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Masahiro Kanai

Broad Institute ·
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Area of research
Genetics · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.
h-index
77
citations
37,349
works
263
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Genome-wide association study of long COVID
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 31position: middledoi
Blood DNA virome associates with autoimmune diseases and COVID-19
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 18position: middledoi
Deciphering state-dependent immune features from multi-layer omics data at single-cell resolution
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 7position: middledoi
Widespread naturally variable human exons aid genetic interpretation
Nature Communications 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Author Correction: A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes
Nature 2024cited by 175position: middledoi
Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of major depression aids locus discovery, fine mapping, gene prioritization and causal inference
Nature Genetics 2024cited by 165position: middledoi
Tissue-specific enhancer–gene maps from multimodal single-cell data identify causal disease alleles
Nature Genetics 2024cited by 49position: middledoi
Functional dissection of complex and molecular trait variants at single nucleotide resolution
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 29position: middledoi
Novel ancestry-specific primary open-angle glaucoma loci and shared biology with vascular mechanisms and cell proliferation
Cell Reports Medicine 2024cited by 26position: middledoi
Quantification of escape from X chromosome inactivation with single-cell omics data reveals heterogeneity across cell types and tissues
Cell Genomics 2024cited by 18position: middledoi
X-chromosome and kidney function: evidence from a multi-trait genetic analysis of 908,697 individuals reveals sex-specific and sex-differential findings in genes regulated by androgen response elements
Nature Communications 2024cited by 12position: middledoi
Poor accuracy and sustainability of the first‐step FIB4 EASL pathway for stratifying steatotic liver disease risk in the general population
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2024cited by 9position: middledoi
Author Correction: Nuclear genetic control of mtDNA copy number and heteroplasmy in humans
Nature 2024cited by 1position: middledoi
Widespread naturally variable human exons aid genetic interpretation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 1position: middledoi
FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population
Nature 2023cited by 3,994position: middledoi
A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes
Nature 2023cited by 1,273position: middledoi
Leveraging polygenic enrichments of gene features to predict genes underlying complex traits and diseases
Nature Genetics 2023cited by 293position: middledoi
Nuclear genetic control of mtDNA copy number and heteroplasmy in humans
Nature 2023cited by 174position: middledoi
Author Correction: FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population
Nature 2023cited by 115position: middledoi
Single-cell analyses and host genetics highlight the role of innate immune cells in COVID-19 severity
Nature Genetics 2023cited by 65position: middledoi
Narcolepsy risk loci outline role of T cell autoimmunity and infectious triggers in narcolepsy
Nature Communications 2023cited by 58position: middledoi
Author Correction: The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids
Nature 2023cited by 14position: middledoi
Additional file 28 of Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) 2023cited by 0position: middledoi
Additional file 21 of Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) 2023cited by 0position: middledoi
Additional file 25 of Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) 2023cited by 0position: middledoi
Additional file 18 of Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia) 2023cited by 0position: middledoi
Additional file 27 of Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) 2023cited by 0position: middledoi
Additional file 10 of Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) 2023cited by 0position: middledoi
Additional file 29 of Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) 2023cited by 0position: middledoi
Additional file 19 of Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) 2023cited by 0position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Yukinori Okada · Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization9 papers (2018–2024)Hilary K. Finucane · Broad Institute8 papers (2020–2025)Jacob C. Ulirsch · Illumina (United States)6 papers (2020–2024)Benjamin M. Neale · Broad Institute5 papers (2019–2024)Steven K. Reilly · Yale University5 papers (2020–2024)Ryan Tewhey · Tufts University5 papers (2020–2024)Konrad J. Karczewski · Broad Institute5 papers (2021–2025)Pardis C. Sabeti · Broad Institute4 papers (2021–2024)Alicia R. Martin · Broad Institute4 papers (2019–2022)Susan Kales · Jackson Laboratory3 papers (2021–2024)Rahul Gupta · Broad Institute3 papers (2022–2024)Yoichiro Kamatani · University of Tokyo Hospital3 papers (2018–2020)Sager J. Gosai · Broad Institute3 papers (2021–2024)Kristin Tsuo · Institut Pasteur3 papers (2022–2024)Kousuke Mouri · Jackson Laboratory3 papers (2021–2024)Daniel Berenzy · Jackson Laboratory3 papers (2021–2024)Wei Zhou · Broad Institute3 papers (2022–2024)Mark J. Daly · University of Helsinki3 papers (2019–2022)Patrick F. Chinnery · University of Dundee2 papers (2023–2024)Redwan M. Bhuiyan · University of Connecticut2 papers (2021–2021)
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