Japan Eye Genetics Consortium (JEGC)

About JEGC

Japan Eye Genetics Consortium (JEGC) was established in 2011 to identify genes responsible for 37 inherited retinal diseases (IRD) in Japanese population. More than 2,700 DNA samples has now been collected from 38 Ophthalmology Departments in Japan for whole genome/whole exome analysis. Our study shows that approximately 70% of families with IRD carry novel gene mutations. To date, number of novel genes has been identified and expected for more in the future. This high prevalance of novel gene mutations in Japanese population is a challenge to the consortium for accurate diagnostic. Functional studies for novel disease-causing proteins are being performed to understand the molecular mechanism of disease onset and to apply these information for development of future therapeutics.

Target Inherited Eye Diseases

Leber Congenital Amaurosis
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Enhanced S-Cone Syndrome
Usher Syndrome
Stargardt Disease (STGD)
Macular Dystrophy (non STGD) or Cone (Cone-rod) Dystrophy
Occult Macular Dystrophy (including Miyake's Disease)
Cone (Cone-rod) Dystrophy with normal fundus appearance
North Carolina Macular Dystrophy
Foveal Hypoplasia
Microphthalmus/Nanophthalmus
Congenital Stationary Night Blindness (CSNB)
Oguchi's Disease
Flecked Retina Syndrome
Bietti Crystalline Corneoretinal Dystrophy
Choroideremia
Achromatopsia
Blue Cone Monochromatism
Gyrate Atrophy
Bradyopsia
Retinioschisis
Familial drusen
Familial AMD
Bestrophinopaty
Wnt signaling retinopathy
Stickler syndrome
Wagner Syndrome
Dominant Optic Atrophy (DOA)
Mitochondrial Retinopathy
Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON)
Ocular Albinism
Oculocutaneous Albinism
Albinism with systemic abnormalities
Angioid Streaks
Retinoblastoma
Inherited Optic Neuropathy
Inherited Glaucoma

History

May 2024: 2,000 samples of WGS completed

June 2023: 1,000 samples of WGS completed

October 2021: 150 pedigree WGS completed

December 2020: Whole genome sequencing (WGS) for IRD starts

October 28, 2020: Genomics Japan kickoff meeting in Tokyo

December 2019: Genomics Japan was approved by Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

March 2019: 2,100 samples of whole exome analysis completed. Mutation detection rate increased to 53%

April 2017: JEGC 3rd phase, Resaerch on Rare and Intractable Diseases Program of Japan, AMED

October 2016: New JEGC Genotype-Phenotype Database in operation

March 2016: 1,300 samples of whole exome analysis completed

April 2015: JEGC 2nd phase, Research on Rare and Intractable Diseases Program of Japan, AMED

April 2014: JEGC 2nd phase, Research on Rare and Intractable Diseases Program of Japan, Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

March 2013: 500 samples of whole exome analysis completed

March 2012: 50 samples of whole exome analysis completed

April 2011: JEGC 1st phase, Research for Practical Application of Medical Treatment in the Field of Intractable Diseases and Cancer Diseases Program of Japan, Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Mutation detection rate at 17%

