Ono M., Maruyama T., Masuda H., Kajitani T., Nagashima T., Arase T., Ito M., Ohta K., Uchida H., Asada H., Yoshimura Y., Okano H., Matsuzaki Y.: Side population in human uterine myometrium displays phenotypic and functional characteristics of myometrial stem cells.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA. 104: 18700-18705, 2007. [PubMed]
Hirota Y., Oshima T., Iwasato T., Kulkarni AB., Mikoshiba K., Okano H., Sawamoto K.: Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 is required for neuroblast migration in the adult brain.
J. Neurosci. 27: 12829-12838, 2007. [PubMed]
Appleyard SM., Marks D., Kobayashi K., Okano H., Low MJ., Andresen MC.: Visceral afferents directly activate catecholamine neurons in the solitary tract nucleus.
J. Neurosci. 27: 13292-13302, 2007. [PubMed]
Hattori Y., Ohta S., Hamada K., Yamada-Okabe H., Kanemura Y., Matsuzaki Y., Okano H., Kawakami Y., Toda M.: Identification of a neuron-specific human gene, KIAA1110, that is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for ARF1.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 364: 737-742, 2007. [PubMed]
Fujiyoshi K., Yamada M., Nakamura M., Yamane J., Kato H., Kitamura K., Kawai K., Okada S., Momoshima S., Toayama Y., Okano H.: Diffusion tensor tractography of injured spinal cord in non-human primates.
J. Neurosci. 27: 11991-11998, 2007. [PubMed]
Oishi K., Okano H., Sawa H.: RMD-1, a novel conserved protein, regulates microtubule dynamics and chromosome segregation in C. elegans.
J. Cell Biol. 179:1149-1162, 2007. [PubMed]
Yoshitake A., Mori A., Shimizu H., Ueda T., Kabei N., Hachiya T., Okano H., Yozu R.: Use of an epidural cooling catheter with a closed countercurrent lumen to protect against ishmeic spinal cord injury in pigs.
J. Thoracic Cadiovascular Surg. 134: 1220-1226, 2007. [PubMed]
Fujita J., Mori M., Kawada H., Ieda Y., Tsuma M., Matsuzaki Y., Kawaguchi H., Yagi T., Yuasa S., Endo J., Hotta T., Ogawa S., Okano H., Yozu R., Andi K., Fukuda K.: Administration of granulocyte-stimulating factor after infarction enhances the recruitment of hematopoietic stem cell-derived myofibroblasts and contributes to cardiac repair.
Stem Cells. 25: 2750-2759, 2007. [PubMed]
Marumo T., Hishikawa K., Matsuzaki Y., Imai N., Takase O., Shimosawa T., Okano H., Fujita T.: Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade prevents decrease in adult stem-like cells in kidney after ureteral obstruction.
Eur. J. Pharmacol. 573: 216-220, 2007. [PubMed]
Adachi K., Mirzadesh Z., Sakaguchi M., Yamashita T., Nikolcheva T., Gotoh Y., Peltz G., Gong L., Kawase T., Alvarez-Buylla A., Okano H., Sawamoto K.: b-catenin signaling promotes proliferation of progenitor cells in the adult mouse subventricular zone.
Stem Cells. 25: 2827-2836, 2007. [PubMed]
Nakano A., Kanemura Y., Mori K., Kodama E., Yamamoto A., Sakamoto H., Nakamura Y., Okano H., Yamasaki M., Arita N.: Expression of neural RNA binding protein, Musashi1 in pediatric brain tumors.
Pediatric Neurosurgery. 43: 279-283, 2007. [PubMed]
Ishibashi S., Kuroiwa T., Sakaguchi M., Sun L., Kadoya T., Okano H., Mizusawa H.: Galectin-1 regulates neurogenesis in the subventricular zone and promotes functional recovery after stroke.
Exp. Neurol. 207: 302-313, 2007. [PubMed]
Terakawa M., Sato S., Saitoh D., Tsuda H., Ashida H., Okano H., Obara M.: Enhanced angiogenesis in grafted skins by laser-induced stress wave-assisted gene transfer of hepatocyte growth factor.
J Biomed Opt. May-Jun;12(3):034031, 2007. [PubMed]
Imai N., Hishikawa K., Marumo T., Hiraishi J., Inowa T., Matsuzaki Y., Okano H., Kitamura T., Fujita T.: Inhibition of histone deacetylase activates side population cells in kidney and partially reverses chronic renal injury.
Stem Cells. 25: 2649-2675, 2007. [PubMed]
Takenaga M., Ohta Y., Tokura Y., Hamaguchi A., Suzuki N., Nakamura M., Okano H., Igarashi R.: Plasma as a scaffold for regeneration of neural precursor cells after transplantation into rats with spinal cord injury.
Cell Transplant. 16: 57-65, 2007. [PubMed]
Izumi-Nagai K., Nagai N., Ozawa Y., Mihara M., Ohsugi Y., Kurihara T., Koto T., Satofuka S., Inoue M., Tsubota K., Okano H., Oike Y., Ishida S.: Interleukin-6 Receptor-Mediated Activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription-3 (STAT3) Promotes Choroidal Neovascularization.
