis, and Its Regulation by Ser-46-Phosphorylated p53

    Katsutoshi Oda;Hirofumi Arakawa;Tomoaki Tanaka;Koichi Matsuda

  • Genome-wide association study identifies common variants at four loci as genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease

    Wataru Satake;Yuko Nakabayashi;Yuko Nakabayashi;Ikuko Mizuta;Ikuko Mizuta;Yushi Hirota;Yushi Hirota

  • Functional haplotypes of PADI4, encoding citrullinating enzyme peptidylarginine deiminase 4, are associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

    Akari Suzuki;Ryo Yamada;Xiaotian Chang;Shinya Tokuhiro

  • AXIN1 mutations in hepatocellular carcinomas, and growth suppression in cancer cells by virus-mediated transfer of AXIN1

    Seiji Satoh;Yataro Daigo;Yoichi Furukawa;Tatsushi Kato

  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 gene maps to chromosome 11 and is lost in insulinoma

    Catharina Larsson;Britt Skogseid;Kjell Öberg;Yusuke Nakamura

  • Somatic mutations of the APC gene in colorectal tumors: mutation cluster region in the APC gene

    Yasuo Mori;Hiroki Nagse;Hiroshi Ando;Akira Horii

  • Functional SNPs in the lymphotoxin-alpha gene that are associated with susceptibility to myocardial infarction.

    Kouichi Ozaki;Yozo Ohnishi;Aritoshi Iida;Akihiko Sekine

  • Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs

    Toshio Ota;Yutaka Suzuki;Tetsuo Nishikawa;Tetsuji Otsuki

  • A ribonucleotide reductase gene involved in a p53-dependent cell-cycle checkpoint for DNA damage

    Hiroshi Tanaka;Hirofumi Arakawa;Tatsuya Yamaguchi;Kenji Shiraishi

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatsuhiko Tsunoda
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda University of Tokyo
Mark Leppert
Mark Leppert University of Utah
Ray White
Ray White University of Utah
Yataro Daigo
Yataro Daigo Shiga University of Medical Science
Peter O'Connell
Peter O'Connell Virginia Commonwealth University
Toyomasa Katagiri
Toyomasa Katagiri University of Tokushima
Naoyuki Kamatani
Naoyuki Kamatani StaGen (Japan)
Koichi Matsuda
Koichi Matsuda University of Tokyo
Toshihiro Tanaka
Toshihiro Tanaka Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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