Members


Head

Takeshi Iwata

NHO Tokyo Medical Center


Head of Disease Diagnostic

Kazushige Tsunoda

NHO Tokyo Medical Center


Genome/Functional Analysis

Akiko Suga

NHO Tokyo Medical Center


Genome/Functional Analysis

Yang Pan

NHO Tokyo Medical Center


Genome Analysis/Computer System

Kazutoshi Yoshitake

NHO Tokyo Medical Center


Administration

Yu Teruyama

NHO Tokyo Medical Center


Diagnostic Leader

Kazuki Kuniyoshi

Kindai University


Diagnostic Leader

Takaaki Hayashi

Jikei University


Diagnostic Leader

Shinji Ueno

Hirosaki University


Diagnostic Leader

Kei Shinoda

Saitama University


Diagnostic Leader

Hiroyuki Kondo

University of Occupational and Environmental Health


Diagnostic Leader

Mineo Kondo

Mie University


Diagnostic Leader

Makoto Nakamura

Kobe University


Diagnostic Leader

Kaoru Fujinami

NHO Tokyo Medical Center


Diagnostic Leader

Shuhei Kameya

Nippon Medical University


Diagnostic Leader

Nobuhisa Naoi

Miyazaki University


CAGE Project

Yoshihide Hayashizaki

RIKEN


CAGE Project

Yasuhiro Murakawa

RIKEN


CAGE Project

Hideya Kawaji
RIKEN


CAGE Project

Carninci Piero

RIKEN


Proteome Project

Toshihide Nishimura

St. Marianna University


Animal Model Project

Nobuhiro Shimozawa

Tsukuba Primate Reserach Center

Collaborators

Yozo Miyake, Kobe Eye Center
Masayuki Horiguchi, Fujita Health University
Syuichi Yamamoto, Chiba University Hospital
Manami Kuze, Matsusaka Central General Hospital
Atsushi Mizota, Teikyo University School of Medicine
Nobuhisa Naoi, Miyazaki University
Shigeki Machida, Dokkyo Medical University, Koshigaya Hospital
Yoshiaki Shimada, Fujita Health University, Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital
Hisashi Fujikado, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University
Yoshihiro Hotta Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Professor
Masayo Takahashi, RIKEN Kobe, Retina Regenerative Medicine Research and Development Projects
Kiyofumi Motiduki, Opthalmology, Gifu University School of Medicine
Akira Murakami, Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University
Susumu Ishida, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University
Mitsuru Nakazawa, Depertment of Ophthalmology, Hirosaki Univeristy
Teruhisa Hatase, Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University
Kazuo Tsubota, Keio University
Akiko Maeda, RIKEN Kobe, Retina Regenerative Medicine Research and Development Projects
Atsuhiro Tanigawa, Fujita Health University
Syuji Yamamoto, Jin Ophthalmic Clinic
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Jin Ophthalmic Clinic
Tetsuju Sekiryu, Fukushima Medical University
Kenji Kashiwagi, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Yamanashi
Takeo Fukuchi, Niigata University
Atsuhshi Hayashi, Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama
Katsuhiro Hosono, Hamamatsu University School of Mediciner
Keisuke Mori, International University of Health and Welfare
Koichi Furuya, Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Visual Science, Nihon University School of Medicine
Keiichiro Suzuki, International University of Health and Welfare
Yasuo Yanagi, Department of Ophthalmology, Asahikawa Medical University
Natsuko Nakamura, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tokyo

Government Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Reserach and Development (AMED)

Program Name: Research for Rare and Intractable Diseases
Grant Number: 22ek0109493h0003
Principal Investigator: Norihiro Kokudo (National Center for Global Health and Medicine)
Co-Investigator: Takeshi Iwata (National Hosptial Organization Tokyo Medical Center)
Project Name: Study of whole genome sequencing for promotion of genomic medicine for rare diseases
Year: 2022

Program Name: Research for Rare and Intractable Diseases
Grant Number: 21ek0109493h0002
Principal Investigator: Norihiro Kokudo (National Center for Global Health and Medicine)
Co-Investigator: Takeshi Iwata (National Hosptial Organization Tokyo Medical Center)
Project Name: Study of whole genome sequencing for promotion of genomic medicine for rare diseases
Year: 2021

Program Name: Research for Rare and Intractable Diseases
Grant Number: 20ek0109493h0001
Principal Investigator: Norihiro Kokudo (National Center for Global Health and Medicine)
Co-Investigator: Takeshi Iwata (National Hosptial Organization Tokyo Medical Center)
Project Name: Study of whole genome sequencing for promotion of genomic medicine for rare diseases
Year: 2020

Program Name: Research for Rare and Intractable Diseases
Grant Number: 19ek0109282h0003
Principal Investigator: Takeshi Iwata (National Hosptial Organization Tokyo Medical Center)
Project Name: Omics analysis to identify disease-causing mutation and molecular mechanism of inherited retinal diseases, inherited glaucoma and inherited optic neuropathy
Year: 2019

Program Name: Research for Rare and Intractable Diseases
Grant Number: 18ek0109282h0002
Principal Investigator: Takeshi Iwata (National Hosptial Organization Tokyo Medical Center)
Project Name: Omics analysis to identify disease-causing mutation and molecular mechanism of inherited retinal diseases, inherited glaucoma and inherited optic neuropathy
Year: 2018

Program Name: Research for Rare and Intractable Diseases
Grant Number: 17ek0109282s0001
Principal Investigator: Takeshi Iwata (National Hosptial Organization Tokyo Medical Center)
Project Name: Omics analysis to identify disease-causing mutation and molecular mechanism of inherited retinal diseases, inherited glaucoma and inherited optic neuropathy
Year: 2017

Program Name: Research for Rare and Intractable Diseases
Grant Number: 16ek0109072h0003
Principal Investigator: Takeshi Iwata (National Hosptial Organization Tokyo Medical Center)
Project Name: Collection, management and provision of biological samples for hereditary reticulochoroidal disease and elucidation of pathology
Year: 2016

Program Name: Research for Rare and Intractable Diseases
Grant Number: 15ek0109072h0003
Principal Investigator: Takeshi Iwata (National Hosptial Organization Tokyo Medical Center)
Project Name: Collection, management and provision of biological samples for hereditary reticulochoroidal disease and elucidation of pathology
Year: 2015

Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Program Name: Research for Rare and Intractable Diseases
Grant Number: H26-Itaku(Nann)-Ippann-087
Principal Investigator: Takeshi Iwata (National Hosptial Organization Tokyo Medical Center)
Project Name: Collection, management and provision of biological samples for hereditary reticulochoroidal disease and elucidation of pathology
Year: 2014

