1: Nakamura R, Tohnai G, Atsuta N, Nakatochi M, Hayashi N, Watanabe H, Yokoi D, Watanabe H, Katsuno M, Izumi Y, Taniguchi A, Kanai K, Morita M, Kano O, Kuwabara S, Oda M, Abe K, Aoki M, Aiba I, Okamoto K, Mizoguchi K, Hattori N, Nakashima K, Kaji R, Sobue G; Japanese Consortium for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (JaCALS). Genetic and functional analysis of KIF5A variants in Japanese patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiol Aging. 2020 Jul 17:S0197-4580(20)30226-8.

2: Imai E, Nakamura T, Atsuta N, Nakatochi M, Suzuki M, Harada Y, Nakamura R, Hayashi N, Sobue G, Katsuno M. A nerve conduction study predicts the prognosis of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol. 2020 Sep;267(9):2524-2532.

3: Hayashi N, Atsuta N, Yokoi D, Nakamura R, Nakatochi M, Katsuno M, Izumi Y, Kanai K, Hattori N, Taniguchi A, Morita M, Kano O, Shibuya K, Kuwabara S, Suzuki N, Aoki M, Aiba I, Mizoguchi K, Oda M, Kaji R, Sobue G. Prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients undergoing tracheostomy invasive ventilation therapy in Japan. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020 Mar;91(3):285-290.

4: Ikenaka K, Atsuta N, Maeda Y, Hotta Y, Nakamura R, Kawai K, Yokoi D, Hirakawa A, Taniguchi A, Morita M, Mizoguchi K, Mochizuki H, Kimura K, Katsuno M, Sobue G. Increase of arginine dimethylation correlates with the progression and prognosis of ALS. Neurology. 2019 Apr 16;92(16):e1868-e1877.

5: Fujimori K, Ishikawa M, Otomo A, Atsuta N, Nakamura R, Akiyama T, Hadano S, Aoki M, Saya H, Sobue G, Okano H. Modeling sporadic ALS in iPSC-derived motor neurons identifies a potential therapeutic agent. Nat Med. 2018 Oct;24(10):1579-1589. doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0140-5.

6: Tohnai G, Nakamura R, Sone J, Nakatochi M, Yokoi D, Katsuno M, Watanabe H, Watanabe H, Ito M, Li Y, Izumi Y, Morita M, Taniguchi A, Kano O, Oda M, Kuwabara S, Abe K, Aiba I, Okamoto K, Mizoguchi K, Hasegawa K, Aoki M, Hattori N, Onodera O, Naruse H, Mitsui J, Takahashi Y, Goto J, Ishiura H, Morishita S, Yoshimura J, Doi K, Tsuji S, Nakashima K, Kaji R, Atsuta N, Sobue G; Japanese Consortium for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (JaCALS). Frequency and characteristics of the TBK1 gene variants in Japanese patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiol Aging. 2018 Apr;64:158.e15-158.e19. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.12.005.

7: Senda J, Atsuta N, Watanabe H, Bagarinao E, Imai K, Yokoi D, Riku Y, Masuda M, Nakamura R, Watanabe H, Ito M, Katsuno M, Naganawa S, Sobue G. Structural MRI correlates of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis progression. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2017 Nov;88(11):901-907. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2016-314337

8: Yokoi D, Atsuta N, Watanabe H, Nakamura R, Hirakawa A, Ito M, Watanabe H, Katsuno M, Izumi Y, Morita M, Taniguchi A, Oda M, Abe K, Mizoguchi K, Kano O, Kuwabara S, Kaji R, Sobue G. Age of onset differentially influences the progression of regional dysfunction in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol. 2016; 263: 1129-1136

9: Watanabe H, Atsuta N, Hirakawa A, Nakamura R, Nakatochi M, Ishigaki S, Iida A, Ikegawa S, Kubo M, Yokoi D, Watanabe H, Ito M, Katsuno M, Izumi Y, Morita M, Kanai K, Taniguchi A, Aiba I, Abe K, Mizoguchi K, Oda M, Kano O, Okamoto K, Kuwabara S, Hasegawa K, Imai T, Kawata A, Aoki M, Tsuji S, Nakashima K, Kaji R, Sobue G. A rapid functional decline type of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is linked to low expression of TTN. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2016; 87: 851-858

10: Nakamura R, Sone J, Atsuta N, Tohnai G, Watanabe H, Yokoi D, Nakatochi M, Watanabe H, Ito M, Senda J, Katsuno M, Tanaka F, Li Y, Izumi Y, Morita M, Taniguchi A, Kano O, Oda M, Kuwabara S, Abe K, Aiba I, Okamoto K, Mizoguchi K, Hasegawa K, Aoki M, Hattori N, Tsuji S, Nakashima K, Kaji R, Sobue G. Next-generation sequencing of 28 ALS-related genes in a Japanese ALS cohort. Neurobiol Aging. 2016; 39: 219 e211-218

11: Watanabe H, Atsuta N, Nakamura R, Hirakawa A, Watanabe H, Ito M, Senda J, Katsuno M, Izumi Y, Morita M, Tomiyama H, Taniguchi A, Aiba I, Abe K, Mizoguchi K, Oda M, Kano O, Okamoto K, Kuwabara S, Hasegawa K, Imai T, Aoki M, Tsuji S, Nakano I, Kaji R, Sobue G. Factors affecting longitudinal functional decline and survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2015 Jun;16(3-4):230-6. doi: 10.3109/21678421.2014.990036.

