Ohta Y, Takenaga M, Tokura Y, Hamaguchi A, Matsumoto T, Kano K, Mugishima H, Okano H, Igarashi R.:
Mature adipocyte-derived cells, dedifferentiated fat cells (DFAT), promoted functional recovery from spinal cord injury-induced motor dysfunction in rats.
Cell Transplant. 17 (8): 877-886, 2008. [PubMed]
Kohyama J., Kojima T., Takatsuka E., Yamashita T., Namiki J., Hsieh J., Gage F.H., Namihira M., Okano H., Sawamoto K., Nakashima K.:
Epigenetic regulation of neural cell differentiation plasticity in the adult mammalian brain.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105 (46):18012-18017, 2008 [PubMed]
Deguchi K., Clewing JM., Elizondo LI., Hirano R., Huang C., Choi K., Sloan EA., Lücke T., Marwedel KM., Powell RD Jr., Santa Cruz K., Willaime-Morawek S., Inoue K., Lou S., Northrop JL., Kanemura Y., van der Kooy D., Okano H., Armstrong DL., Boerkoel CF.:
Neurologic Phenotype of Schimke Immuno-Osseous Dysplasia and Neurodevelopmental Expression of SMARCAL1.
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 67(6):565-577, 2008. [PubMed]
Kanaya T., Miyazawa K., Takakura I., Itani W., Watanabe K., Ohwada S., Kitazawa H., Rose MT., McConochie HR., Okano H., Yamaguchi T., Aso H.:
Differentiation of a murine intestinal epithelial cell line (MIE) towards the M cell lineage.
Am J Physiol -Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 295 (2): G273-284, 2008 [PubMed]
Naka H., Nakamura S., Shimazaki T., Okano H.:
Requirement for COUP-TFI and II in the temporal specification of neural stem cells in central nervous system development.
Nature Neurosci. 11 (9): 1014-1023, 2008 [PubMed]
Valentin-Vega YA., Okano H., Lozano G.:
The intestinal epithelium compensates for p53-mediated cell death and guarantees organismal survival.
Cell Death and Differentiation 15(11):1772-1781, 2008 [PubMed]
Ozawa Y., Nakao K., Shimazaki T., Shinmura S., Kurihara T., Ishida S., Yoshimura A., Tsubota K., Okano H.: SOCS3 protects photoreceptor cells from decrease of Rhodopsin and preserved visual function during inflammation.
J. Biol. Chem. 283: 24561-24570, 2008 [PubMed]
Miyagi S., Masui S., Niwa H., Saito T., Shimazaki T., Okano H., Nishimoto M., Muramatsu M., Iwama A., Okuda A.: Consequence of the loss of Sox2 in the developing brain of the mouse.
FEBS Lett. 582 (18): 2811-2815, 2008 [PubMed]
Okada Y., Matsumoto A., Shimazaki T., Enoki R., Koizumi A., Ishii S., Itoyama Y., Sobue G., Okano H.: Spatio-temporal recapitulation of central nervous system development by ES cell-derived neural stem/progenitor cells.
Stem Cells 26; 3086-3098, 2008 [PubMed] [open access Article]
Yamada M., Momoshima S., Masutani Y., Fujiyoshi K., Abe O., Nakamura M., Aoki S., Tamaoki N., Okano H.: Diffusion tensor neuronal fiber tractography and manganese-enhanced MR Imaging of primate visual
pathway in the common marmoset: preliminary results.
Radiation 249 (3) 855-864, 2008 [PubMed]
Sato Y., Watanabe T., Saito D., Takahashi T., Yoshida S., Kohyama J., Ohata E., Okano H., Takahashi Y.: Notch signaling mediates the segmental specification of angioblasts in somites and their directed migration toward the dorsal aorta in avian embryos.
Dev. Cell 14: 890-901, 2008. [PubMed]
Kawahara H., Imai T., Imataka H., Tsujimoto M., Matsumoto K., Okano H.:
An RNA-binding protein Musashi1 Inhibits Translation Initiation by Competing with eIF4G for PABP.
J. Cell Biol. 181: 639-653, 2008. [PubMed]
Masuda H., Okano HJ., Maruyama T., Yoshimura Y., Okano H., Matsuzaki Y.:
In vivo imaging in humanized mice.