Program Name: Research for Practical Application of Medical Treatment in the Field of Intractable Diseases and Cancer Diseases
Grant Number: H23-Jitsuyouka(Nannbyo)-Ippan-006
Principal Investigator: Takeshi Iwata (National Hosptial Organization Tokyo Medical Center)
Project Name: Exome sequence analysis using a next-generation sequencer
Elucidation of the causative gene and pathogenic mechanism of macular dystrophy
Year: 2011 - 2013

Publication


Suga A, Mizobuchi K, Inooka T, Yoshitake K, Minematsu N, Tsunoka K, Kuniyoshi K, Kawai Y, Omae Y, Tokunaga K, NCBN Controls WGS Consortium, Hayashi T, Ueno S, Iwata T. A homozygous structural variant of RPGRIP1 is frequently associated with achromatopsia in Japanese patients with IRD. Genetics in Medicine Open, 2024 March 2(15):101843. DOI:10.1016/j.gimo.2024.101843

Nakajima A, Kuniyoshi K, Iwahashi C, Mano F, Hayashi T, Kondo H, Mizobuchi K, Matsushita I, Suga A, Yoshitake K, Nakano T, Iwata T, Matsumoto C, Kusaka S. Optical coherence tomography findings of the peripheral retina in patients with congenital X-linked retinoschisis.Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Nov 16;10:1280564. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1280564. eCollection 2023.PMID: 38034549

Matsushita I, Izumi H, Ueno S, Hayashi T, Fujinami K, Tsunoda K, Iwata T, Kiuchi Y, Kondo H. Functional Characteristics of Diverse PAX6 Mutations Associated with Isolated Foveal Hypoplasia.Genes (Basel). 2023 Jul 21;14(7):1483. doi: 10.3390/genes14071483.PMID: 37510387

Mizumoto K, Kato K, Fujinami K, Sugita T, Sugita I, Hattori A, Saitoh S, Ueno S, Tsunoda K, Iwata T, Kondo M. A Japanese boy with Bardet-Biedl syndrome caused by a novel homozygous variant in the ARL6 gene who was initially diagnosed with retinitis punctata albescens: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Dec 16;101(50):e32161. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000032161.PMID: 36550847

Suga A, Yoshitake K, Minematsu N, Tsunoda K, Fujinami K, Miyake Y, Kuniyoshi K, Hayashi T, Mizobuchi K, Ueno S, Terasaki H, Kominami T, Nao-I N, Mawatari G, Mizota A, Shinoda K, Kondo M, Kato K, Sekiryu T, Nakamura M, Kusuhara S, Yamamoto H, Yamamoto S, Mochizuki K, Kondo H, Matsushita I, Kameya S, Fukuchi T, Hatase T, Horiguchi M, Shimada Y, Tanikawa A, Yamamoto S, Miura G, Ito N, Murakami A, Fujimaki T, Hotta Y, Tanaka K, Iwata T. Genetic characterization of 1,210 Japanese pedigrees with inherited retinal diseases by whole-exome sequencing. Hum Mutat. 2022 Oct 25. doi: 10.1002/humu.24492. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36284460

Pan Y, Suga A, Kimura I, Kimura C, Minegishi Y, Nakayama M, Yoshitake K, Iejima D, Minematsu N, Yamamoto M, Mabuchi F, Takamoto M, Shiga Y, Araie M, Kashiwagi K, Aihara M, Nakazawa T, Iwata T. METTL23 mutation alters histone H3R17 methylation in normal-tension glaucoma. J Clin Invest. 2022 Sep 13:e153589. doi: 10.1172/JCI153589. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36099048

Iwata T, Japan to Global Eye Genetics Consortium: Extending Research Collaboration for Inherited Eye Diseases. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2022 Jul-Aug 01;11(4):360-368. doi: 10.1097/APO.0000000000000535. Epub 2022 Jul 28.PMID: 35904986

Berry V, Fujinami K, Mochizuki K, Iwata T, Pontikos N, Quinlan RA, Michaelides M. A recurrent variant in LIM2 causes an isolated congenital sutural/lamellar cataract in a Japanese family. Ophthalmic Genet. 2022 Jun 23:1-5. doi: 10.1080/13816810.2022.2090010. Online ahead of print.PMID: 357362093

Kayazawa T, Kuniyoshi K, Hatsukawa Y, Fujinami K, Yoshitake K, Tsunoda K, Shimojo H, Iwata T, Kusaka S. Clinical course of a Japanese girl with Leber congenital amaurosis associated with a novel nonsense pathogenic variant in NMNAT1: a case report and mini review. Ophthalmic Genet. 2022 Jun;43(3):400-408. doi: 10.1080/13816810.2021.2023195. Epub 2022 Jan 13. PMID: 35026968

Ahn SJ, Yang L, Tsunoda K, Kondo M, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Nakamura N, Iwata T, Kim MS, Mun Y, Park JY, Joo K, Park KH, Miyake Y, Sui R, Fujinami K, Woo SJ; East Asia Inherited Retinal Disease Society Study Group. Visual Field Characteristics in East Asian Patients With Occult Macular Dystrophy (Miyake Disease): EAOMD Report No. 3. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2022 Jan 3;63(1):12. doi: 10.1167/iovs.63.1.12. PMID: 34994768

