YOSHIKAWA Masahiro

School of Medicine Department of MedicineResearch Assistant

Researcher Information

Degree

  • M.D., Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Mar. 2006

Educational Background

  • Apr. 1995 - Mar. 1999
    The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, 医学科
Research activity information

Paper

  • Systematic proteome-wide Mendelian randomization to prioritize causal plasma proteins for skin cancers
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Tomohiro Nakayama; Kensuke Asaba
    Communications Biology, Dec. 2024, Refereed
    Lead
  • CCN3/NOV as a potential therapeutic target for diverticular disease: A proteome-wide Mendelian randomization study
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Kensuke Asaba
    Medicine (Baltimore), Nov. 2024, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Prioritization of nasal polyp associated genes by integrating GWAS and eQTL summary data
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Kensuke Asaba; Tomohiro Nakayama
    Frontiers in Genetics, Jun. 2023, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Estimating causal effects of genetically predicted type 2 diabetes on COVID-19 in the East Asian population
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Kensuke Asaba; Tomohiro Nakayama
    Frontiers in Endocrinology, Dec. 2022, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Causal effect of atrial fibrillation/flutter on chronic kidney disease: A bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Kensuke Asaba; Tomohiro Nakayama
    PLOS ONE, Dec. 2021, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Estimating causal effects of atherogenic lipid-related traits on COVID-19 susceptibility and severity using a two-sample Mendelian randomization approach
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Kensuke Asaba; Tomohiro Nakayama
    BMC Medical Genomics, Nov. 2021, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Educational Attainment Decreases the Risk of COVID-19 Severity in the European Population: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Kensuke Asaba
    Frontiers in Public Health, Jun. 2021, Refereed
    Lead
  • The APLNR gene polymorphism rs7119375 is associated with an increased risk of development of essential hypertension in the Chinese population: A meta-analysis.
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Kensuke Asaba; Tomohiro Nakayama
    Medicine (Baltimore), Dec. 2020, Refereed
    Lead
  • Single-nucleotide polymorphism rs4664308 in PLA2R1 gene is associated with the risk of idiopathic membranous nephropathy: a meta-analysis
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Kensuke Asaba
    Scientific Reports, Aug. 2020, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Long-term effects of low calcium dialysates on the serum calcium levels during maintenance hemodialysis treatments: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Osamu Takase; Taro Tsujimura; Etsuko Sano; Matsuhiko Hayashi; Tsuyoshi Takato; Keiichi Hishikawa
    Scientific reports, Mar. 2018, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Trichostatin a prevents TGF-β1-induced apoptosis by inhibiting ERK activation in human renal tubular epithelial cells
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Keiichi Hishikawa; Mana Idei; Toshiro Fujita
    European Journal of Pharmacology, Jun. 2010, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Inhibition of histone deacetylase activity suppresses epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition induced by TGF-beta 1 in human renal epithelial cells.
    Masahiro Yoshikawa; Keiichi Hishikawa; Takeshi Marumo; Toshiro Fujita
    Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Jan. 2007, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead

