Hidetoshi Inoko

Major histocompatibility complex(Mhc) class Ib gene duplications, organization and expression patterns in mouse strain C57BL/6 (2008)

Ohtsuka, Masato, Inoko, Hidetoshi, Kulski, Jerzy K, Yoshimura, Shinichi

Abstract Background The mouse has more than 30 Major histocompatibility complex ( Mhc ) class Ib genes, most of which exist in the H2 region of chromosome 17 in distinct gene clusters. Although...

Polymorphism of IFN-gamma gene and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. (2007)

Horie, Yukihiro, Kitaichi, Nobuyoshi, Takemoto, Yuko, Namba, Kenichi, Yoshida, Kazuhiko, Hirose, Shigeto, ...

PURPOSE: Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is a key cytokine in inflammatory disorders. Elevated aqueous and serum levels of IFN-gamma levels have been reported to be elevated in patients with...

The major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) class IIB region has greater genomic structural flexibility and diversity in the quail than the chicken (2006)

Hosomichi, Kazuyoshi, Shiina, Takashi, Suzuki, Shingo, Tanaka, Masayuki, Shimizu, Sayoko, Iwamoto, Shigehisa, ...

Abstract Background The quail and chicken major histocompatibility complex ( Mhc ) genomic regions have a similar overall organization but differ markedly in that the quail has an expanded number of...

Tyrosinase gene family and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in Japanese patients. (2006)

Horie, Yukihiro, Takemoto, Yuko, Miyazaki, Akiko, Namba, Kenichi, Kase, Satoru, Yoshida, Kazuhiko, ...

PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to examine the genetic background of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease in a Japanese population by analyzing the tyrosinase gene family (TYR, TYRP1, and...

Construction of a nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library and a preliminary genome survey (2006)

Luo, Meizhong, Kim, HyeRan, Kudrna, Dave, Sisneros, Nicholas B, Lee, So-Jeong, Mueller, Christopher, ...

Abstract Background Sharks are members of the taxonomic class Chondrichthyes, the oldest living jawed vertebrates. Genomic studies of this group, in comparison to representative species in other...

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones (2004)

Tadashi Imanishi, Takeshi Itoh, Yutaka Suzuki, Claire O'Donovan, Satoshi Fukuchi, Kanako O. Koyanagi, ...

An international team has systematically validated and annotated just over 21,000 human genes using full-length cDNA, thereby providing a valuable new resource for the human genetics community.

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones (2004)

Tadashi Imanishi, Takeshi Itoh, Yutaka Suzuki, Claire O'Donovan, Satoshi Fukuchi, Kanako O. Koyanagi, ...

The human genome sequence defines our inherent biological potential; the realization of the biology encoded therein requires knowledge of the function of each gene. Currently, our knowledge in this...

The genomic sequence and comparative analysis of the rat major histocompatibility complex (2004)

Hurt,Peter, Walter,Lutz, Sudbrak,Ralf, Klages,Sven, Mueller,Ines, Shiina,Takashi, ...

We have determined the sequence of a 4-Mb interval on rat chromosome 20p12 that encompasses the rat major histocompatibility complex (MHC). This is the first report of a finished sequence for a...

The genomic sequence and comparative analysis of the rat major histocompatibility complex (2004)

Hurt, Peter, Walter, Lutz, Sudbrak, Ralf, Klages, Sven, Mueller, Ines, Shiina, Takashi, ...

We have determined the sequence of a 4-Mb interval on rat chromosome 20p12 that encompasses the rat major histocompatibility complex (MHC). This is the first report of a finished sequence for a...

Triplet repeat polymorphism in the transmembrane region of the MICA gene: A strong association of six GCT repetitions with Behçet disease

Mizuki, Nobuhisa, Ota, Masao, Kimura, Minoru, Ohno, Shigeaki, Ando, Hitoshi, Katsuyama, Yoshihiko, ...

A member of a novel family of the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes termed MIC (MHC class I chain-related genes), MICA, has been recently identified near the HLA-B gene on...

Molecular dynamics of MHC genesis unraveled by sequence analysis of the 1,796,938-bp HLA class I region

Shiina, Takashi, Tamiya, Gen, Oka, Akira, Takishima, Nobusada, Yamagata, Tetsushi, Kikkawa, Eri, ...

The intensely studied MHC has become the paradigm for understanding the architectural evolution of vertebrate multigene families. The 4-Mb human MHC (also known as the HLA complex) encodes genes...