Oishi A, Fujinami K, Mawatari G, Naoi N, Ikeda Y, Ueno S, Kuniyoshi K, Hayashi T, Kondo H, Mizota A, Shinoda K, Kusuhara S, Nakamura M, Iwata T, Tsujikawa A, Tsunoda K. Genetic and Phenotypic Landscape of PRPH2-Associated Retinal Dystrophy in Japan. Genes (Basel). 2021 Nov 18;12(11):1817. doi: 10.3390/genes12111817. PMID: 34828423

Mizobuchi K, Hayashi T, Oishi N, Kubota D, Kameya S, Higasa K, Futami T, Kondo H, Hosono K, Kurata K, Hotta Y, Yoshitake K, Iwata T, Matsuura T, Nakano T. Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in RP1-Associated Retinal Dystrophies: A Multi-Center Cohort Study in JAPAN.J Clin Med. 2021 May 24;10(11):2265. doi: 10.3390/jcm10112265.PMID: 34073704

Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Ninomiya H, Liu X, Yang L, Pontikos N, Yoshitake K, Iwata T, Sato Y, Hashimoto T, Tsunoda K, Miyata H, Fujinami K; Japan Eye Genetics Study (JEGC) Group. Prediction of causative genes in inherited retinal disorder from fundus photography and autofluorescence imaging using deep learning techniques. Br J Ophthalmol. 2021 Apr 20:bjophthalmol-2020-318544. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-318544.

Hayashi T, Mizobuchi K, Kameya S, Yoshitake K, Iwata T, Nakano T. A new PDE6A missense variant p.Arg544Gln in rod-cone dystrophy.Doc Ophthalmol. 2021 Feb 21. doi: 10.1007/s10633-021-09826-y. Online ahead of print. PMID: 336117603

Mawatari G, Fujinami K, Liu X, Yang L, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Komori S, Ueno S, Terasaki H, Katagiri S, Hayashi T, Kuniyoshi K, Miyake Y, Tsunoda K, Yoshitake K, Iwata T, Nao-I N; JEGC study group. Correction to: Clinical and genetic characteristics of 14 patients from 13 Japanese families with RPGR-associated retinal disorder: report of eight novel variants.Hum Genome Var. 2020 Feb 10;7(1):3. doi: 10.1038/s41439-019-0086-2.PMID: 33558473

Hayashi T, Kameya S, Mizobuchi K, Kubota D, Kikuchi S, Yoshitake K, Mizota A, Murakami A, Iwata T, Nakano T. Share Genetic defects of CHM and visual acuity outcome in 24 choroideremia patients from 16 Japanese families.Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 28;10(1):15883. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72623-1.PMID: 32985515

Fujinami K, Liu X, Ueno S, Mizota A, Shinoda K, Kuniyoshi K, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Yang L, Arno G, Pontikos N, Kameya S, Kominami T, Terasaki H, Sakuramoto H, Nakamura N, Kurihara T, Tsubota K, Miyake Y, Yoshiake K, Iwata T, Tsunoda K; Japan Eye Genetics Consortium Study Group. RP2-associated retinal disorder in a Japanese cohort: Report of novel variants and a literature review, identifying a genotype-phenotype association.Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2020 Sep;184(3):675-693. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31830. Epub 2020 Sep 1. PMID: 328756844Cite

Liu X, Fujinami K, Kuniyoshi K, Kondo M, Ueno S, Hayashi T, Mochizuki K, Kameya S, Yang L, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Arno G, Pontikos N, Sakuramoto H, Kominami T, Terasaki H, Katagiri S, Mizobuchi K, Nakamura N, Yoshitake K, Miyake Y, Li S, Kurihara T, Tsubota K, Iwata T, Tsunoda K; Japan Eye Genetics Consortium. Clinical and Genetic Characteristics of 15 Affected Patients From 12 Japanese Families with GUCY2D-Associated Retinal Disorder.Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2020 May 11;9(6):2. doi: 10.1167/tvst.9.6.2. eCollection 2020 May.PMID: 32821499

Fujinami K, Oishi A, Yang L, Arno G, Pontikos N, Yoshitake K, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Liu X, Hayashi T, Katagiri S, Mizobuchi K, Mizota A, Shinoda K, Nakamura N, Kurihara T, Tsubota K, Miyake Y, Iwata T, Tsujikawa A, Tsunoda K; Japan Eye Genetics Consortium study group. Clinical and genetic characteristics of 10 Japanese patients with PROM1-associated retinal disorder: A report of the phenotype spectrum and a literature review in the Japanese population.Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2020 Aug 20:e31826. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31826. Online ahead of print.PMID: 328205933

