Michio Yasunami

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Affiliation: Departmental Head, Life Science Institute, Saga-Ken Medical Centre Koseikan

Degree: DMSc(Kyushu University)

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901033152861471
researchmap Member ID: 5000036285

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Research History

Apr, 2016 - Present

Departmental Head, Life Science Institute, Saga-Ken Medical Centre Koseikan
Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2016

Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
Oct, 2000 - Mar, 2006

Associate Professor, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Education

Apr, 1984 - Mar, 1988

Graduate School of Medicine, Kyushu University
Apr, 1977 - Mar, 1983

Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University

Papers

Impact of HLA Allele-KIR Pairs on Disease Outcome in HIV-Infected Thai Population.

Mori M, Wichukchinda N, Miyahara R, Rojanawiwat A, Pathipvanich P, Miura T, Yasunami M, Ariyoshi K, Sawanpanyalert P

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, 78(3) 356-361, Jul, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Accuracy of high-throughput nanofluidic PCR-based pneumococcal serotyping and quantification assays using sputum samples for diagnosing vaccine serotype pneumococcal pneumonia: analyses by composite diagnostic standards and Bayesian latent class models

Satoshi Kakiuchi, on behalf of the AdultPneumonia Study Group—Japan (APSG-J), Motoi Suzuki, Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel, Akitsugu Furumoto, Hiroyuki Ito, Kei Matsuki, Yoshiko Tsuchihashi, Norichika Asoh, Michio Yasunami …

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 56(5), May 1, 2018 Peer-reviewed
HLA-DRB1 and DQB1 alleles in Japanese type 1 autoimmune hepatitis: The predisposing role of the DR4/DR8 heterozygous genotype

Shomi Oka, Hiroshi Furukawa, Michio Yasunami, Aya Kawasaki, Hitomi Nakamura, Minoru Nakamura, Atsumasa Komori, Seigo Abiru, Shinya Nagaoka, Satoru Hashimoto …

PLOS ONE, 12(10) e0187325, Oct, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Principal contribution of HLA-DQ alleles, DQB1*06:04 and DQB1*03:01, to disease resistance against primary biliary cholangitis in a Japanese population

Michio Yasunami, Hitomi Nakamura, Katsushi Tokunaga, Minae Kawashima, Nao Nishida, Yuki Hitomi, Minoru Nakamura

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7(1) 11093, Sep, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Effects of HLA-DRB1 alleles on susceptibility and clinical manifestations in Japanese patients with adult onset Still's disease

Tomoyuki Asano, Hiroshi Furukawa, Shuzo Sato, Makiko Yashiro, Hiroko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Watanabe, Eiji Suzuki, Tomoyuki Ito, Yoshifumi Ubara, Daisuke Kobayashi …

ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY, 19(1) 199, Sep, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Risk for Death among Children with Pneumonia, Afghanistan

Rahmani Zabihullah, Bhim G. Dhoubhadel, Ferogh A. Rauf, Sahab A. Shafiq, Motoi Suzuki, Kiwao Watanabe, Lay M. Yoshida, Michio Yasunami, Salihi Zabihullah, Christopher M. Parry …

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 23(8) 1404-1408, Aug, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Identification of the functional variant driving ORMDL3 and GSDMB expression in human chromosome 17q12-21 in primary biliary cholangitis

Yuki Hitomi, Kaname Kojima, Minae Kawashima, Yosuke Kawai, Nao Nishida, Yoshihiro Aiba, Michio Yasunami, Masao Nagasaki, Minoru Nakamura, Katsushi Tokunaga

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7(1) 2904, Jun, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Serotype-specific effectiveness of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine against pneumococcal pneumonia in adults aged 65 years or older: a multicentre, prospective, test-negative design study

Motoi Suzuki, Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel, Tomoko Ishifuji, Michio Yasunami, Makito Yaegashi, Norichika Asoh, Masayuki Ishida, Sugihiro Hamaguchi, Masahiro Aoshima, Koya Ariyoshi …

LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 17(3) 313-321, Mar, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Exposure to paternal tobacco smoking increased child hospitalization for lower respiratory infections but not for other diseases in Vietnam

