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Kenichiro Asahara

RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

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Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Assay:ATAC-seq· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1

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Accurate, sensitive, and efficient chromatin accessibility quantification at target loci using UNIChro-seq.

Michihiro Kono, Hiroaki Hatano, Kenichiro Asahara, Masahiro Nakano, Reza Bagherzadeh, Tsugumi Kawashima, Takahiro Arakawa, Miho Sato, Hajime Inokuchi, Takahiro Nishino, Takahiro Itamiya, Haruka Takahashi, Bunki Natsumoto, Akari Suzuki, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki

The paper introduces UNIChro-seq, a method for quantifying chromatin accessibility at target loci, and demonstrates its application in analyzing disease risk alleles and genome-edited variants.

Nature Communications · Jul 20, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine

CATaN maps gene regulatory programs that shape genetic risk across complex diseases

Haruka Takahashi, Hiroaki Hatano, Michihiro Kono, Koma Haruta, Masahiro Nakano, Reza Bagherzadeh, Maximilian M. Drees, Yuki Oguma, Daichi Harita, Tsugumi Kawashima, Takahiro Arakawa, Hajime Inokuchi, Takahiro Nishino, Kenichiro Asahara, Takahiro Itamiya, , Kazuyoshi Ishigaki

CATaN integrates TF-GRNs and transcriptomes to identify genetic risk components across complex diseases, finding 588 significant CC components enriched for SNP heritability.

bioRxiv · Jul 2, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

Deep immune profiling pinpoints cellular and molecular drivers of lupus immunopathology

Masahiro Nakano, Michihiro Kono, Kenichiro Asahara, Takayuki Katsuyama, Satoshi Kubo, Eri Katsuyama, Yuya Fujita, Takahiro Nishino, Hajime Inokuchi, Takahiro Arakawa, Tsugumi Kawashima, Shohei Noma, Akiko Minowa, Reza Bagherzadeh, Yukiro Matsumoto, , Kazuyoshi Ishigaki

The paper identifies novel cell states and molecular profiles in lupus patients using single-cell data, linking them to disease severity and treatment outcomes.

bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2026 · PreprintImmunology