Sunata K, Miyata J, Terai H, Matsuyama E, Watase M, Namkoong H, Asakura T, Masaki K, Chubachi S, Ohgino K, Kawada I, Harada N, Sasano H, Nakamura A, Kusaka Y, Ohba T, Nakano Y, Nishio K, Nakajima Y, Suzuki S, Yoshida S, Tateno H, Ishii M, Fukunaga K. Asthma is a risk factor for general fatigue of long COVID in Japanese nation-wide cohort study. Allergol Int. 73:206-213. 2024.
Nakagawara K, Shiraishi Y, Chubachi S, Tanabe N, Maetani T, Asakura T, Namkoong H, Tanaka H, Shimada T, Azekawa S, Otake S, Fukushima T, Watase M, Terai H, Sasaki M, Ueda S, Kato Y, Harada N, Suzuki S, Yoshida S, Tateno H, Yamada Y, Jinzaki M, Hirai T, Okada Y, Koike R, Ishii M, Kimura A, Imoto S, Miyano S, Ogawa S, Kanai T, Fukunaga K. Integrated assessment of computed tomography density in pectoralis and erector spinae muscles as a prognostic biomarker for coronavirus disease 2019. Clin Nutr. 43:815-824. 2024.
Matsubara Y, Kiyohara H, Mikami Y, Nanki K, Namkoong H, Chubachi S, Tanaka H, Azekawa S, Sugimoto S, Yoshimatsu Y, Sujino T, Takabayashi K, Hosoe N, Sato T, Ishii M, Hasegawa N, Okada Y, Koike R, Kitagawa Y, Kimura A, Imoto S, Miyano S, Ogawa S, Fukunaga K, Kanai T; Japan COVID-19 Task Force. Gastrointestinal symptoms in COVID-19 and disease severity: a Japanese registry-based retrospective cohort study. J Gastroenterol. 59: 195-208. 2024.
Ito F, Terai H, Kondo M, Takemura R, Namkoong H, Asakura T, Chubachi S, Masuzawa K, Nakayama S, Suzuki Y, Hashiguchi M, Kagyo J, Shiomi T, Minematsu N, Manabe T, Fukui T, Funatsu Y, Koh H, Masaki K, Ohgino K, Miyata J, Kawada I, Ishii M, Sato Y, Fukunaga K. Cluster analysis of long COVID in Japan and association of its trajectory of symptoms and quality of life. BMJ Open Respir Res. 11: e002111. 2024.
Morita A, Namkoong H※, Uwamino Y, Mitarai S, Aono A, Asakura T, Yagi K, Tanaka H, Azekawa S, Nakagawara K, Kaji M, Nagao G, Kamata H, Matsushita H, Fukunaga K, Hasegawa N. Comparing minimum inhibitory concentrations of amikacin for pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease: An analysis of culture media differences. J Infect Chemother. 30:159-163. 2024. (※ Corresponding Author)
Sakurai K, Chubachi S, Asakura T, Namkoong H, Tanaka H, Azekawa S, Shimada T, Otake S, Nakagawara K, Fukushima T, Lee H, Watase M, Kusumoto T, Masaki K, Kamata H, Ishii M, Hasegawa N, Okada Y, Koike R, Kitagawa Y, Kimura A, Imoto S, Miyano S, Ogawa S, Kanai T, Fukunaga K. Prognostic significance of hypertension history and blood pressure on admission in Japanese patients with coronavirus disease 2019: integrative analysis from the Japan COVID-19 Task Force. Hypertens Res. 47: 639-648. 2024.
Ozawa T, Kimura R, Terai H, Takemura R, Namkoong H, Kondo M, Fukuda K, Yagi K, Asakura T, Masaki K, Chubachi S, Miyata J, Ohgino K, Kawada I, Kagyo J, Odani T, Kuwahara N, Nakachi I, Ishii M, Sato Y, Fukunaga K. Calcium channel blockers may reduce the development of long COVID in females. Hypertens Res. 47:934-943. 2024.
Fukushima T, Maetani T, Chubachi S, Tanabe N, Asakura T, Namkoong H, Tanaka H, Shimada T, Azekawa S, Otake S, Nakagawara K, Watase M, Shiraishi Y, Terai H, Sasaki M, Ueda S, Kato Y, Harada N, Suzuki S, Yoshida S, Tateno H, Yamada Y, Jinzaki M, Hirai T, Okada Y, Koike R, Ishii M, Kimura A, Imoto S, Miyano S, Ogawa S, Kanai T, Fukunaga K. Epicardial adipose tissue measured from analysis of adipose tissue area using chest CT imaging is the best potential predictor of COVID-19 severity. Metabolism. 155715. 2024.