12: Atsuta N, Nakamura R, Watanabe H, Sobue G. [Japanese Consortium for
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis research (JaCALS)]. Brain Nerve. 2014
Sep;66(9):1090-6. Japanese.

13: Takahashi Y, Fukuda Y, Yoshimura J, Toyoda A, Kurppa K, Moritoyo H, Belzil VV, Dion PA, Higasa K, Doi K, Ishiura H, Mitsui J, Date H, Ahsan B, Matsukawa T, Ichikawa Y, Moritoyo T, Ikoma M, Hashimoto T, Kimura F, Murayama S, Onodera O, Nishizawa M, Yoshida M, Atsuta N, Sobue G; JaCALS, Fifita JA, Williams KL, Blair IP, Nicholson GA, Gonzalez-Perez P, Brown RH Jr, Nomoto M, Elenius K, Rouleau GA, Fujiyama A, Morishita S, Goto J, Tsuji S. ERBB4 mutations that disrupt the neuregulin-ErbB4 pathway cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 19. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Nov 7;93(5):900-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.09.008.

14: Nakamura R, Atsuta N, Watanabe H, Hirakawa A, Watanabe H, Ito M, Senda J, Katsuno M, Tanaka F, Izumi Y, Morita M, Ogaki K, Taniguchi A, Aiba I, Mizoguchi K, Okamoto K, Hasegawa K, Aoki M, Kawata A, Abe K, Oda M, Konagaya M, Imai T, Nakagawa M, Tsuji S, Kaji R, Nakano I, Sobue G. Neck weakness is a potent prognostic factor in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2013 Dec;84(12):1365-71. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-306020.

15: Ogaki K, Li Y, Atsuta N, Tomiyama H, Funayama M, Watanabe H, Nakamura R, Yoshino H, Yato S, Tamura A, Naito Y, Taniguchi A, Fujita K, Izumi Y, Kaji R, Hattori N, Sobue G; Japanese Consortium for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis research (JaCALS). Analysis of C9orf72 repeat expansion in 563 Japanese patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiol Aging. 2012 Oct;33(10):2527.e11-6. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.05.011.

16: Atsuta N, Nakamura R, Watanabe H, Watanabe H, Ito M, Senda J, Tanaka F, Sobue G. [JaCALS: a prospective multicenter ALS cohort study]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2011 Nov;51(11):903-5. Japanese

17: Atsuta N, Sobue G. [Japanese consortium for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research (JaCALS)]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2010 Nov;50(11):928-30. Japanese.

18: Iida A, Takahashi A, Kubo M, Saito S, Hosono N, Ohnishi Y, Kiyotani K,
Mushiroda T, Nakajima M, Ozaki K, Tanaka T, Tsunoda T, Oshima S, Sano M, Kamei T, Tokuda T, Aoki M, Hasegawa K, Mizoguchi K, Morita M, Takahashi Y, Katsuno M, Atsuta N, Watanabe H, Tanaka F, Kaji R, Nakano I, Kamatani N, Tsuji S, Sobue G, Nakamura Y, Ikegawa S. A functional variant in ZNF512B is associated with susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Japanese. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Sep 15;20(18):3684-92. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddr268.

19: Akimoto C, Morita M, Atsuta N, Sobue G, Nakano I. High-Resolution Melting (HRM) Analysis of the Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase (SOD1) Gene in Japanese Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (SALS) Patients. Neurol Res Int. 2011;2011:165415. doi: 10.1155/2011/165415.

20: Atsuta N, Watanabe H, Ito M, Nakamura R, Senda J, Kato S, Sobue G.
[Development of a telephone survey system for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using the ALSFRS-R (Japanese version) and application of this system in a longitudinal multicenter study]. Brain Nerve. 2011 May;63(5):491-6. Japanese.

21: Iida A, Takahashi A, Deng M, Zhang Y, Wang J, Atsuta N, Tanaka F, Kamei T, Sano M, Oshima S, Tokuda T, Morita M, Akimoto C, Nakajima M, Kubo M, Kamatani N, Nakano I, Sobue G, Nakamura Y, Fan D, Ikegawa S. Replication analysis of SNPs on 9p21.2 and 19p13.3 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in East Asians. Neurobiol Aging. 2011 Apr;32(4):757.e13-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.12.011.