Identification of RNF213 as a Susceptibility Gene for Moyamoya Disease and Its Possible Role in Vascular Development
	Wanyang Liu, Daisuke Morito, Seiji Takashima, Yohei Mineharu, Hatasu Kobayashi, Toshiaki Hitomi, Hirokuni Hashikata, Norio Matsuura, Satoru Yamazaki, Atsushi Toyoda, Ken-ichiro Kikuta, Yasushi Takagi, Kouji H Harada, Asao Fujiyama, Roman Herzig, Boris Krischek, Liping Zou, Jeong Eun Kim, Masafumi Kitakaze, Susumu Miyamoto, Kazuhiro Nagata, Nobuo Hashimoto, Akio Koizumi.
		PLoS ONE. published online 20 Jul, 2011 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022542
	A rare Asian founder polymorphism in Raptor may explain the high prevalence of moyamoya disease in East Asian and low prevalence in Caucasian
	Liu W, Hashikata H, Inoue K, Matsuura N, Mineharu Y, Kobayashi H, Kikuta KI, Takagi Y, Hitomi T, Krischek B, Zou LP, Fang F, Herzig R, Kim JE, Kang HS, Oh CW, Tregouet DA, Hashimoto N, Koizumi A.
		Environ. Health Prev Med. Accepted 13 Oct, 2009; 15(2):94-104, 2010 doi: 10.1007/s12199-009-0116-7
	Confirmation of an association of SNP rs1333040 on 9p21 with familial and sporadic intracranial aneurysms in Japanese patients
	Hashikata H, Liu W, Inoue K, Mineharu Y, Yamada S, Nanayakkara S, Matsuura N, Hitomi T, Takagi Y, Hashimoto N, Miyamoto S, Koizumi A.
		Stroke. Accepted on Feb 15, 41(6):1138-1144, 2010 doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.576694
	Combination of Linkage and Association Studies for Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
	Inoue S et al.
		Stroke. Accepted on October 30, 2006; 38(4):1368-1370, 1 Apr 2007 doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000260094.03782.59
	Model-Based Linkage Analyses Confirm Chromosome 19q13.3 as a Susceptibility Locus for Intracranial Aneurysm
	Mineharu Y et al.
		Stroke. Accepted on November 7, 2006; 38(4):1174-1178, 1 Apr 2007 doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000259657.73682.03
	Inheritance pattern of familial moyamoya disease: autosomal dominant mode and genomic imprinting
	Youhei Mineharu, Katsunobu Takenaka, Hiroyasu Yamakawa, Kayoko Inoue, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Ken-ichiro Kikuta, Yasushi Takagi, Kazuhiko Nozaki, Nobuo Hashimoto and Akio Koizumi
		J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. in press 9 Jun, Published Online First: 20 June 2006 doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.096040
	Search on Chromosome 17 Centromere Reveals TNFRSF13B as a Susceptibility Gene for Intracranial Aneurysm. A Preliminary Study
	Kayoko Inoue, Youhei Mineharu, Sumiko Inoue, Shigeki Yamada, Fumihiko Matsuda, Kazuhiko Nozaki, Katsunobu Takenaka, Nobuo Hashimoto, and Akio Koizumi
		Circulation 2006: published online before print April 17, 2006, doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.579326.
	Association Analysis of Common Variants of ELN, NOS2A, APOE and ACE2 to Intracranial Aneurysm
	Youhei Mineharu, Kayoko Inoue, Sumiko Inoue, Shigeki Yamada, Kazuhiko Nozaki, Katsunobu Takenaka, Nobuo Hashimoto, and Akio Koizumi
		Stroke published March 30, 2006, 10.1161/01.STR.0000217408.91389.4d