A basolateral sorting motif in the MICA cytoplasmic tail

Suemizu, Hiroshi, Radosavljevic, Mirjana, Kimura, Minoru, Sadahiro, Sotaro, Yoshimura, Shinichi, Bahram, Seiamak, ...

The MHC class I chain-related MICA molecule is a stress-induced, highly polymorphic, epithelia-specific, membrane-bound glycoprotein interacting with the activating NK cell receptor NKG2D and/or...

Comparative sequencing of human and chimpanzee MHC class I regions unveils insertions/deletions as the major path to genomic divergence

Anzai, Tatsuya, Shiina, Takashi, Kimura, Natsuki, Yanagiya, Kazuyo, Kohara, Sakae, Shigenari, Atsuko, ...

Despite their high degree of genomic similarity, reminiscent of their relatively recent separation from each other (≈6 million years ago), the molecular basis of traits unique to humans vs. their...

Construction of a Linkage Map of the Medaka (Oryzias latipes) and Mapping of the Da Mutant Locus Defective in Dorsoventral Patterning

Ohtsuka, Masato, Makino, Satoshi, Yoda, Kinya, Wada, Hironori, Naruse, Kiyoshi, Mitani, Hiroshi, ...

Double anal fin (Da) is a medaka with an autosomal semidominant mutation that causes mirror image duplication of the ventral region concentrating on the caudal region. The chromosomal location of the...

Genomic Anatomy of a Premier Major Histocompatibility Complex Paralogous Region on Chromosome 1q21–q22

Shiina, Takashi, Ando, Asako, Suto, Yumiko, Kasai, Fumio, Shigenari, Atsuko, Takishima, Nobusada, ...

Human chromosomes 1q21–q25, 6p21.3–22.2, 9q33–q34, and 19p13.1–p13.4 carry clusters of paralogous loci, to date best defined by the flagship 6p MHC region. They have presumably been created...

HLA-DR2–restricted responses to proteolipid protein 95-116 peptide cause autoimmune encephalitis in transgenic mice

Kawamura, Kazuyuki, Yamamura, Takashi, Yokoyama, Kazumasa, Chui, De-Hua, Fukui, Yoshinori, Sasazuki, Takehiko, ...

In multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who carry the Class II major histocompatibility (MHC) type HLA-DR2, T cells specific for amino acids 95-116 in the proteolipid protein (PLP) are activated and...

The Genomic Sequence and Comparative Analysis of the Rat Major Histocompatibility Complex

Hurt, Peter, Walter, Lutz, Sudbrak, Ralf, Klages, Sven, Müller, Ines, Shiina, Takashi, ...

We have determined the sequence of a 4-Mb interval on rat chromosome 20p12 that encompasses the rat major histocompatibility complex (MHC). This is the first report of a finished sequence for a...

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones

Imanishi, Tadashi, Itoh, Takeshi, Suzuki, Yutaka, O'Donovan, Claire, Fukuchi, Satoshi, Koyanagi, Kanako O, ...

The human genome sequence defines our inherent biological potential; the realization of the biology encoded therein requires knowledge of the function of each gene. Currently, our knowledge in this...

CHOP: visualization of ‘wobbling’ and isolation of highly conserved regions from aligned DNA sequences

Ohtsuka, Masato, Horiuchi, Shohei, Kulski, Jerzy K., Kimura, Minoru, Inoko, Hidetoshi

The web software CHOP was developed to visualize the ‘wobbling’ in the third codon position of aligned DNA sequences. The simple features of this tool allow users to easily find regions suspected...

Novel algorithm for automated genotyping of microsatellites

Matsumoto, Toshiko, Yukawa, Wataru, Nozaki, Yasuyuki, Nakashige, Ryo, Shinya, Minori, Makino, Satoshi, ...

Microsatellites or short tandem repeats (STRs) are abundant in the human genome with easily assayed polymorphisms, providing powerful genetic tools for mapping both Mendelian and complex traits....

Genomic evolution of MHC class I region in primates

Fukami-Kobayashi, Kaoru, Shiina, Takashi, Anzai, Tatsuya, Sano, Kazumi, Yamazaki, Masaaki, Inoko, Hidetoshi, ...

To elucidate the origins of the MHC-B-MHC-C pair and the MHC class I chain-related molecule (MIC)A-MICB pair, we sequenced an MHC class I genomic region of humans, chimpanzees, and rhesus monkeys and...

Fine Localization of a Major Disease-Susceptibility Locus for Diffuse Panbronchiolitis

Keicho, Naoto, Ohashi, Jun, Tamiya, Gen, Nakata, Koichiro, Taguchi, Yoshio, Azuma, Arata, ...

