Hirotaka James Okano

Best Publications

• Anatomic localization of alternatively spliced leptin receptors (Ob-R) in mouse brain and other tissues

  Hong Fei;Hirotaka J. Okano;Cai Li;Gwo-Hwa Lee

  1020
  Citations

• Nova-1 Regulates Neuron-Specific Alternative Splicing and Is Essential for Neuronal Viability

  Kirk B Jensen;B.Kate Dredge;Giovanni Stefani;Ru Zhong

  526
  Citations

• Notch Inhibition Induces Cochlear Hair Cell Regeneration and Recovery of Hearing after Acoustic Trauma

  Kunio Mizutari;Masato Fujioka;Masato Fujioka;Masato Fujioka;Makoto Hosoya;Naomi Bramhall;Naomi Bramhall

  479
  Citations

• A Hierarchy of Hu RNA Binding Proteins in Developing and Adult Neurons

  Hirotaka J. Okano;Robert B. Darnell

  459
  Citations

• A selective Sema3A inhibitor enhances regenerative responses and functional recovery of the injured spinal cord

  Shinjiro Kaneko;Akio Iwanami;Masaya Nakamura;Akiyoshi Kishino

  453
  Citations

• Involvement of the TRAP220 Component of the TRAP/SMCC Coactivator Complex in Embryonic Development and Thyroid Hormone Action

  Mitsuhiro Ito;Chao Xing Yuan;Hirotaka J. Okano;Robert B. Darnell

  424
  Citations

• Proinflammatory cytokines expression in noise-induced damaged cochlea.

  Masato Fujioka;Sho Kanzaki;Hirotaka James Okano;Masatsugu Masuda

  354
  Citations

• In vivo imaging of engrafted neural stem cells: its application in evaluating the optimal timing of transplantation for spinal cord injury.

  Seiji Okada;Seiji Okada;Ken Ishii;Junichi Yamane;Akio Iwanami

  311
  Citations

• Mammalian ELAV-like neuronal RNA-binding proteins HuB and HuC promote neuronal development in both the central and the peripheral nervous systems

  Wado Akamatsu;Hirotaka J. Okano;Noriko Osumi;Takayoshi Inoue

  296
  Citations

• The long non-coding RNA nuclear-enriched abundant transcript 1_2 induces paraspeckle formation in the motor neuron during the early phase of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  Yoshinori Nishimoto;Shinichi Nakagawa;Tetsuro Hirose;Hirotaka James Okano;Hirotaka James Okano

  296
  Citations

• A brain-enriched polypyrimidine tract-binding protein antagonizes the ability of Nova to regulate neuron-specific alternative splicing

  Alexandros D. Polydorides;Hirotaka J. Okano;Yolanda Y. L. Yang;Giovanni Stefani

  294
  Citations

• Visualization of peripheral nerve degeneration and regeneration: monitoring with diffusion tensor tractography.

  Takehiko Takagi;Masaya Nakamura;Masayuki Yamada;Masayuki Yamada;Keigo Hikishima;Keigo Hikishima

  264
  Citations

• The RNA-binding protein HuD regulates neuronal cell identity and maturation

  Wado Akamatsu;Hiroaki Fujihara;Takayuki Mitsuhashi;Masato Yano

  248
  Citations

• Neuronal Elav-like (Hu) Proteins Regulate RNA Splicing and Abundance to Control Glutamate Levels and Neuronal Excitability

  Gulayse Ince-Dunn;Hirotaka J. Okano;Kirk B. Jensen;Woong Yang Park

  235
  Citations

• Noninvasive and real-time assessment of reconstructed functional human endometrium in NOD/SCID/γcnull immunodeficient mice

  Hirotaka Masuda;Tetsuo Maruyama;Emi Hiratsu;Junichi Yamane

  234
  Citations

• Chondroitinase ABC combined with neural stem/progenitor cell transplantation enhances graft cell migration and outgrowth of growth-associated protein-43-positive fibers after rat spinal cord injury

  Takeshi Ikegami;Masaya Nakamura;Junichi Yamane;Hiroyuki Katoh

  229
  Citations

• Proliferation of neural and neuronal progenitors after global brain ischemia in young adult macaque monkeys.

  Anton B Tonchev;Tetsumori Yamashima;Liang Zhao;Hirotaka James Okano

  222
  Citations

• β-NAP, a cerebellar degeneration antigen, is a neuron-specific vesicle coat protein

  Lori S Newman;Matthew O McKeever;Hirotaka J Okano;Robert B Darnell

  207
  Citations

• RB and Cdc2 expression in brain: correlations with 3H-thymidine incorporation and neurogenesis

  HJ Okano;DW Pfaff;RB Gibbs

  206
  Citations

• A carbohydrate-binding protein, Galectin-1, promotes proliferation of adult neural stem cells.

  Masanori Sakaguchi;Tetsuro Shingo;Takuya Shimazaki;Hirotaka James Okano

  202
  Citations