Yang L, Joo K, Tsunoda K, Kondo M, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Arno G, Pontikos N, Liu X, Nakamura N, Kurihara T, Tsubota K, Iwata T, Li H, Zou X, Wu S, Sun Z, Ahn SJ, Kim MS, Mun YS, Park KH, Robson AG, Miyake Y, Woo SJ, Sui R, Fujinami K; East Asia Inherited Retinal Disease Society study group. Spatial Functional Characteristics of East Asian Patients with Occult Macular Dystrophy (Miyake disease); EAOMD Report No.2.Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 Jul 21:S0002-9394(20)30382-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.07.025. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32707201

Hirose A, Katagiri S, Hayashi T, Matsuura T, Nagai N, Fujinami K, Iwata T, Tsunoda K. Progress of macular atrophy during 30 months' follow-up in a patient with spinocerebellar ataxia type1 (SCA1).Doc Ophthalmol. 2020 Jul 9. doi: 10.1007/s10633-020-09782-z. Online ahead of print.PMID: 326480255

Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Fujinami K, Kuniyoshi K, Hayashi T, Ueno S, Mizota A, Shinoda K, Arno G, Pontikos N, Yang L, Liu X, Sakuramoto H, Katagiri S, Mizobuchi K, Kominami T, Terasaki H, Nakamura N, Kameya S, Yoshitake K, Miyake Y, Kurihara T, Tsubota K, Miyata H, Iwata T, Tsunoda K; Japan Eye Genetics Consortium. Clinical and Genetic Characteristics of 18 Patients from 13 Japanese Families with CRX-associated retinal disorder: Identification of Genotype-phenotype Association.Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 12;10(1):9531. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65737-z.PMID: 32533067

Novel homozygous CLN3 missense variant in isolated retinal dystrophy: A case report and electron microscopic findings.Mizobuchi K, Hayashi T, Yoshitake K, Fujinami K, Tachibana T, Tsunoda K, Iwata T, Nakano T.Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2020 Aug;8(8):e1308. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.1308. Epub 2020 May 22.PMID: 32441891 Free PMC article.

Katagiri S, Hayashi T, Nakamura M, Mizobuchi K, Gekka T, Komori S, Ueno S, Terasaki H, Sakuramoto H, Kuniyoshi K, Kusaka S, Nagashima R, Kondo M, Fujinami K, Tsunoda K, Matsuura T, Kondo H, Yoshitake K, Iwata T, Nakano T. RDH5-Related Fundus Albipunctatus in a Large Japanese Cohort. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2020 Mar 9;61(3):53. doi: 10.1167/iovs.61.3.53. PubMed PMID: 32232344.

Yang L, Fujinami K, Ueno S, Kuniyoshi K, Hayashi T, Kondo M, Mizota A, Naoi N, Shinoda K, Kameya S, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Liu X, Arno G, Pontikos N, Kominami T, Terasaki H, Sakuramoto H, Katagiri S, Mizobuchi K, Nakamura N, Mawatari G, Kurihara T, Tsubota K, Miyake Y, Yoshitake K, Iwata T, Tsunoda K; JEGC study group. Genetic Spectrum of EYS-associated Retinal Disease in a Large Japanese Cohort: Identification of Disease-associated Variants with Relatively High Allele Frequency. Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 26;10(1):5497. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62119-3. PubMed PMID: 32218477; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7099090.

Mabuchi F, Mabuchi N, Sakurada Y, Yoneyama S, Kashiwagi K, Iijima H, Yamagata Z, Takamoto M, Aihara M, Iwata T, Hashimoto K, Sato K, Shiga Y, Nishiguchi KM, Nakazawa T, Akiyama M, Kawase K, Ozaki M, Araie M; Japan Glaucoma Society Omics Group (JGS-OG). Genetic variants associated with the onset and progression of primary open-angle glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 Mar 23. pii: S0002-9394(20)30114-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.03.014. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32217119.

Kuniyoshi K, Hayashi T, Kameya S, Katagiri S, Mizobuchi K, Tachibana T, Kubota D, Sakuramoto H, Tsunoda K, Fujinami K, Yoshitake K, Iwata T, Nakano T, Kusaka S. Clinical Course and Electron Microscopic Findings in Lymphocytes of Patients with DRAM2-Associated Retinopathy. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Feb 16;21(4). pii: E1331. doi: 10.3390/ijms21041331. PubMed PMID: 32079136; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7072995.

Mawatari G, Fujinami K, Liu X, Yang L, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Komori S, Ueno S, Terasaki H, Katagiri S, Hayashi T, Kuniyoshi K, Miyake Y, Tsunoda K, Yoshitake K, Iwata T, Nao-I N; JEGC study group. Correction to: Clinical and genetic characteristics of 14 patients from 13 Japanese families with RPGR-associated retinal disorder: report of eight novel variants. Hum Genome Var. 2020 Feb 10;7:3. doi: 10.1038/s41439-019-0086-2. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32047640; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7008114.