Diffuse panbronchiolitis affecting East Asians is strongly associated with the class I human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles. Recent observations suggest that a major disease-susceptibility gene may...

Rapid Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Genes in Primates Generates New Disease Alleles in Humans via Hitchhiking Diversity

Shiina, Takashi, Ota, Masao, Shimizu, Sayoko, Katsuyama, Yoshihiko, Hashimoto, Nami, Takasu, Miwa, ...

A plausible explanation for many MHC-linked diseases is lacking. Sequencing of the MHC class I region (coding units or full contigs) in several human and nonhuman primate haplotypes allowed an...

Triplet repeat polymorphism in the transmembrane region of the MICA gene: A strong association of six GCT repetitions with Behçet disease

Mizuki, Nobuhisa, Ota, Masao, Kimura, Minoru, Ohno, Shigeaki, Ando, Hitoshi, Katsuyama, Yoshihiko, ...

A member of a novel family of the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes termed MIC (MHC class I chain-related genes), MICA, has been recently identified near the HLA-B gene on...

Molecular dynamics of MHC genesis unraveled by sequence analysis of the 1,796,938-bp HLA class I region

Shiina, Takashi, Tamiya, Gen, Oka, Akira, Takishima, Nobusada, Yamagata, Tetsushi, Kikkawa, Eri, ...

The intensely studied MHC has become the paradigm for understanding the architectural evolution of vertebrate multigene families. The 4-Mb human MHC (also known as the HLA complex) encodes genes...

A basolateral sorting motif in the MICA cytoplasmic tail

Suemizu, Hiroshi, Radosavljevic, Mirjana, Kimura, Minoru, Sadahiro, Sotaro, Yoshimura, Shinichi, Bahram, Seiamak, ...

The MHC class I chain-related MICA molecule is a stress-induced, highly polymorphic, epithelia-specific, membrane-bound glycoprotein interacting with the activating NK cell receptor NKG2D and/or...

Comparative sequencing of human and chimpanzee MHC class I regions unveils insertions/deletions as the major path to genomic divergence

Anzai, Tatsuya, Shiina, Takashi, Kimura, Natsuki, Yanagiya, Kazuyo, Kohara, Sakae, Shigenari, Atsuko, ...

Despite their high degree of genomic similarity, reminiscent of their relatively recent separation from each other (≈6 million years ago), the molecular basis of traits unique to humans vs. their...

Construction of a Linkage Map of the Medaka (Oryzias latipes) and Mapping of the Da Mutant Locus Defective in Dorsoventral Patterning

Ohtsuka, Masato, Makino, Satoshi, Yoda, Kinya, Wada, Hironori, Naruse, Kiyoshi, Mitani, Hiroshi, ...

Double anal fin (Da) is a medaka with an autosomal semidominant mutation that causes mirror image duplication of the ventral region concentrating on the caudal region. The chromosomal location of the...

Genomic Anatomy of a Premier Major Histocompatibility Complex Paralogous Region on Chromosome 1q21–q22

Shiina, Takashi, Ando, Asako, Suto, Yumiko, Kasai, Fumio, Shigenari, Atsuko, Takishima, Nobusada, ...

Human chromosomes 1q21–q25, 6p21.3–22.2, 9q33–q34, and 19p13.1–p13.4 carry clusters of paralogous loci, to date best defined by the flagship 6p MHC region. They have presumably been created...

HLA-DR2–restricted responses to proteolipid protein 95-116 peptide cause autoimmune encephalitis in transgenic mice

Kawamura, Kazuyuki, Yamamura, Takashi, Yokoyama, Kazumasa, Chui, De-Hua, Fukui, Yoshinori, Sasazuki, Takehiko, ...

In multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who carry the Class II major histocompatibility (MHC) type HLA-DR2, T cells specific for amino acids 95-116 in the proteolipid protein (PLP) are activated and...

Identification of IκBL as the Second Major Histocompatibility Complex–Linked Susceptibility Locus for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Okamoto, Koichi, Makino, Satoshi, Yoshikawa, Yoko, Takaki, Asumi, Nagatsuka, Yumie, Ota, Masao, ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease with a complex etiology in which environmental factors within a genetically susceptible host maneuver the innate and adaptive arms of...

The Genomic Sequence and Comparative Analysis of the Rat Major Histocompatibility Complex

Hurt, Peter, Walter, Lutz, Sudbrak, Ralf, Klages, Sven, Müller, Ines, Shiina, Takashi, ...

