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Genome-wide elucidation of disease susceptibility structural variation using short- and long-read sequencing

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23K14451
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 48040:Medical biochemistry-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Sonehara Kyuto  東京大学, 大学院医学系研究科(医学部), 客員研究員 (60975358)

Project Period (FY) 2023-04-01 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords遺伝統計学 / ロングリードシーケンス / ゲノムワイド関連解析 / 構造多型 / 全ゲノムシーケンス
Outline of Research at the Start

大規模疾患ゲノム解析手法であるゲノムワイド関連解析(genome-wide association study; GWAS)はこれまで多数の疾患感受性遺伝子を同定してきた。一方で、従来のGWASは解析の対象がゲノム上の小規模な遺伝子多型に限定され、より大規模な塩基配列の個人差である構造多型は見逃されてきた。本研究では、ロングリードシーケンス、ショートリードシーケンス、一塩基多型マイクロアレイの3層の大容量ヒトゲノムデータを効果的に組み合わせた統合解析により、日本人集団のゲノムに含まれる構造多型を網羅的に同定し、疾患感受性への寄与を解明する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

By leveraging three layers of large-scale human genome data, long-read sequencing, short-read sequencing, and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) microarrays, we investigated the impact of structural variation on human disease susceptibility. We compiled a catalog of common structural variants in the Japanese population and successfully identified structural variants that account for susceptibility gene regions in multiple disease traits. Additionally, by applying structural variant analysis to large-scale genome data (n = 26,000) from patients with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss, we identified copy number variants that contribute to the disease susceptibility.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、これまで研究の対象から見逃されてきた、ヒトゲノム上に存在する大規模な構造多型が疾患の遺伝的な罹患しやすさに関連することが明らかになった。現在、多くの疾患ゲノム解析研究において、得られた感受性多型情報をいかに分子メカニズムへと結びつけ、創薬ターゲットを見出すかが課題となっている。構造多型は単一の多型がゲノム配列に及ぼす変化が大きいため、従来解析されてきた一塩基多型と比較して、疾患発症へと繋がる分子メカニズムの考察がしやすいと考えられ、創薬をはじめとした将来的な社会実装へ繋がることが期待される。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2024 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (31 results)

All 2025 2024 2023 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (26 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 10 results,  Peer Reviewed: 26 results,  Open Access: 22 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Massachusetts General Hospital/Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard/University of Helsinki(米国)

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Germline variants and mosaic chromosomal alterations affect COVID-19 vaccine immunogenicity2025

    • Author(s)
      Sonehara Kyuto、Uwamino Yoshifumi、Saiki Ryunosuke、et al.
    • Journal Title

      Cell Genomics

      Volume: 5 Issue: 3 Pages: 100783-100783

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.xgen.2025.100783

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Contribution of germline and somatic mutations to risk of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder2025

    • Author(s)
      Yata Tomohiro、Sato Go、Ogawa Kotaro、Naito Tatsuhiko、Sonehara Kyuto、et al.
    • Journal Title

      Cell Genomics

      Volume: 5 Issue: 3 Pages: 100776-100776

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.xgen.2025.100776

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Retrotrans-genomics identifies aberrant THE1B endogenous retrovirus fusion transcripts in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis2025

    • Author(s)
      Funaguma Shunsuke、Iida Aritoshi、Saito Yoshihiko、Tanboon Jantima、De Los Reyes Francia Victoria、Sonehara Kyuto、Goto Yu-ichi、Okada Yukinori、Hayashi Shinichiro、Nishino Ichizo
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 16 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-025-56567-6

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Blood DNA virome associates with autoimmune diseases and COVID-192025

    • Author(s)
      Sasa Noah、Kojima Shohei、Koide Rie、Hasegawa Takanori、Namkoong Ho、et al.
    • Journal Title

      Nature Genetics

      Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Pages: 65-79

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41588-024-02022-z

    • URL

      https://pure.teikyo.jp/en/publications/51480848-1718-4703-adff-fd7442a79390

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Incomplete human reference genomes can drive false sex biases and expose patient-identifying information in metagenomic data2025

