Katsuhito Yasuno, PhD
Research Scientist in NeurosurgeryDownloadHi-Res Photo
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PO Box 208082
New Haven, CT 06520-8082
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Research Scientist in Neurosurgery
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Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation (2008)
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (2006)
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Tokai University School of Medicine (2004)
- PhD
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Theoretical Physics (2002)
- MS
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Theoretical Physics (1999)
- BS
- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Physics (1997)
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Medical Research Interests
Epidemiologic Factors; Epidemiologic Methods; Glioblastoma; Intracranial Aneurysm; Meningioma; Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Malformations; Vascular Diseases
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0000-0002-3606-532X- View Lab Website
Gunel Lab
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Kaya Bilguvar, MD, PhD
Murat Günel, MD, FACS, FAHA, FAANS
Zeynep Erson Omay, PhD
Ketu Mishra-Gorur, MSc, MS, PhD
Ahmet Caglayan
Adife Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek, MSc, MS, PhD
41Publications
5,193Citations
Intracranial Aneurysm
Meningioma
Glioblastoma
Nervous System Malformations
Publications
2025
Subgroup of meningiomas involving FOS and FOSB gene fusions
Yalcin K, Alanya H, Gultekin B, Samper Figuera D, Barak T, Miyagishima D, Youngblood M, Hjerthen M, Brooks A, Samuel Lopez N, O’Brien J, Chavez M, Dincer A, Wu H, Omay S, Yasuno K, Bilguvar K, Ercan-Sencicek A, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Moliterno J, Gunel M, Erson-Omay E. Subgroup of meningiomas involving FOS and FOSB gene fusions. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 10532. PMID: 41298363, PMCID: PMC12657970, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65549-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricDysregulation of mTOR signalling is a converging mechanism in lissencephaly
Zhang C, Liang D, Ercan-Sencicek A, Bulut A, Cortes J, Cheng I, Henegariu O, Nishimura S, Wang X, Peksen A, Takeo Y, Caglar C, Lam T, Koroglu M, Narayanan A, Lopez-Giraldez F, Miyagishima D, Mishra-Gorur K, Barak T, Yasuno K, Erson-Omay E, Yalcinkaya C, Wang G, Mane S, Kaymakcalan H, Guzel A, Caglayan A, Tuysuz B, Sestan N, Gunel M, Louvi A, Bilguvar K. Dysregulation of mTOR signalling is a converging mechanism in lissencephaly. Nature 2025, 638: 172-181. PMID: 39743596, PMCID: PMC11798849, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08341-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2023
Super-enhancer hijacking drives ectopic expression of hedgehog pathway ligands in meningiomas
Youngblood M, Erson-Omay Z, Li C, Najem H, Coșkun S, Tyrtova E, Montejo J, Miyagishima D, Barak T, Nishimura S, Harmancı A, Clark V, Duran D, Huttner A, Avşar T, Bayri Y, Schramm J, Boetto J, Peyre M, Riche M, Goldbrunner R, Amankulor N, Louvi A, Bilgüvar K, Pamir M, Özduman K, Kilic T, Knight J, Simon M, Horbinski C, Kalamarides M, Timmer M, Heimberger A, Mishra-Gorur K, Moliterno J, Yasuno K, Günel M. Super-enhancer hijacking drives ectopic expression of hedgehog pathway ligands in meningiomas. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 6279. PMID: 37805627, PMCID: PMC10560290, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41926-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2021
PPIL4 is essential for brain angiogenesis and implicated in intracranial aneurysms in humans
