The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project: Design and Mission

Shinichi Kuriyama, Nobuo Yaegashi, Fuji Nagami, +53

Journal of Epidemiology

Tmm BirthFamily MembersEpidemiologic ResearchClinical SpecialtiesPopulation Health Sciences +19

Study Profile of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study

Atsushi Hozawa, Kozo Tanno, Naoki Nakaya, +80

Journal of Epidemiology

Branched-Chain Amino Acids Prevent Hepatocarcinogenesis and Prolong Survival of Patients With Cirrhosis

Takumi Kawaguchi, Koichi Shiraishi, Toshifumi Ito, +28

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Prolong SurvivalHepatologyBiochemistryNatural SciencesLiver Physiology +10

Membrane Cholesterol But Not Putative Receptors Mediates Anandamide–Induced Hepatocyte Apoptosis

Kamal Krishna Biswas, Krishna Pada Sarker, Kazuhiro Abeyama, +11

Hepatology

Genetic Predisposition to Ischemic Stroke

Tsuyoshi Hachiya, Yoichiro Kamatani, Atsushi Takahashi, +38

Stroke

Effect of zinc on liver cirrhosis with hyperammonemia: A preliminary randomized, placebo-controlled double-blind trial

Kazuhiro Katayama, Masanori Saito, Takumi Kawaguchi, +12

Nutrition

HepatologyLiver PhysiologyLiver CirrhosisToxicologyPreliminary Randomized +6

Interleukin‐17 as a new marker of severity of acute hepatic injury

Yuki Yasumi, Yasuhiro Takikawa, Ryujin Endo, +1

Hepatology Research

The Prevalence and Implication of Zinc Deficiency in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease

Kazuhiro Katayama, Takumi Kawaguchi, Koichi Shiraishi, +26

Journal of Clinical Medicine Research

Genome-wide identification of inter-individually variable DNA methylation sites improves the efficacy of epigenetic association studies

Tsuyoshi Hachiya, Ryohei Furukawa, Yuh Shiwa, +18

npj Genomic Medicine

Effects of branched‐chain amino acid‐enriched nutrient for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma following radiofrequency ablation: A one‐year prospective trial

Hidekatsu Kuroda, Akira Ushio, Yasuhiro Miyamoto, +7

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology