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Biobank Japan

Definition
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Biobank Japan is a large hospital-based biobank with genotype and phenotype data from Japanese participants, designed to support disease genetics and precision medicine research.

Topics
Cohorts and databases
URL
https://biobankjp.org/english/index.html
Related
Ancestry Cohort Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS)

Why it matters in GWAS

It provides major non-European discovery and replication data, improves ancestry diversity in association studies, and strengthens fine-mapping and transferability analyses in East Asian populations.

Example usage

"We compared effect sizes between Biobank Japan and UK Biobank to assess cross-ancestry consistency."

Ancestry Cohort Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) Population Stratification
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References

  • Nagai A, et al. (2017). Overview of the BioBank Japan Project: Study design and profile. J Epidemiol.
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