Hayashi T, Katagiri S, Mizobuchi K, Yoshitake K, Kameya S, Matsuura T, Iwata T, Nakano T. Heterozygous GGC repeat expansion of NOTCH2NLC in a patient with neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease and progressive retinal dystrophy. Ophthalmic Genet. 2020 Feb 10:1-3. doi: 10.1080/13816810.2020.1723119. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32039647.

Li H, Yuan S, Minegishi Y, Suga A, Yoshitake K, Sheng X, Ye J, Smith S, Bunkoczi G, Yamamoto M, Iwata T. Novel mutations in malonyl-CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase provoke autosomal recessive optic neuropathy. Hum Mol Genet. 2020 Jan 9. pii: ddz311. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz311. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31915829.

Mizobuchi K, Hayashi T, Katagiri S, Yoshitake K, Fujinami K, Yang L, Kuniyoshi K, Shinoda K, Machida S, Kondo M, Ueno S, Terasaki H, Matsuura T, Tsunoda K, Iwata T, Nakano T. Characterization of GUCA1A-associated dominant cone/cone-rod dystrophy: low prevalence among Japanese patients with inherited retinal dystrophies. Sci Rep. 2019 Nov 14;9(1):16851. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52660-1. PubMed PMID: 31728034.

Nakamura N, Tsunoda K, Mizuno Y, Usui T, Hatase T, Ueno S, Kuniyoshi K, Hayashi T, Katagiri S, Kondo M, Kameya S, Yoshitake K, Fujinami K, Iwata T, Miyake Y. Clinical Stages of Occult Macular Dystrophy Based on Optical Coherence Tomographic Findings. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 Nov 1;60(14):4691-4700. doi: 10.1167/iovs.19-27486. PubMed PMID: 31725168.

Kubota D, Oishi N, Gocho K, Kikuchi S, Yamaki K, Igarashi T, Takahashi H, Ishida N, Iwata T, Mizota A, Kameya S. Novel homozygous in-frame deletion of GNAT1 gene causes golden appearance of fundus and reduced scotopic ERGs similar to that in Oguchi disease in Japanese family. Ophthalmic Genet. 2019 Nov 7:1-8. doi: 10.1080/13816810.2019.1686159. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31696758.

Maeda-Katahira A, Nakamura N, Hayashi T, Katagiri S, Shimizu S, Ohde H, Matsunaga T, Kaga K, Nakano T, Kameya S, Matsuura T, Fujinami K, Iwata T, Tsunoda K. Autosomal dominant optic atrophy with OPA1 gene mutations accompanied by auditory neuropathy and other systemic complications in a Japanese cohort. Mol Vis. 2019 Oct 5;25:559-573. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31673222; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6798706.

Mawatari G, Fujinami K, Liu X, Yang L, Yokokawa YF, Komori S, Ueno S, Terasaki H, Katagiri S, Hayashi T, Kuniyoshi K, Miyake Y, Tsunoda K, Yoshitake K, Iwata T, Nao-I N; JEGC study group. Clinical and genetic characteristics of 14 patients from 13 Japanese families with RPGR-associated retinal disorder: report of eight novel variants. Hum Genome Var. 2019 Aug 2;6:34. doi: 10.1038/s41439-019-0065-7. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31645972; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6804603.

Kameya S, Fujinami K, Ueno S, Hayashi T, Kuniyoshi K, Ideta R, Kikuchi S, Kubota D, Yoshitake K, Katagiri S, Sakuramoto H, Kominami T, Terasaki H, Yang L, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Liu X, Arno G, Pontikos N, Miyake Y, Iwata T, Tsunoda K; Japan Eye Genetics Consortium. Phenotypical Characteristics of POC1B-Associated Retinopathy in Japanese Cohort: Cone Dystrophy With Normal Funduscopic Appearance. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 Aug 1;60(10):3432-3446. doi: 10.1167/iovs.19-26650. PubMed PMID: 31390656.

Tsunoda K, Fujinami K, Yoshitake K, Iwata T. Late-onset night blindness with peripheral flecks accompanied by progressive trickle-like macular degeneration. Doc Ophthalmol. 2019 Jul 8. doi: 10.1007/s10633-019-09705-7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31286363.

Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Pontikos N, Yang L, Tsunoda K, Yoshitake K, Iwata T, Miyata H, Fujinami K, Japan Eye Genetics Consortium OBO. Prediction of Causative Genes in Inherited Retinal Disorders from Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Utilizing Deep Learning Techniques. J Ophthalmol. 2019 Apr 9;2019:1691064. doi: 10.1155/2019/1691064. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31093368; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6481010.

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Mizobuchi K, Katagiri S, Hayashi T, Yoshitake K, Fujinami K, Kuniyoshi K, Mishima R, Tsunoda K, Iwata T, Nakano T. Clinical findings of end-stage retinitis pigmentosa with a homozygous PDE6A variant (p.R653X). Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2018 Dec 19;13:110-115. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.12.019. eCollection 2019 Mar. PubMed PMID: 30619975; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6307093.

