Research Summary

Selected Publications

• 1. Okawa Y, Iwasaki Y, Johnson TA, Ebata N, Inai C, Endo M, Maejima K, Sasagawa S,　Fujita M, Matsuda K, Murakami Y, Nakamura T, Hirano S, Momozawa Y and Nakagawa H.:
  "Hereditary cancer variants and homologous recombination deficiency in biliary tract cancers."
  J Hepatol. 78(2):333-342 (2023)
• 2. Fujita M, Chen MM, Siwak DR, Sasagawa S, Arihiro M, Arihiro K, Ono A, Miura R, Osawa-Tatsuguchi A,　Maejima K, Aikata H, Ueno M, Hayami S, Yamaue H, Chayama K, Lu Y, Liang H, Nishizuka SS, and Nakagawa H.:
  "Proteogenomic characterization of virus-associated liver cancers reveals potential subtypes and therapeutic targets."
  Nat Commun. 13(1):6481 (2022)
• 3. Sasagawa S, Kato H, Nagaoka K, Sun C, Imano M, Sato T, Johnson TA, Fujita M, Maejima K, Okawa Y, Kakimi K, Yasuda T, and Nakagawa H.:
  "Immuno-genomic profiling of biopsy specimens predicts neoadjuvant chemotherapy response in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma."
  Cell Rep Med. 3(8):100705 (2022)
• 4. The ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium.:
  "Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes."
  Nature 578(7793):82-93 (2020)
• 5. Yuan Y, Ju YS, Kim Y, Li J, Wang Y, Yang Y, Martincorena I, Creighton CJ, Weinstein JN, Xu Y, Kim H, Nakagawa H, Park K, Campbell PJ, Liang H, on behalf of the PCAWG Mitochondrial Genome Working Group and The PCAWG Network.:
  "Comprehensive molecular characterization of mitochondrial genomes in human cancers."
  Nat Genet. 52(3):342-352 (2020)
• 6. Fujimoto A, Fujita M, Maejima K, Hasegawa T, Nakano K, Oku-Sasaki A, Wong J, Shiraishi Y, Miyano S, Imoto S, Akagi T, and Nakagawa H.:
  "Comprehensive analysis of indels in whole-genome microsatellite regions and microsatellite instability across 21 cancer types."
  Genome Res. 30: 334-346 (2020)
• 7. Fujita M, Yamaguchi R, Hasegawa T, Shimada S, Arihiro K, Hayashi S, Maejima K, Nakano K, Fujimoto A, Ono A, Aikata H, Ueno M, Hayami S, Tanaka H, Miyano S, Yamaue H, Chayama K, Kakimi K, Tanaka S, Imoto S, and Nakagawa H.:
  "Classification of primary liver cancer with immunosuppression mechanisms and correlation with genomic alterations."
  EBioMed. 53: 102659 (2020)
• 8. Takata　R, Takahashi A, Fujita M, Momozawa Y, Saunders EJ, Yamada H, Maejima K, Nakano K, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Iwasaki M, Tsugane S, Sasaki M, Shimizu A, Tanno K, Minegishi N, Suzuki K, Matsuda K, Kubo K, Inazawa J, Egawa S, Haiman CA, Ogawa O, Obara W, Kamatani Y, Akamatsu S, and Nakagawa H.:
  "12 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer identified by genome-wide association study in Japanese population."
  Nat Commun. 10:4422 (2019)
• 9. Wardell CP, Fujita M, Yamada T, Simbolo M, Fassan M, Karlic R, Polak P, Kim J, Hatanaka Y, Maejima K, Lawlor RT, Nakanishi Y, Mitsuhashi T, Fujimoto A, Furuta M, Ruzzenente A, Conci S, Oosawa A, Sasaki-Oku A, Nakano K, Tanaka H, Yamamoto Y, Kubo M, Kawakami Y, Aikata H, Ueno M, Hayami S, Gotoh K, Ariizumi S, Yamamoto M, Yamaue H, Chayama K, Miyano S, Getz G, Scarpa A, Hirano S, Nakamura T, and Nakagawa H.:
  "Genomic characterization of biliary tract cancers identifies their driver genes and predisposing mutations."
  J Hepatol 68:959-969 (2018)
• 10. Fujimoto A, Furuta M, Totoki Y, Tsunoda T, Kato M, Shiraishi Y, Tanaka H, Taniguchi H, Kawakami Y, Ueno M, Gotoh K, Ariizumi S, Wardell CP, Hayami S, Nakamura T, Aikata H, Arihiro K, Boroevich KA, Abe T, Nakano N, Maejima K, Sasaki-Oku A, Ohsawa A, Shibuya T, Nakamura H, Hama N, Hosoda F, Arai Y, Ohashi S, Urushidate T, Nagae G, Yamamoto S, Ueda H, Tatsuno K, Ojima H, Hiraoka N, Okusaka T, Kubo M, Marubashi S, Yamada T, Hirano S, Yamamoto M, Ohdan H, Shimada K, Ishikawa O, Yamaue H, Chayama K, Miyano S, Aburatani H, Shibata T, and Nakagawa H.:
  "Whole genome mutational landscape and characterization of non-coding and structural mutations in liver cancer."
  Nat Genet 48: 500-509 (2016)

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  Jul. 1, 2016
  Liver cancer’s genomic landscape

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  Apr. 17, 2015
  An infectious imprint on liver cancer

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  Jan. 30, 2015
  Hot on the trail of the hepatitis-liver cancer connection

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