    • Author(s)
      Guccione Caitlin、Patel Lucas、Tomofuji Yoshihiko、McDonald Daniel、Gonzalez Antonio、Sepich-Poore Gregory D.、Sonehara Kyuto、Zakeri Mohsen、Chen Yang、Dilmore Amanda Hazel、Damle Neil、Baranzini Sergio E.、Hightower George、Nakatsuji Teruaki、Gallo Richard L.、Langmead Ben、Okada Yukinori、Curtius Kit、Knight Rob
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 16 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-025-56077-5

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A genome-wide meta-analysis reveals shared and population-specific variants for allergic sensitization2025

    • Author(s)
      Noguchi Emiko、Morii Wataru、Kitazawa Haruna、Hirota Tomomitsu、Sonehara Kyuto、Masuko Hironori、Okada Yukinori、Hizawa Nobuyuki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

      Volume: 155 Issue: 4 Pages: 1321-1332

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jaci.2024.11.033

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Single-cell RNA sequencing of peripheral blood links cell-type-specific regulation of splicing to autoimmune and inflammatory diseases2024

    • Author(s)
      Tian Chi、Zhang Yuntian、Tong Yihan、Kock Kian Hong、Sim Donald Yuhui、Liu Fei、Dong Jiaqi、Jing Zhixuan、Wang Wenjing、Gao Junbin、....、Ishigaki Kazuyoshi、Okamura Tomohisa、Fujio Keishi、Okada Yukinori、Park Woong-Yang、Shin Jay W.、Roca Xavier、Prabhakar Shyam、Liu Boxiang
    • Journal Title

      Nature Genetics

      Volume: 56 Issue: 12 Pages: 2739-2752

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41588-024-02019-8

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Genetic legacy of ancient hunter-gatherer Jomon in Japanese populations2024

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto Kenichi,,,Gakuhari Takashi,,,Nakagome Shigeki, Okada Yukinori
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-15

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-024-54052-0

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Bioactive Mediator Profile of Mepolizumab‐Treated Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis2024

    • Author(s)
      Kamide Yosuke、Sonehara Kyuto、Sekiya Kiyoshi、Ueki Shigeharu、Nakamura Yuto、Okada Yukinori、Taniguchi Masami
    • Journal Title

      Allergy

      Volume: 80 Issue: 3 Pages: 882-885

    • DOI

      10.1111/all.16395

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Statistically and functionally fine-mapped blood eQTLs and pQTLs from 1,405 humans reveal distinct regulation patterns and disease relevance2024

    • Author(s)
      Wang Qingbo S.、Hasegawa Takanori、Namkoong Ho、Saiki Ryunosuke、Edahiro Ryuya et al.
    • Journal Title

      Nature Genetics

      Volume: 56 Issue: 10 Pages: 2054-2067

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41588-024-01896-3

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Machine learning reveals heterogeneous associations between environmental factors and cardiometabolic diseases across polygenic risk scores2024

    • Author(s)
      Naito Tatsuhiko、Inoue Kosuke、Namba Shinichi、Sonehara Kyuto、Suzuki Ken、BioBank Japan、Matsuda Koichi、Kondo Naoki、Toda Tatsushi、Yamauchi Toshimasa、Kadowaki Takashi、Okada Yukinori
    • Journal Title

      Communications Medicine

      Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Pages: 181-181

    • DOI

      10.1038/s43856-024-00596-7

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Quantification of escape from X chromosome inactivation with single-cell omics data reveals heterogeneity across cell types and tissues2024

    • Author(s)
      Tomofuji Yoshihiko、Edahiro Ryuya、Sonehara Kyuto、Shirai Yuya、Kock Kian Hong、et al.
    • Journal Title

      Cell Genomics

      Volume: 4 Issue: 8 Pages: 100625-100625

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100625

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Primary Aldosteronism and Risk of Cardiovascular Outcomes: Genome‐Wide Association and Mendelian Randomization Study2024