Reiko Miyahara, Kensuke Takahashi, Nguyen Thi Hien Anh, Vu Dinh Thiem, Motoi Suzuki, Hiroshi Yoshino, Le Huu Tho, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Sharon E. Cox, Lay Myint Yoshida …

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7 45481, Mar, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Genome-wide association studies identify PRKCB as a novel genetic susceptibility locus for primary biliary cholangitis in the Japanese population

Minae Kawashima, Yuki Hitomi, Yoshihiro Aiba, Nao Nishida, Kaname Kojima, Yosuke Kawai, Hitomi Nakamura, Atsushi Tanaka, Mikio Zeniya, Etsuko Hashimoto …

HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS, 26(3) 650-659, Feb, 2017 Peer-reviewed
A significant association between rs8067378 at 17q12 and invasive cervical cancer originally identified by a genome- wide association study in Han Chinese is replicated in a Japanese population

Kiyonori Miura, Hiroyuki Mishima, Michio Yasunami, Masanori Kaneuchi, Michio Kitajima, Shuhei Abe, Ai Higashijima, Naoki Fuchi, Shoko Miura, Koh-Ichiro Yoshiura …

JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS, 61(9) 793-796, Sep, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Familial Mediterranean fever is no longer a rare disease in Japan

Kiyoshi Migita, Yasumori Izumi, Yuka Jiuchi, Nozomi Iwanaga, Chieko Kawahara, Kazunaga Agematsu, Akihiro Yachie, Junya Masumoto, Keita Fujikawa, Satoshi Yamasaki …

ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY, 18 175, Jul, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Association between Anti-Ganglionic Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor (gAChR) Antibodies and HLA-DRB1 Alleles in the Japanese Population

Yasuhiro Maeda, Kiyoshi Migita, Osamu Higuchi, Akihiro Mukaino, Hiroshi Furukawa, Atsumasa Komori, Minoru Nakamura, Satoru Hashimoto, Shinya Nagaoka, Seigo Abiru …

PLOS ONE, 11(1) e0146048, Jan, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Lack of association between the CARD10 rs6000782 polymorphism and type 1 autoimmune hepatitis in a Japanese population

Kiyoshi Migita, Yuka Jiuchi, Hiroshi Furukawa, Minoru Nakamura, Atsumasa Komori, Michio Yasunami, Hideko Kozuru, Seigo Abiru, Kazumi Yamasaki, Shinya Nagaoka …

BMC Research Notes, 8(1) 777, Dec 12, 2015 Peer-reviewed
Circulating microRNA Profiles in Patients with Type-1 Autoimmune Hepatitis

Kiyoshi Migita, Atsumasa Komori, Hideko Kozuru, Yuka Jiuchi, Minoru Nakamura, Michio Yasunami, Hiroshi Furukawa, Seigo Abiru, Kazumi Yamasaki, Shinya Nagaoka …

PLOS ONE, 10(11) e0136908, Nov, 2015 Peer-reviewed
The effect of KIR2D-HLA-C receptor-ligand interactions on clinical outcome in a HIV-1 CRF01_AE-infected Thai population

Masahiko Mori, Nuanjun Wichukchinda, Reiko Miyahara, Archawin Rojanawiwat, Panita Pathipvanich, Naho Tsuchiya, Toshiyuki Miura, Michio Yasunami, Koya Ariyoshi, Pathom Sawanpanyalert

AIDS, 29(13) 1607-1615, Aug, 2015 Peer-reviewed
Alpha tryptase allele of Tryptase 1 (TPSAB1) gene associated with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS) in Vietnam and Philippines

Clara Vasquez Velasquez, Arthur Dessi Roman, Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan, Nguyen Tien Huy, Edelwisa Segubre Mercado, Fe. Esperanza Espino, Ma Lucila M. Perez, Vu Thi Que Huong, Tran Thi Thuy, Vo Dinh Timm …

HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY, 76(5) 318-323, May, 2015 Peer-reviewed
Identification of Disease-Promoting HLA Class I and Protective Class II Modifiers in Japanese Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever

Michio Yasunami, Hitomi Nakamura, Kazunaga Agematsu, Akinori Nakamura, Masahide Yazaki, Dai Kishida, Akihiro Yachie, Tomoko Toma, Junya Masumoto, Hiroaki Ida …

PLOS ONE, 10(5) e0125938, May, 2015 Peer-reviewed
Dysregulated mature IL-1 beta production in familial Mediterranean fever

Kiyoshi Migita, Yasumori Izumi, Keita Fujikawa, Kazunaga Agematsu, Junya Masumoto, Yuka Jiuchi, Hideko Kozuru, Fumiaki Nonaka, Toshimasa Shimizu, Tadashi Nakamura …

RHEUMATOLOGY, 54(4) 660-665, Apr, 2015 Peer-reviewed
Bacterial Load of Pneumococcal Serotypes Correlates with Their Prevalence and Multiple Serotypes Is Associated with Acute Respiratory Infections among Children Less Than 5 Years of Age

Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel, Michio Yasunami, Hien Anh Thi Nguyen, Motoi Suzuki, Thu Huong Vu, Ai Thi Thuy Nguyen, Duc Anh Dang, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Koya Ariyoshi

PLOS ONE, 9(10) e110777, Oct, 2014 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

Increased prevalence of MEFV exon 10 variants in Japanese patients with adult-onset Still's disease

F. Nonaka, K. Migita, Y. Jiuchi, T. Shimizu, M. Umeda, N. Iwamoto, K. Fujikawa, Y. Izumi, A. Mizokami, M. Nakashima …

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY, 179(3) 392-397, Mar, 2015
MEFV gene polymorphisms and TNFRSF1A mutation in patients with inflammatory myopathy with abundant macrophages

K. Fujikawa, K. Migita, Y. Shigemitsu, M. Umeda, F. Nonaka, M. Tamai, H. Nakamura, A. Mizokami, T. Tsukada, T. Origuchi …

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY, 178(2) 224-228, Nov, 2014
The rs150311303 Polymorphism in Fc?RIIa Enhances IgG Binding Capacity

A. H. Omar, H. Shibata, M. Yasunami, A. Yamazaki, M. F. Ofori, B. D. Akanmori, M. N. Shuaibu, M. Kikuchi, K. Hirayama

SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY, 76(2) 167-174, Aug, 2012
Surfactant protein C G100S mutation causes familial pulmonary fibrosis in Japanese kindred

S. Ono, T. Tanaka, M. Ishida, A. Kinoshita, J. Fukuoka, M. Takaki, N. Sakamoto, Y. Ishimatsu, S. Kohno, T. Hayashi …

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, 38(4) 861-869, Oct, 2011
Microfluorometric assay for quantification of anti-erythrocytic antibody level in sera of Plasmodium berghei ANKA infected semi-immune mice

Gideon K. Helegbe, Nguyen T. Huy, Tetsuo Yanagi, Mohammed N. Shuaibu, Mihoko Kikuchi, Michio Yasunami, Kenji Hirayama

Tropical Medicine and Health, 38(4) 127-131, 2010
MEFV mutations in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients

K. Migita, T. Nakamura, Y. Maeda, T. Miyashita, T. Koga, M. Tanaka, M. Nakamura, A. Komori, H. Ishibashi, T. Origuchi …

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, 26(6) 1091-1094, Nov, 2008
Coexistence of familial Mediterranean fever and Sjögren's syndrome in a Japanese patient

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 25 792, Sep, 2007
Lack of association between LTA and LGALS2 polymorphisms and myocardial infarction in Japanese and Korean populations

A. Kimura, M. Takahashi, B. Y. Choi, S. W. Bae, S. Hohta, T. Sasaoka, K. i. Nakahara, K. Chida, M. Sawabe, M. Yasunami …

TISSUE ANTIGENS, 69(3) 265-269, Mar, 2007
Association of clinical features with HLA in chronic pulmonary thromboembolism

N Tanabe, A Kimura, S Amano, O Okada, Y Kasahara, K Tatsumi, M Takahashi, H Shibata, M Yasunami, T Kuriyama

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, 25(1) 131-138, Jan, 2005

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