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Fujinami K, Kameya S, Kikuchi S, Ueno S, Kondo M, Hayashi T, Shinoda K, Machida S, Kuniyoshi K, Kawamura Y, Akahori M, Yoshitake K, Katagiri S, Nakanishi A, Sakuramoto H, Ozawa Y, Tsubota K, Yamaki K, Mizota A, Terasaki H, Miyake Y, Iwata T, Tsunoda K. Novel RP1L1 Variants and Genotype-Photoreceptor Microstructural Phenotype Associations in Cohort of Japanese Patients With Occult Macular Dystrophy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016;57:4837-46

Suga A, Mizota A, Kato M, Kuniyoshi K, Yoshitake K, Sultan W, Yamazaki M, Shimomura Y, Ikeo K, Tsunoda K, Iwata T. Identification of novel mutations in the LRR-cap domain of C21orf2 in Japanese patients with retinitis pigmentosa and cone-rod dystrophy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2016;57:4255-4263

Kuniyoshi K, Hayashi T, Sakuramoto H, Mishima H, Tsuneoka H, Tsunoda K, Iwata T, Shimomura Y. New truncation mutation of the NR2E3 gene in a Japanese patient with enhanced S-cone syndrome. Jpn J Ophthalmol. 2016 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print]

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Nakanishi A, Ueno S, Hayashi T, Katagiri S, Kominami T, Ito Y, Gekka T, Masuda Y, Tsuneoka H, Shinoda K, Hirakata A, Inoue M, Fujinami K, Tsunoda K, Iwata T, Terasaki H. Clinical and genetic findings of autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy in Japanese cohort. Am J Ophthalmol. 2016;S0002-9394:30198-2

Biswas P, Chavali VR, Agnello G, Stone E, Chakarova C, Duncan JL, Kannabiran C, Homsher M, Bhattacharya SS, Naeem MA, Kimchi A, Sharon D, Iwata T, Riazuddin S, Reddy GB, Hejtmancik JF, Gerogiou G, Riazuddin SA, Ayyagari R. A missense mutation in the ASRGL1 gene is involved in causing autosomal recessive retinal degeneration. Hum Mol Genet. 2016

Kuniyoshi K, Muraki-Oda S, Ueyama H, Toyoda F, Sakuramoto H, Ogita H, Irifune M, Yamamoto S, Nakao A, Tsunoda K, Iwata T, Ohji M, Shimomura Y. Novel mutations in the gene for α-subunit of retinal cone cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in a Japanese patient with congenital achromatopsia. Jpn J Ophthalmol. 2016;60:187-97

Katagiri S, Hayashi T, Yoshitake K, Akahori M, Ikeo K, Gekka T, Tsuneoka H, Iwata T. RPE65 mutations in two Japanese families with Leber congenital amaurosis. Ophthalmic Genetics 2016;37:161-169

Nakanishi A, Ueno S, Kawano K, Ito Y, Kominami T, Yasuda S, Kondo M, Tsunoda K, Iwata T, Terasaki H. Pathologic Changes of Cone Photoreceptors in Eyes With Occult Macular Dystrophy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015;56:7243-9

Katagiri S, Hayashi T, Ohkuma Y, Sekiryu T, Takeuchi T, Gekka T, Kondo M, Iwata T, Tsuneoka H. Mutation analysis of BEST1 in Japanese patients with Best's vitelliform macular dystrophy. Br J Ophthalmol. 2015;99:1577-82

Katagiri S, Hayashi T, Yoshitake K, Sergeev Y, Akahori M, Furuno M, Nishino J, Ikeo K, Tsunoda K, Tsuneoka H, Iwata T. Congenital Achromatopsia and Macular Atrophy Caused by a Novel Recessive PDE6C Mutation (p.E591K). Ophthalmic Genet. 2015;36:137-44

Kato Y, Tsunoda K, Fujinami K, Iwata T, Saga M, Oguchi Y. Association of Retinal Artery and Other Inner Retinal Structures With Distribution of Tapetal-like Reflex in Oguchi's Disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015;56:2162-72

Kuniyoshi K, Sakuramoto H, Yoshitake K, Ikeo K, Furuno M, Tsunoda K, Kusaka S, Shimomura Y, Iwata T. Reduced rod electroretinograms in carrier parents of two Japanese siblings with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa associated with PDE6B gene mutations. Doc Ophthalmol. 2015;131:71-9

Kuniyoshi K, Ikeo K, Sakuramoto H, Furuno M, Yoshitake K, Hatsukawa Y, Nakao A, Kusaka S, Shimomura Y, Iwata T. Novel nonsense and splice site mutations in CRB1 gene in two Japanese patients with early-onset retinal dystrophy Documenta Ophthalmologica. Documenta Ophthalmologica 2015;130:49-55