    • Author(s)
      Inoue Kosuke、Naito Tatsuhiko、Fuji Ryosuke、Sonehara Kyuto、Yamamoto Kenichi、Baba Ryuta、Kodama Takaya、Otagaki Yu、Okada Akira、Itcho Kiyotaka、Kobuke Kazuhiro、Ohno Haruya、BioBank Japan、Morisaki Takayuki、Hattori Noboru、Goto Atsushi、Nishikawa Tetsuo、Oki Kenji、Okada Yukinori
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the American Heart Association

      Volume: 13 Issue: 15

    • DOI

      10.1161/jaha.123.034180

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Common and rare genetic variants predisposing females to unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss2024

    • Author(s)
      Sonehara Kyuto、Yano Yoshitaka、Naito Tatsuhiko、Goto Shinobu、Yoshihara Hiroyuki、Otani Takahiro、Ozawa Fumiko、et al.
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Pages: 5744-5744

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-024-49993-5

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Genome-wide association study on meningioma risk in Japan: a multicenter prospective study2024

    • Author(s)
      Yamada Shuhei、Umehara Toru、Sonehara Kyuto、Kijima Noriyuki、Kawabata Shuhei、Takano Koji、Kidani Tomoki、Hirayama Ryuichi、Arita Hideyuki、Okita Yoshiko、Kinoshita Manabu、Kagawa Naoki、Fujinaka Toshiyuki、Fujita Toshiaki、Wakayama Akatsuki、Biobank Japan Project、Matsuda Koichi、Okada Yukinori、Kishima Haruhiko
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Neuro-Oncology

      Volume: 169 Issue: 2 Pages: 281-286

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11060-024-04727-x

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Body mass index stratification optimizes polygenic prediction of type 2 diabetes in cross-biobank analyses2024

    • Author(s)
      Ojima Takafumi、Namba Shinichi、Suzuki Ken、Yamamoto Kenichi、Sonehara Kyuto、Narita Akira、the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Study Group、the Biobank Japan Project、Kamatani Yoichiro、Tamiya Gen、Yamamoto Masayuki、Yamauchi Toshimasa、Kadowaki Takashi、Okada Yukinori
    • Journal Title

      Nature Genetics

      Volume: 56 Issue: 6 Pages: 1100-1109

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41588-024-01782-y

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Brugada syndrome in Japan and Europe: a genome-wide association study reveals shared genetic architecture and new risk loci2024

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa T, Makita N et al.
    • Journal Title

      European Heart Journal

      Volume: in press Issue: 26 Pages: 2320-2332

    • DOI

      10.1093/eurheartj/ehae251

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Genetic drivers of heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology2024

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki Ken、Hatzikotoulas Konstantinos、Southam Lorraine、Taylor Henry J.、Yin Xianyong、Lorenz Kim M.、Mandla Ravi、Huerta-Chagoya Alicia、Melloni Giorgio E. M.、Kanoni Stavroula、Rayner Nigel W.、Bocher Ozvan、Arruda Ana Luiza、Sonehara Kyuto et al.
    • Journal Title

      Nature

      Volume: 627 Issue: 8003 Pages: 347-357

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41586-024-07019-6

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Estimating gene-level false discovery probability improves eQTL statistical fine-mapping precision2023

    • Author(s)
      Wang Qingbo S、Edahiro Ryuya、Namkoong Ho、Hasegawa Takanori、Shirai Yuya、Sonehara Kyuto et al.
    • Journal Title

      NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics

      Volume: 5 Issue: 4

    • DOI

      10.1093/nargab/lqad090

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Analysis of gut microbiome, host genetics, and plasma metabolites reveals gut microbiome-host interactions in the Japanese population2023

    • Author(s)
      Tomofuji Yoshihiko、Kishikawa Toshihiro、Sonehara Kyuto et al.
    • Journal Title

      Cell Reports

      Volume: 42 Issue: 11 Pages: 113324-113324

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113324

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Extracting immunological and clinical heterogeneity across autoimmune rheumatic diseases by cohort-wide immunophenotyping2023

