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Elucidating genetic backgrounds of myasthenia gravis in Japanese by genome-wide association studies and multi-omics analyses of thymoma

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By Hiroyuki Ueda, Tomoya Kubota, Risa Goto, Akari Suzuki, Takafumi Ojima, Kotaro Ogawa, Kyuto Sonehara, Shinichi Namba, Tatsuhiko Naito, Qingbo Wang, Shingo Konno, Makoto Samukawa, Naoki Kawaguchi, Takashi Kimura, Takamichi Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Murai, Kenichi Kaida, Daiki Tokuyasu, Manato Yasuda, Hiroyuki Akamine, Yosuke Onishi, Yosuke Ogawa, Yuya Shirai, Ryuya Edahiro, Kenichi Yamamoto, Hideki Nagata, Naoko Ose, Jun Takayama, Ken Suzuki, Shinichi Higashiue, Shuzo Kobayashi, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Yasushi Okazaki, Naoyuki Matsumoto, Kenta Motomura, Hidenobu Koga, BioBank Japan Project, Koichi Matsuda, Masayuki Yamamoto, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Takashi Kadowaki, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Akiko Ohno, Tatsusada Okuno, Eiichi Morii, Hideki Mochizuki, Yuriko Nagane, Akiyuki Uzawa, Masayuki Masuda, Shigeaki Suzuki, Iichiro Shimomura, Yasushi Shintani, Kimiaki Utsugisawa, Masanori Takahashi, Yukinori Okada, Takemori Yamawaki, Naoya Minami
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Abstract Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by impaired neuromuscular transmission and motor symptoms. Its genetic background remains unclear, particularly beyond specific subtypes reported in European populations. Here, we perform a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 1,434 MG cases covering all disease subtypes and 42,913 controls of Japanese, which newly identify the TERT locus (odds ratio [OR] = 1.31, P = 1.7×10-10).
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Identification and replication of sex-dimorphic protein quantitative trait loci across multiple ancestries and their associations with diseases - Scientific Reports

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By BioBank Japan Project
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Abstract Males and females exhibit differences in proteome profiles associated with disease risk. However, sex-dimorphic protein quantitative trait loci (SD-pQTL) and their effects on sex differences in health disorders have not been thoroughly investigated.
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A variant in HMMR/HMMR-AS1 is associated with serum alanine aminotransferase levels in the Ryukyu population - Scientific Reports

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By BioBank Japan Project
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Abstract The Ryukyu archipelago is located southwest of the Japanese islands, and people originally from this region, the Ryukyu population, have a unique genetic background distinct from that of other populations, including people from mainland Japan. However, few genetic studies have focused on the Ryukyu population.
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