Research Summary

Selected Publications

Papers with an asterisk(*) are based on research conducted outside of RIKEN.

• 1.*Horikoshi M, Beaumont RN, Day FR, et al:
  Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease.
  Nature 538(7624):248-252 (2016).
• 2.*Horikoshi M, Pasquali L, Wiltshire S, et al:
  Trans-ethnic fine-mapping of four type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci highlights potential causal regulatory mechanisms.
  Hum Mol Genet 25(10):2070-2081 (2016).
• 3.*Horikoshi M, Mӓgi R, van de Bunt M, et al:
  Discovery and Fine-Mapping of Glycaemic and Obesity-Related Trait Loci Using High-Density Imputation.
  PLoS Genet 11(7):e1005230 (2015).
• 4.*Surakka I, Horikoshi M, Mägi R, et al:
  The impact of low-frequency and rare variants on lipid levels.
  Nat Genet 47(6):589-97 (2015).
• 5.*Horikoshi M, Yaghootkar H, Mook-Kanamori DO, et al:
  New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism.
  Nat Genet 45(1):76-82 (2013).
• 6.*Kodama K, Horikoshi M, Toda K, et al:
  Expression-based genome-wide association study links the receptor CD44 in adipose tissue with type 2 diabetes.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109(18):7049-54 (2012).
• 7.*Horikoshi M, Hara K, Ito C, et al:
  Variations in the HHEX gene are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population.
  Diabetologia 50(12):2461-6 (2007).
• 8.*Horikoshi M, Hara K, Ito C, et al:
  A genetic variation of the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene is associated with risk of type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population.
  Diabetologia 50(4):747-51 (2007).

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