MISC

  • Controlling gene activation by enhancers through a drug-inducible topological insulator.
    Taro Tsujimura; Osamu Takase; Masahiro Yoshikawa; Etsuko Sano; Matsuhiko Hayashi; Kazuto Hoshi; Tsuyoshi Takato; Atsushi Toyoda; Hideyuki Okano; Keiichi Hishikawa
    eLife, 05 May 2020
  • Control of directionality of chromatin folding for the inter- and intra-domain contacts at the Tfap2c-Bmp7 locus.
    Taro Tsujimura; Osamu Takase; Masahiro Yoshikawa; Etsuko Sano; Matsuhiko Hayashi; Tsuyoshi Takato; Atsushi Toyoda; Hideyuki Okano; Keiichi Hishikawa
    Epigenetics & chromatin, 14 Sep. 2018
  • Roles and regulation of bone morphogenetic protein-7 in kidney development and diseases.
    Taro Tsujimura; Mana Idei; Masahiro Yoshikawa; Osamu Takase; Keiichi Hishikawa
    World journal of stem cells, 26 Sep. 2016
  • Adult stem-like cells in kidney.
    Keiichi Hishikawa; Osamu Takase; Masahiro Yoshikawa; Taro Tsujimura; Masaomi Nangaku; Tsuyoshi Takato
    World journal of stem cells, 26 Mar. 2015
  • The role of NF-κB signaling in the maintenance of pluripotency of human induced pluripotent stem cells.
    Osamu Takase; Masahiro Yoshikawa; Mana Idei; Junichi Hirahashi; Toshiro Fujita; Tsuyoshi Takato; Takayuki Isagawa; Genta Nagae; Hirofumi Suemori; Hiroyuki Aburatani; Keiichi Hishikawa
    PloS one, 2013
  • Histone deacetylase modulates the proinflammatory and -fibrotic changes in tubulointerstitial injury.
    Takeshi Marumo; Keiichi Hishikawa; Masahiro Yoshikawa; Junichi Hirahashi; Shoji Kawachi; Toshiro Fujita
    American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, Jan. 2010
  • Epigenetic regulation of BMP7 in the regenerative response to ischemia.
    Takeshi Marumo; Keiichi Hishikawa; Masahiro Yoshikawa; Toshiro Fujita
    Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, Jul. 2008
  • Protective effect of dietary potassium against vascular injury in salt-sensitive hypertension.
    Makiko Kido; Katsuyuki Ando; Maristela L Onozato; Akihiro Tojo; Masahiro Yoshikawa; Teruhiko Ogita; Toshiro Fujita
    Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), Feb. 2008
  • Musculin/MyoR is expressed in kidney side population cells and can regulate their function.
    Keiichi Hishikawa; Takeshi Marumo; Shigeki Miura; Asato Nakanishi; Yumi Matsuzaki; Katsunori Shibata; Tomoko Ichiyanagi; Hiroko Kohike; Takuya Komori; Ichiro Takahashi; Osamu Takase; Naohiko Imai; Masahiro Yoshikawa; Toshihiko Inowa; Matsuhiko Hayashi; Toshio Nakaki; Hiromitsu Nakauchi; Hideyuki Okano; Toshiro Fujita
    The Journal of cell biology, 20 Jun. 2005
  • 両側肺野に多発結節影を呈したPulmonary Langerhans'-Cell Histiocytosisの1例
    吉川 真弘; 倉沢 忠弘; 大山 雅代; 佐藤 圭一; 佐藤 芳之; 苅家 利承; 増田 幸蔵; 井上 泰
    呼吸と循環, Mar. 2002
    Lead
  • Postsynaptic Modulation of AMPA Receptor-Mediated Synaptic Responses and LTP by the Type 3 Ryanodine Receptor
    Misa Shimuta; Masahiro Yoshikawa; Masahiro Fukaya; Masahiko Watanabe; Hiroshi Takeshima; Toshiya Manabe
    Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, May 2001

Research Themes

  • Development of novel kidney regeneration therapy using iPS cell-derived kidney tissue stem cells
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 01 Apr. 2015 - 31 Mar. 2018
    yoshikawa masahiro
  • New cell therapy for kidney disease using human kidney derived iPS cells
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 28 Apr. 2011 - 31 Mar. 2015
    YOSHIKAWA Masahiro; HISHIKAWA Keiichi; FUJITA Toshiro; ABRATANI Hiroyuki
  • Investigation of a new promising therapeutic for renal diseases by chromatin remodeling.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 2007 - 2008
    YOSHIKAWA Masahiro

Academic Contribution Activities

  • 日本学術振興会 特別研究員等審査会 専門委員
    Review
    01 Jul. 2022 - 30 Jun. 2024