Katagiri S, Hayashi T, Akahori M, Itabashi T, Nishino J, Yoshitake K, Furuno M, Ikeo K, Okada T, Tsuneoka H and Iwata T. RHO mutations (p.W126L and p.A346P) in two Japanese families with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. Journal of Ophthalmology 2014;2014:210947. doi: 10.1155/2014/210947

Katagiri S, Akahori M, Sergeev Y, Yoshitake K, Ikeo K, Furuno M, Hayashi T, Kondo M, Ueno S, Tsunoda K, Shinoda K, Kuniyoshi K, Tsurusaki Y, Matsumoto N, Tsuneoka H, Iwata T. Whole exome analysis identifies frequent CNGA1mutations in Japanese population with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa. PLoS One 2014;9(9):e108721

Katagiri S, Hayashi T, Yoshitake K, Akahori M, Ikeo K, Gekka T, Tsuneoka H, Iwata T. Novel C8orf37 mutations in patients with early-onset retinal dystrophy, macular atrophy, cataracts, and high myopia. Ophthalmic Genetics 2014;12:1-8

Tanito M, Hara K, Akahori M, Harata A, Itabashi T, Takai Y, Kaidzu S, Ohira A, Iwata T. Lack of association of LOXL1 gene variants in Japanese patients with central retinal vein occlusion without clinically detectable pseudoexfoliation material deposits. Acta Ophthalmologica 2014; Aug 12

Kuniyoshi K, Sakuramoto H, Yoshitake K, Abe K, Ikeo K, Furuno M, Tsunoda K, Kusaka S, Shimomura Y, Iwata T. Longitudinal clinical course of three Japanese patients with Leber congenital amaurosis/severe early childhood onset retinal dystrophy with RDH12 mutation. Documenta Ophthalmologica 2014;128:219-228

Katagiri S, Akahori M, Hayashi T, Yoshitake K, Gekka T, Ideo K, Tsuneoka H, Iwata T. Autosomal recessive cone-rod dystrophy associated with compound heterozygous mutations in the EYS gene. Documenta Ophthalmologica 2014;128:211-2117

Katagiri S, Yoshitake K, Akahori M, Hayashi T, Furuno M, Nishino J, Ikeo K, Tsuneoka H, Iwata T. Whole-exome sequencing identifies a novel ALMS1 mutation (p.Q2051X) in two Japanese brothers with Alstrom Syndrome. Molecular Vision 2013;19:2393-406

Sakuramoto H, Kuniyoshi K, Tsunoda K, Akahori M, Iwata T, Shimomura Y. Two siblings with late-onset cone-rod dystrophy and no visible macular degeneration. Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology. 2013;7:1703-11

Nakamura N, Tsunoda K, Fujinami K, Shinoda K, Tomita K, Hatase T, Usui T, Akahori M, Iwata T, Miyake Y. [Long-term observation over ten years of four cases of cone dystrophy with supernormal rod electroretinogram]. Nihon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi. 2013;117:629-40

Fujinami K, Tsunoda K, Nakamura N, Kato Y, Noda T, Shinoda K, Tomita K, Hatase T, Usui T, Akahori M, Itabashi T, Iwata T, Ozawa Y, Tsubota K, Miyake Y. Molecular characteristics of four Japanese cases with KCNV2 retinopathy: report of novel disease-causing variants. Molecular Vision 2013;19:1580-90

Minegishi Y, Iejima D, Kobayashi H, Chi Z-L, Kawase K, Yamamoto T, Seki T, Yuasa S, Fukuda K, Iwata T. Enhanced optineurin E50K-TBK1 interaction evokes protein insolubility and initiates familial primary open-angle glaucoma. Human Molecular Genetics 2013;22:3559-67

Chen CJ, Scholl HP, Birch DG, Iwata T. Miller NR, Goldberg MF. Characterizing the phenotype and genotype of a family with occult macular dystrophy. JAMA Ophthalmology 2012;130:1554-9

Kabuto T, Takahashi H, Goto-Fukuura Y, Igarashi T, Akahori M, Kameya S, Iwata T, Mizota A, Yamaki K, Miyake Y, Takahashi H. A new mutation in the RP1L1 gene in a patient with occult macular dystrophy associated with a depolarizing pattern of focal macular electroretinograms. Molecular Vision 2012;18:1031-9

Tsunoda K, Usui T, Hatase T, Yamai S, Fujinami K, Hanazono G, Shinoda K, Ohde H, Akahori M, Iwata T, Miyake Y. Clinical characteristics of occult macular dystrophy in a large family with mutation of RP1L1 gene. Retina 2012;32:1135-47

Hara K, Akahori M, Tanito M, Kaidzu S, Ohira A, Iwata T. Analysis of LOXL1 gene variants in Japanese patients with branch retinal vein occlusion. Molecular Vision 2011;17:3309-13

Fujinami K, Akahori M, Fukui M, Tsunoda K, Iwata T, Miyake Y. Stargardt disease with preserved central vision: identification of a putative novel mutation in ATP-binding cassette transporter gene. Acta Ophthalmologica 2011;89(3):e297-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01848.x