Okada M, Ishida N, Kanzaki S, Kawada I, Nagashima K, Terai H, Hiruma G, Namkoong H, Asakura T, Masaki K, Ohgino K, Miyata J, Chubachi S, Kodama N, Maeda S, Sakamoto S, Okamoto M, Nagasaki Y, Umeda A, Miyagawa K, Shimada H, Minami K, Hagiwara R, Ishii M, Sato Y, Fukunaga K. Upper Respiratory Symptoms as Long COVID: Insight from a Multicenter Cohort Study. OTO Open. 8: e120. 2024.
Yoshifuji A, Toda M, Oyama E, Nakayama T, Mise-Omata S, Kikuchi K, Yoshizawa M, Kato N, Wakai H, Koibuchi K, Morimoto K, Uwamino Y, Namkoong H, Shibata A, Wakabayashi K, Fujino M, Komatsu M, Mochizuki N, Kondo N, Yoshimura A, Hasegawa N, Ryuzaki M. Cellular and humoral immune responses to COVID-19 booster vaccination in Japanese dialysis patients. Clin Exp Nephrol. 28: 674-682. 2024.
Uchida S, Uno S, Kondo M, Uwamino Y, Namkoong H, Nishimura T, Misawa K, Kashimura S, Yamato K, Ishizaka T, Nagashima K, Kitagawa Y, Hasegawa N. Factors affecting motivation for receiving a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine among Japanese university students and staff: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Sci Rep. 14: 8009. 2024.
Azekawa S, Maetani T, Chubachi S, Asakura T, Tanabe N, Shiraishi Y, Namkoong H, Tanaka H, Shimada T, Fukushima T, Otake S, Nakagawara K, Watase M, Terai H, Sasaki M, Ueda S, Kato Y, Harada N, Suzuki S, Yoshida S, Tateno H, Yamada Y, Jinzaki M, Hirai T, Okada Y, Koike R, Ishii M, Kimura A, Imoto S, Miyano S, Ogawa S, Kanai T, Fukunaga K. CT-derived vertebral bone mineral density is a useful biomarker to predict COVID-19 outcome. Bone. 184:117095. 2024.
Otake S, Shiraishi Y, Chubachi S, Tanabe N, Maetani T, Asakura T, Namkoong H, Shimada T, Azekawa S, Nakagawara K, Tanaka H, Fukushima T, Watase M, Terai H, Sasaki M, Ueda S, Kato Y, Harada N, Suzuki S, Yoshida S, Tateno H, Yamada Y, Jinzaki M, Hirai T, Okada Y, Koike R, Ishii M, Hasegawa N, Kimura A, Imoto S, Miyano S, Ogawa S, Kanai T, Fukunaga K. Lung volume measurement using chest CT in COVID-19 patients: a cohort study in Japan. BMJ Open Respir Res. 11: e002234. 2024.
Kamata H, Takamatsu K, Fukunaga K, Chubachi S, Nakagawara K, Namkoong H, Terai H, Tanaka K, Sato S, Hagiwara E, Takei R, Kondoh Y, Takazono T, Hashimoto M, Tasaka S, Ohrui T, Tanino Y, Mineshita M, Komase Y, Miyazaki K, Nishikawa M, Ando A, Kita H, Ichihara E, Ohshimo S, Murata Y, Ishida M, Kobayashi S, Uchida T, Tateno H, Ikari J, Terashima T, Kozu Y, Tateishi T, Shinkai M, Sagara H, To Y, Ito Y, Yamamoto M, Yamamoto Y, Kita T, Ito Y, Tomii K, Fujita Y, Funaki Y, Yatera K, Yamasue M, Komiya K, Kozawa S, Manabe H, Hozumi H, Horiguchi T, Kitajima T, Nakano Y, Nagaoka T, Hojo M, Ebihara A, Kobayashi M, Takayama K, Jinta T, Sawai T, Fukuda Y, Kaneko T, Chin K, Ogura T, Mukae H, Ishii M, Yokoyama A. Pulmonary function and chest CT abnormalities 3 months after discharge from COVID-19, 2020-2021: A nation-wide multicenter prospective cohort study from the Japanese respiratory society. Respir Investig. 62: 572-579. 2024.
