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Research ID

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Research title

Nagahama Zero-ji Preventive Cohort Project

Research overview

Aims: Contribution to the promotion of the citizen's health and the development of the preventive medicine
Methods: Genotypes were determined by using of several SNP-arrays (Multipurpose prospective cohort study about the citizen)
Participants/materials: 3712 Japanese participants
URL: https://zeroji-cohort.com/english/ (opens in a new tab)

Datasets

Cart	Dataset ID	Type of data	Analysis method	Access criteria	Date published
	JGAD000012	Genotype data of 3712 participants in Nagahama Zero-ji preventive cohort study	Genotyping by array	Controlled-access (Type I)	2020-09-28

Data provider

Principal investigator: Fumihiko Matsuda
Affiliation: Center for Genomic Medicine Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

Research projects

Name	URL
Nagahama Zero-ji preventive cohort project	https://zeroji-cohort.com/english/ (opens in a new tab)

Grants

Name	Title	Project number
Health and Labor Sciences Research Grants - Research Project on Applying Health Technology	Investigating the cause for intractable diseases using comprehensive integrated omics analyses and the establishment of new diagnostics / treatment	11103334
Special Research Grant (Management Expenses Grants)	Regional cohort project using genomic medicine	N/A
Takeda Science Foundation (The Specific Research Grant)	Elucidation of genetic factors responsible for lifestyle diseases using the 10,000 genome cohort	N/A

Related publications

Title	DOI	Dataset ID
A genome-wide association study of serum levels of prostate specific antigen in the Japanese population.	https://doi.org/10.1136/jmedgenet-2014-102423 (opens in a new tab)	JGAD000012
Three missense variants of metabolic syndrome-related genes are associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin levels	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8754 (opens in a new tab)	JGAD000012

Controlled access users

Principal investigator	Affiliation	Country/Region	Research title	Period of data use	Dataset ID
Emiko Noguchi	Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba	Japan	Identification of genes related to allergy against hydrozyed wheat protein.	2016-08-25 – 2022-03-07	JGAD000012
Yukinori Okada	Department of Statistical Genetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine	Japan	Development of statistical genetic analysis methods using the whole-genome data from B cell lines of Japanese individuals	2019-10-17 – 2029-03-31	JGAD000012
Yoshihiro Asano	Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University	Japan	Sensitive gene analysis of hereditary cardiovascular disease	2021-06-24 – 2027-05-31	JGAD000012
Gregor Kuhlenbaeumer	Neurogenetics within Dept. of Neurology, UKSH	Germany	Conducting a genome-wide association study investigating antibody-mediated encephalitides.	2022-04-07 – 2026-12-31	JGAD000012
Yoshinori Yoshida	Yoshida Lab Cell growth and differentiation, Kyoto University, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application	Japan	Prospective REgistry to eVAluate the predIctors and clinicaL management of HCM	2022-12-27 – 2030-03-31	JGAD000012