Am J Pathol. 170: 2149-2158, 2007. [PubMed]
Iijima T., Ogura H., Takatsuki K., Kawahara S., Wakabayashi K., Nakayama D., Fujioka M., Kimura Y., Bernstein A., Okano HJ., Kirino Y., Okano H.: Impaired Motor Functions in Mice Lacking the RNA-binding Protein Hzf.
Neurosci Res. 58: 183-189, 2007. [PubMed]
Kitamura K., Iwanami A., Nakamura M., Yamane J., Kota W., Suzuki Y., Miyakawa D., Shibata S., Funakoshi H., Miyatakae S., Coffin R., Nakamura T., Toyama Y., Okano H.: Hepatocyte growth factor promotes endogenous repair and functional recovery after spinal cord injury.
J Neurosci Res. 85: 2332-2342, 2007. [PubMed]
Sakaguchi M., Imaizumi Y., Okano H.: Epression and function of galectin-1 in adult neural stem cells.
Cell Mol. Life Sci. 64: 1254-1258, 2007.
Okano H., Sakaguchi M., Ohki K., Suzuki N., Sawamoto K.: Regeneration of the central nervous system using endogenous repair mechanisms.
J. Neurochem. 102: 1459-1465, 2007. [PubMed]
Okano H., Kaneko S., Okada S., Iwanami A., Nakamura M., Toyama Y.: Regeneration-based therapies for spinal cord injuries.
Neurochem. Int. 85: 2332-2342, 2007. [PubMed]
Higashiyama R., Inagaki Y., Hong YY., Kushida M., Nakao S., Niioka M., Watanabe T., Okano H., Matsuzaki Y., Shiota G., Okazaki I..: Bone marrow-derived cells express matrix metalloproteinases and contribute to regression of liver fibrosis in mice.
Hepatology. 45: 213-222, 2007. [PubMed]
Hayakawa-Yano Y., Nishida K., Fukami S., Gotoh Y., Hirano T., Nakagawa T., Shimazaki T., Okano H.: EGF-signaling mediated by Gab1 is required for the spatiotemporally regulated proliferation of Olig2-expressing progenitors in the embryonic spinal cord.
Stem Cells. 25: 1410-1412, 2007. [PubMed]
Kohno D., Nakata M., Maekawa F., Fujiwara K., Maejima Y., Kuramochi M., Shimazaki T,, Okano H., Onaka T., Yada T.: Leptin suppresses ghrelin-induced activation of neuropeptide Y neurons in the arcuate nucleus via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase- and phosphodiesterase 3-mediated pathway.
Endocrinology. 148: 2251-2263, 2007. [PubMed]
Ozawa Y., Nakao K., Shimazaki T., Shinmura S., Kurihara T., Ishida S., Yoshimura A., Tsubota K., Okano H.: SOCS3 is required to temporallyfine-tune photoreceptor cell differentiation.
Dev. Biol. 303: 591-600, 2007. [PubMed]
Yamada M., Tanemura K., Ozawa M., Ohyama R., Kitamura N., Kawano M., Tan-Takeuchi K., Mizuno H., Okada S., Iwanami A., Nakamura M., Ishitsuka C., Nagai A., Miyawaki A., Takashima A., Ogawa M., Okano H., Kondoh T.: Electrical stimulation modulates fate determination of differentiating embryonic stem cells.
Stem Cells. 25: 562-570, 2007. [PubMed]
Kato N., Shimmura S., Kawakita T., Miyashita H., Ozawa Y., Yoshida S., Higa K., Okano H., Tsubota K.: Beta-catenin activation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the pathogenesis of pterygium.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 48: 1511-1517, 2007. [PubMed]
Masuda H., Maruyama T., Hiratsu E., Yamane J., Iwanami A., Nagashima T., Ono M., Ito M., Miyoshi H., Okano HJ., Okano H., Matsuzaki Y., Yoshimura Y.: Successful reconstruction of human endometrium from singly dispersed endometrial cells in the severe immunodeficient mouse: its potential application as endometriosis model.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA. 104: 1925-1930, 2007. [PubMed]
Kanai R., Tomita H., Hirose Y., Ohba S., Goldman S., Okano H., Kawase T., Yazaki T.: Augmented Therapeutic Efficacy of an Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Mutant Expressing ICP34.5 Under the Transcriptional Control of musashi1 Promoter in the Treatment of Malignant Glioma.
Hum Gene Ther. 18: 63-73, 2007. [PubMed]
Koide Y., Morikawa S., Mabuchi Y., Muguruma Y., Hiratsu E., Hasegawa K., Kobayashi M., Ando K., Kinjo K., Okano H., Matsuzaki Y.: Two distinct stem cell lineages in murine bone marrow.
Stem Cells. 25: 1213-1221, 2007. [PubMed]
Watanabe K., Nakamura M., Okano H., Toyama Y.: Three-dimensional culture of the neural stem/progenitor cells in type-1 collagen gel: appropriate scaffold conditions for co-transplantation.
Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 25: 109-117, 2007.
Watanabe K., Kondo K., Takeuchi N., Okano H., Yamasoba T.: Musashi-1 expression in postnatal mouse olfactory epithelium.
Neuroreport. 18: 641-644, 2007. [PubMed]