Uwamino Y, Aoki W, Inose R, Kamoshita Y, Mikita K, Namkoong H, Nishimura T, Matsushita H, Hasegawa N. Minimum inhibitory concentrations of azithromycin in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium avium complex in Japan. Microbiol Spectr. 12: e0021824. 2024.
Tanaka H, Chubachi S, Asakura T, Namkoong H, Azekawa S, Otake S, Nakagawara K, Fukushima T, Lee H, Watase M, Sakurai K, Kusumoto T, Masaki K, Kamata H, Ishii M, Hasegawa N, Okada Y, Koike R, Kitagawa Y, Kimura A, Imoto S, Miyano S, Ogawa S, Kanai T, Fukunaga K. Prognostic significance of chronic kidney disease and impaired renal function in Japanese patients with COVID-19. BMC Infect Dis. 24: 527.2024.
Shigematsu L, Kimura R, Terai H, Mimura Y, Ito D, Bun S, Namkoong H, Asakura T, Chubachi S, Masaki K, Ohgino K, Miyata J, Kawada I, Ishii M, Takemura R, Ueda S, Yoshiyama T, Kokuto H, Kusumoto T, Oashi A, Miyawaki M, Saito F, Tani T, Ishioka K, Takahashi S, Nakamura M, Sato Y, Fukunaga K. Social impact of brain fog and analysis of risk factors: Long COVID in Japanese population. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 11: 2188-2200. 2024.
Tomofuji Y, Edahiro R, Sonehara K, Shirai Y, Kock KH, Wang QS, Namba S, Moody J, Ando Y, Suzuki A, Yata T, Ogawa K, Naito T, Namkoong H, Xuan Lin QX, Buyamin EV, Tan LM, Sonthalia R, Han KY, Tanaka H, Lee H; Asian Immune Diversity Atlas Network, Japan COVID-19 Task Force, The BioBank Japan Project; Okuno T, Liu B, Matsuda K, Fukunaga K, Mochizuki H, Park WY, Yamamoto K, Hon CC, Shin JW, Prabhakar S, Kumanogoh A, Okada Y. Quantification of escape from X chromosome inactivation with single-cell omics data reveals heterogeneity across cell types and tissues. Cell Genom. 4:100625. 2024.
Tanaka H, Asakura T, Okamori S, Furuuchi K, Yagi M, Nakayama Y, Kuramoto J, Yagi K, Hase I, Kamata H, Fujirawa K, Nakao A, Masugi Y, Sato Y, Kanai Y, Namkoong H, Fukunaga K, Nakagawa T, Morimoto K, Fujita M, Hasegawa N. Natural History of Radiological Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis with Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Study. Int J Infect Dis. (in press).
Wang QS†, Hasegawa T, Namkoong H†, Saiki R, Edahiro R, Sonehara K, Tanaka H, Azekawa S, Chubachi S, Takahashi Y, Sakaue S, Namba S, Yamamoto K, Shiraishi Y, Chiba K, Tanaka H, Makishima H, Nannya Y, Zhang Z, Tsujikawa R, Koike R, Takano T, Ishii M, Kimura A, Inoue F, Kanai T, Fukunaga K, Ogawa S, Imoto S, Miyano S, Okada Y†. Japan COVID-19 Task Force. Statistically and functionally fine-mapped blood eQTLs and pQTLs from 1,405 humans reveal distinct regulation patterns and disease relevance. Nat Genet. 2024 Sep 24. doi: 10.1038/s41588-024-01896-3. Online ahead of print. († Co-corresponding Author)
Takaoka H, Kawada I, Terai H, Hiruma G, Ishida N, Nagashima K, Namkoong H, Asakura T, Masaki K, Miyata J, Chubachi S, Ohgino K, Otsuka K, Miyao N, Odani T, Watase M, Baba R, Okamori S, Arai D, Nakachi I, Kuwahara N, Fujiwara A, Okada T, Ishiguro T, Isono T, Ishii M, Sato Y, Fukunaga K. Long COVID among the first three waves of COVID-19 in Japan: a multicentre cohort study. BMJ Open Respir Res. (in press)