We have determined the sequence of a 4-Mb interval on rat chromosome 20p12 that encompasses the rat major histocompatibility complex (MHC). This is the first report of a finished sequence for a...

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones

Imanishi, Tadashi, Itoh, Takeshi, Suzuki, Yutaka, O'Donovan, Claire, Fukuchi, Satoshi, Koyanagi, Kanako O, ...

The human genome sequence defines our inherent biological potential; the realization of the biology encoded therein requires knowledge of the function of each gene. Currently, our knowledge in this...

CHOP: visualization of ‘wobbling’ and isolation of highly conserved regions from aligned DNA sequences

Ohtsuka, Masato, Horiuchi, Shohei, Kulski, Jerzy K., Kimura, Minoru, Inoko, Hidetoshi

The web software CHOP was developed to visualize the ‘wobbling’ in the third codon position of aligned DNA sequences. The simple features of this tool allow users to easily find regions suspected...

Novel algorithm for automated genotyping of microsatellites

Matsumoto, Toshiko, Yukawa, Wataru, Nozaki, Yasuyuki, Nakashige, Ryo, Shinya, Minori, Makino, Satoshi, ...

Microsatellites or short tandem repeats (STRs) are abundant in the human genome with easily assayed polymorphisms, providing powerful genetic tools for mapping both Mendelian and complex traits....

Genomic evolution of MHC class I region in primates

Fukami-Kobayashi, Kaoru, Shiina, Takashi, Anzai, Tatsuya, Sano, Kazumi, Yamazaki, Masaaki, Inoko, Hidetoshi, ...

To elucidate the origins of the MHC-B-MHC-C pair and the MHC class I chain-related molecule (MIC)A-MICB pair, we sequenced an MHC class I genomic region of humans, chimpanzees, and rhesus monkeys and...

Fine Localization of a Major Disease-Susceptibility Locus for Diffuse Panbronchiolitis

Keicho, Naoto, Ohashi, Jun, Tamiya, Gen, Nakata, Koichiro, Taguchi, Yoshio, Azuma, Arata, ...

Diffuse panbronchiolitis affecting East Asians is strongly associated with the class I human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles. Recent observations suggest that a major disease-susceptibility gene may...

Rapid Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Genes in Primates Generates New Disease Alleles in Humans via Hitchhiking Diversity

Shiina, Takashi, Ota, Masao, Shimizu, Sayoko, Katsuyama, Yoshihiko, Hashimoto, Nami, Takasu, Miwa, ...

A plausible explanation for many MHC-linked diseases is lacking. Sequencing of the MHC class I region (coding units or full contigs) in several human and nonhuman primate haplotypes allowed an...

Genomewide Association Analysis of Human Narcolepsy and a New Resistance Gene

Kawashima, Minae, Tamiya, Gen, Oka, Akira, Hohjoh, Hirohiko, Juji, Takeo, Ebisawa, Takashi, ...

Human narcolepsy is a hypersomnia that is affected by multiple genetic and environmental factors. One genetic factor strongly associated with narcolepsy is the HLA-DRB1*1501-DQB1*0602 haplotype in...

Genomic structure around joining segments and constant regions of swine T-cell receptor α/δ (TRA/TRD) locus

Uenishi, Hirohide, Hiraiwa, Hideki, Yamamoto, Ryuji, Yasue, Hiroshi, Takagaki, Yohtaroh, Shiina, Takashi, ...

A complete genomic region of 131·2 kb including the swine T-cell receptor α/δ constant region (TRAC/TRDC) and joining segments (TRAJ/TRDJ) was sequenced. The structure of this region was...

Genetic Analysis of Craniofacial Traits in the Medaka

Kimura, Tetsuaki, Shimada, Atsuko, Sakai, Noriyoshi, Mitani, Hiroshi, Naruse, Kiyoshi, Takeda, Hiroyuki, ...

Family and twin studies suggest that a substantial genetic component underlies individual differences in craniofacial morphology. In the current study, we quantified 444 craniofacial traits in 100...

Genome-wide association analysis with selective genotyping identifies candidate loci for adult height at 8q21.13 and 15q22.33-q23 in Mongolians

Kimura, Tetsuaki, Kobayashi, Terukazu, Munkhbat, Batmunkh, Oyungerel, Ganjuur, Bilegtsaikhan, Tsolmon, Anar, Damdinsuren, ...

We performed a genome-wide association study with 23,465 microsatellite markers to identify genes related to adult height. Selective genotyping was applied to extremely tall and extremely short...