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 324:179-196, 2008. [PubMed]
Kurihara T., Ozawa Y., Nagai N., Shinoda K., Noda K., Imamura Y., Tsubota K., Okano H., Oike Y., Ishida S.: Angiotensin II type 1 receptor signaling contributes to synaptophysin degradation and neuronal dysfunction in the diabetic retina.
Diabetes 57: 2191-2198, 2008 [PubMed]
Kawagishi H., Wakoh T., Uno H., Maruyama M., Moriya A., Morikawa S., Okano H., Sherr C J., Takagi M., Sugimoto M.:
Hzf regulates adipogenesis through translational control of C/EBPα.
EMBO J. 27: 1481-1490, 2008 [PubMed]
Nagoshi N., Shibata S., Kubota Y., Nakamura M., Nagai Y., Satoh E., Okada Y., Mabuchi Y., Katoh H., Okada S., Fukuda K., Suda T., Matsuzaki Y., Toyama Y., Okano H.:
Ontogeny and Multipotency of Neural Crest-Derived Stem Cells in Mouse Bone Marrow, Dorsal Root Ganglia and Whisker Pad.
Cell Stem Cell 2: 392-403, 2008. [PubMed]
Wang XY., Yin Y., Yuan H., Sakamaki T., Okano H., Glazer RI.:
Musashi1 modulates mammary progenitor cell expansion through proliferin-mediated activation of the Wnt and Notch pathways.
Mol. Cell. Biol. 28, 3589-3599, 2008. [PubMed]
Okano H., Yanagida T., Iriki A.:
Introduction. Japan: its tradition and hot topics in biological sciences.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 363, 2067-2069, 2008. [PubMed]
Renault-Mihara F., Okada S., Shibata S., Nakamura M., Toyama Y., Okano H.:
Spinal cord injury: emerging beneficial role of reactive astrocytes points them as potential therapeutic targets.
J. Biochem. & Cell Biol. 2008 40:1649-1653, 2008
Murata H., Tsuji S., Tsujii M., Nakamura T., Fu HY., Eguchi H., Asahi K., Okano H., Kawano S., Hayashi N.: Helicobacter Pylori Infection Induces Candidate Stem Cell Marker Musashi-1 in theHuman Gastric Epithelium.
Dig Dis Sci. 53: 363-369, 2008. [PubMed]
Ohta S., Ueda Y., Yaguchi M., Matsuzaki Y., Nakamura M., Toyama Y., Tanioka N., Tamaoki N., Nomura T., Okano H., Kawakami Y., Toda M.:
Isolation and characterization of dendritic cells from common marmosets for preclinical studies on cell therapy.
Immunology. 123: 566-574, 2008. [PubMed]
Ma D., Lu L., Boneva NB., Kaplamadhiev DB., Warashina S., Mori Y., Tonchev AB., Okano H., Yamashima T.: Expression of free fatty acid receptor GPR40 in the neurogenic niche of adult monkey hippocampus.
Hippocampus. 18: 326-333, 2008. [PubMed]
Sunabori T., Tokunaga A., Nagai T., Sawamoto K., Okabe M., Miyawaki A., Matsuzaki Y., Miyata T., Okano H.:
Stage/Cell cycle phase specific nestin gene expression coordinated with the morphological alteration of embryonic cortical neural progenitor cells.
J. Cell Sci. 121: 1204-1212, 2008. [PubMed]
Hara C., Tateyama K., Akamatsu N., Imabayashi H., Karaki K., Okano H., Miyawaki A.:
A practical device for pinpoint delivery of molecules into multiple neurons in culture.
Brain Cell Biology 35: 229-235, 2008 [PubMed]
Okano H., Sawamoto K.:
Neural Stem Cells:Involvement in Adult Neurogenesis and CNS Repair.
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B. 363, 2111-21122, 2008. [PubMed]
Kawahara H., Yano M., Imai T., Akamatsu W., Okano HJ., Okano H.:
Functions of neural RNA-binding proteins Musashi and Hu in stem cells and neuronal differentiation.* /RNA Binding Proteins in Development and Disease./ *(Edited by Robert B. Denman),
Research Signpost, Kerala, India. pp. 107-121, 2008.