Matsuyama E, Terai H, Miyazaki N, Iwasaki T, Nagashima K, Watase M, Sunata K, Namkoong H, Asakura T, Masaki K, Chubachi S, Ohgino K, Kawada I, Minami K, Hagiwara R, Ueda S, Yoshiyama T, Kokuto H, Kusumoto T, Oashi A, Miyawaki M, Saito F, Tani T, Ishioka K, Takahashi S, Nakamura M, Ishii M, Sato Y, Fukunaga K. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and mechanical ventilation are risk factors for dyspnea in patients with long COVID: a Japanese nationwide cohort study. Respir Investig. (in press)
Tanaka H, Toya E, Chubachi S, Namkoong H, Asakura T, Azekawa S, Otake S, Nakagawara K, Fukushima T, Watase M, Sakurai K, Masaki K, Kamata H, Ishii M, Hasegawa N, Okada Y, Koike R, Kitagawa Y, Kimura A, Imoto S, Miyano S, Ogawa S, Kanai T, Fukunaga K. Combined use of serum ferritin and KL-6 levels as biomarkers for predicting COVID-19 severity. Respir Investig. (in press)
Yoshifuji A, Toda M, Oyama E, Nakayama T, Mise-Omata S, Kikuchi K, Yoshizawa M, Kato N, Wakai H, Koibuchi K, Morimoto K, Uwamino Y, Namkoong H, Shibata A, Wakabayashi K, Fujino M, Komatsu M, Mochizuki N, Kondo N, Yoshimura A, Hasegawa N, Ryuzaki M: Cellular and humoral immune responses to COVID-19 booster vaccination in Japanese dialysis patients. Clin Exp Nephrol, 2024 Mar 8. doi: 10.1007/s10157-024-02477-8.
Uno S, Goto R, Honda K, Uchida S, Uwamino Y, Namkoong H, Yoshifuji A, Mikita K, Takano Y, Matsumoto M, Kitagawa Y, Hasegawa N. Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Asymptomatic Preoperative SARS-CoV-2 Polymerase Chain Reaction Screening: A Cost-Utility Analysis. Clin Infect Dis., 78(1):57-64, 2024.
Mariniello M, Schiano G, Yoshifuji A, Gillion V, Sayer JA, Jouret F, Meur YL, Gall EC, Olinger EG, Duvuyst O. Uromodulin Processing in DNAJB11-Kidney Disease. Kidney Int, 105(2):376-380, 2024. (Co-first author)
Uchida S, Uno S#, Kondo M, Uwamino Y, Namkoong H, Nishimura T, Misawa K, Kashimura S, Yamato K, Ishizaka T, Nagashima K, Kitagawa Y, Hasegawa N. Factors affecting motivation for receiving a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine among Japanese university students and staff: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Sci Rep . 2024 Apr 5;14(1):8009. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-58603-9.
Funada S, Luo Y, Kato H, Yoshioka T, Uno S, Honda K, Akune Y, Goto R. Trends in the integration of medical corporation hospitals in Japan: a national wide longitudinal study between 2017 and 2021. BMC Health Serv Res . 2024 Aug 29;24(1):1005.
Ghaznavi C, Ueda P, Nomura S, Ishikane M, Uno S, Sakamoto H. Factors associated with lifetime use of commercial sex work services among Japanese men aged 20-49: findings from a quasi-representative national survey, 2022. Sex Transm Infect . 2024 Aug 19;100(6):371-380.
Yagi K, Lukacs NW, Huffnagle GB, Kato H, Asai N. Respiratory and Gut Microbiome Modification during Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection: A Systematic Review. Viruses. 2024;16.
Yagi K, Ethridge AD, Falkowski NR, Huang YJ, Elesela S, Huffnagle GB Lukacs NW, Fonseca W, Asai N. Microbiome modifications by steroids during viral exacerbation of asthma and in healthy mice. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2024;327:L646-L60.
Tanaka H, Asakura T, Okamori S, Furuuchi K, Yagi M, Nakayama Y, Kuramoto J, Yagi K, Hase I, Kamata H, Fujiwara K, Nakao A, Masugi Y, Sato Y, Kanai Y, Namkoong H, Fukunaga K, Nakagawa T, Morimoto K, Fujita M, Hasegawa N. Distinctive clinical features of radiological pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: A multicenter retrospective cohort study. Int J Infect Dis. 2024 Nov;148:107233.