Barak T, Ristori E, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Miyagishima DF, Nelson-Williams C, Dong W, Jin SC, Prendergast A, Armero W, Henegariu O, Erson-Omay EZ, Harmancı AS, Guy M, Gültekin B, Kilic D, Rai DK, Goc N, Aguilera SM, Gülez B, Altinok S, Ozcan K, Yarman Y, Coskun S, Sempou E, Deniz E, Hintzen J, Cox A, Fomchenko E, Jung SW, Ozturk AK, Louvi A, Bilgüvar K, Connolly ES, Khokha MK, Kahle KT, Yasuno K, Lifton RP, Mishra-Gorur K, Nicoli S, Günel M. PPIL4 is essential for brain angiogenesis and implicated in intracranial aneurysms in humans. Nature Medicine 2021, 27: 2165-2175. PMID: 34887573, PMCID: PMC8768030, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01572-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2020
METAP1 mutation is a novel candidate for autosomal recessive intellectual disability
Caglayan AO, Aktar F, Bilguvar K, Baranoski JF, Akgumus GT, Harmanci AS, Erson-Omay EZ, Yasuno K, Caksen H, Gunel M. METAP1 mutation is a novel candidate for autosomal recessive intellectual disability. Journal Of Human Genetics 2020, 66: 215-218. PMID: 32764695, PMCID: PMC7785574, DOI: 10.1038/s10038-020-0820-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2018
Loss of Protocadherin‐12 Leads to Diencephalic‐Mesencephalic Junction Dysplasia Syndrome
Guemez‐Gamboa A, Çağlayan AO, Stanley V, Gregor A, Zaki M, Saleem SN, Musaev D, McEvoy‐Venneri J, Belandres D, Akizu N, Silhavy JL, Schroth J, Rosti RO, Copeland B, Lewis SM, Fang R, Issa MY, Per H, Gumus H, Bayram AK, Kumandas S, Akgumus GT, Erson‐Omay E, Yasuno K, Bilguvar K, Heimer G, Pillar N, Shomron N, Weissglas‐Volkov D, Porat Y, Einhorn Y, Gabriel S, Ben‐Zeev B, Gunel M, Gleeson JG. Loss of Protocadherin‐12 Leads to Diencephalic‐Mesencephalic Junction Dysplasia Syndrome. Annals Of Neurology 2018, 84: 638-647. PMID: 30178464, PMCID: PMC6510237, DOI: 10.1002/ana.25327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricCorrection: Author Correction: Integrated genomic analyses of de novo pathways underlying atypical meningiomas
Harmancı AS, Youngblood MW, Clark VE, Coşkun S, Henegariu O, Duran D, Erson-Omay EZ, Kaulen LD, Lee TI, Abraham BJ, Simon M, Krischek B, Timmer M, Goldbrunner R, Omay SB, Baranoski J, Baran B, Carrión-Grant G, Bai H, Mishra-Gorur K, Schramm J, Moliterno J, Vortmeyer AO, Bilgüvar K, Yasuno K, Young RA, Günel M. Correction: Author Correction: Integrated genomic analyses of de novo pathways underlying atypical meningiomas. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 16215. PMID: 29676392, PMCID: PMC5919704, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16215.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersCitationsGenotype–phenotype investigation of 35 patients from 11 unrelated families with camptodactyly–arthropathy–coxa vara–pericarditis (CACP) syndrome
Yilmaz S, Alkaya D, Kasapçopur Ö, Barut K, Akdemir ES, Celen C, Youngblood MW, Yasuno K, Bilguvar K, Günel M, Tüysüz B. Genotype–phenotype investigation of 35 patients from 11 unrelated families with camptodactyly–arthropathy–coxa vara–pericarditis (CACP) syndrome. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2018, 6: 230-248. PMID: 29397575, PMCID: PMC5902402, DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2017
ALPK3 gene mutation in a patient with congenital cardiomyopathy and dysmorphic features
Çağlayan AO, Sezer RG, Kaymakçalan H, Ulgen E, Yavuz T, Baranoski JF, Bozaykut A, Harmanci AS, Yalcin Y, Youngblood MW, Yasuno K, Bilgüvar K, Gunel M. ALPK3 gene mutation in a patient with congenital cardiomyopathy and dysmorphic features. Molecular Case Studies 2017, 3: a001859. PMID: 28630369, PMCID: PMC5593152, DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a001859.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricExome analysis of the evolutionary path of hepatocellular adenoma-carcinoma transition, vascular invasion and brain dissemination
Vilarinho S, Erson-Omay E, Mitchell-Richards K, Cha C, Nelson-Williams C, Harmancı AS, Yasuno K, Günel M, Taddei TH. Exome analysis of the evolutionary path of hepatocellular adenoma-carcinoma transition, vascular invasion and brain dissemination. Journal Of Hepatology 2017, 67: 186-191. PMID: 28323122, PMCID: PMC5497691, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.03.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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