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka Hiroaki、Okada Yukinori、Nakayamada Shingo、Miyazaki Yusuke、Sonehara Kyuto et al.
    • Journal Title

      Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

      Volume: 83 Issue: 2 Pages: 242-252

    • DOI

      10.1136/ard-2023-224537

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A second update on mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-192023

    • Author(s)
      The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative
    • Journal Title

      Nature

      Volume: 621 Issue: 7977 Pages: E7-E26

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41586-023-06355-3

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Genome-wide association study identifies risk loci within the major histocompatibility complex region for Hunner-type interstitial cystitis2023

    • Author(s)
      Akiyama Y、Sonehara K、Maeda D、Katoh H、Naito T、Yamamoto K、Morisaki T、Ishikawa S、Ushiku T、Kume H、Homma Y、Okada Y
    • Journal Title

      Cell Reports Medicine

      Volume: 4 Issue: 7 Pages: 101114-101114

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101114

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Pan-cancer and cross-population genome-wide association studies dissect shared genetic backgrounds underlying carcinogenesis2023

    • Author(s)
      Sato Go、Shirai Yuya、Namba Shinichi、Edahiro Ryuya、Sonehara Kyuto et al.
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Pages: 3671-3671

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-023-39136-7

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Reconstruction of the personal information from human genome reads in gut metagenome sequencing data2023

    • Author(s)
      Tomofuji Yoshihiko、Sonehara Kyuto et al.
    • Journal Title

      Nature Microbiology

      Volume: 8 Issue: 6 Pages: 1079-1094

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41564-023-01381-3

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Single-cell analyses and host genetics highlight the role of innate immune cells in COVID-19 severity2023

    • Author(s)
      Japan COVID-19 Task Force
    • Journal Title

      Nature Genetics

      Volume: 55 Issue: 5 Pages: 753-767

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41588-023-01375-1

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Genome-wide association and HLA fine-mapping analysis of Hunner-type interstitial cystitis identify predisposing class II HLA variants.2023

    • Author(s)
      Kyuto Sonehara, Yoshiyuki Akiyama, Daichi Maeda, Hiroto Katoh, Tatsuhiko Naito, Kenichi Yamamoto, Biobank Japan Project, Takayuki Morisaki, Shumpei Ishikawa, Tetsuo Ushiku, Haruki Kume, Yukio Homma, Yukinori Okada
    • Organizer
      The American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Genome-wide association and HLA fine-mapping analysis of Hunner-type interstitial cystitis identify risk HLA variants.2023

    • Author(s)
      Kyuto Sonehara, Yoshiyuki Akiyama, Daichi Maeda, Hiroto Katoh, Tatsuhiko Naito, Kenichi Yamamoto, Biobank Japan Project, Takayuki Morisaki, Shumpei Ishikawa, Tetsuo Ushiku, Haruki Kume, Yukio Homma, Yukinori Okada
    • Organizer
      Human Genetics Asia 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Genome-wide association and HLA fine-mapping analysis of Hunner-type interstitial cystitis identify predisposing class II HLA variants.2023

    • Author(s)
      Kyuto Sonehara, Yoshiyuki Akiyama, Daichi Maeda, Hiroto Katoh, Tatsuhiko Naito, Kenichi Yamamoto, Biobank Japan Project, Takayuki Morisaki, Shumpei Ishikawa, Tetsuo Ushiku, Haruki Kume, Yukio Homma, Yukinori Okada
    • Organizer
      The 14th International Workshop on Advanced Genomics
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 頭蓋内胚細胞腫瘍のゲノムワイド関連解析は遺伝的背景の解明を通じ 、病因と疫学の理解に貢献する2023

    • Author(s)
      曽根原 究人, 木村 由依, 中野 嘉子, 小澤 達也, 藤井 隆司, 富山 新太, 鈴木 智成, 山口 秀, 三輪 点, 大江 直行, 深井 順也, 河村 淳史, 市村 幸一, 西川 亮, 岡田 随象, 寺島 慶太
    • Organizer
      第82回日本癌学会学術総会
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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