Potten CS., Booth C., Tudor GL., Booth D., Brady G., Hurley P., Ashton G., Clarke G.,Sakakibara S., Okano H.: Identification of a putative intestinal stem cell marker and early lineage marker; Musashi1.
Differentiation 71, 28-41, 2003.

Tonchev AB., Zhao L., Yamashima T., Okano H.: Differential proliferative response in the postischemic hippocampus, temporal cortex and olfactory bulb of adult primates.
Glia 42, 209-224, 2003.

Tonchev AB., Yamashima T., Zhao L., Okano HJ., Okano H.: Increased proliferation of neural progenitors and neurogenesis in the postischemic brain of young adult primates.
Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 23: 292-301, 2003.

Kuo H.-C., Pau FKY., Yeoman RR., Mitalipov SM., Okano H., Wolf DP.: Differentiation of monkey embryonic stem cells into neural lineages.
Biology of Reproduction 68: 1727-1735, 2003.

Kayahara T., Sawada M., Takaishi S., Fukui H., Seno H., Fukuzawa H., Suzuki K., Hiai H., Kageyama R., Okano H., Chiba T.: Candidate markers for stem and early progenitor cells, Musashi-1 and Hes1, are expressed in crypt base columnar cells of mouse small intestine.
FEBS Letter 535, 131-135, 2003.

Sasaki T., Kitagawa K., Sugimura S., Omura-Matsuoka E., Tanaka S., Yagita Y., Okano H., Matsumoto M., Hori M.: Implication of Cyclooxygenase-2 on enhanced neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus after ischemia.
J. Neurosci. Res. 72: 461-471, 2003.

Nakamura Y., Yamamoto M., Oda E., Yamamoto A., Kanemura Y., Hara M., Suzuki A., Yamasaki M.,
Okano H.: Expression of tubulin beta II in neural stem/progenitor cells and radial fibers during human fetal brain development.
Lab. Invest. 83: 479-489, 2003.

Yuasa Y., Okabe M., Yoshikawa S., Tabuchi K., Xiong W-C., Hiromi Y., Okano H.: Drosophila homeodomain protein REPO controls glial differentiation by cooperating with ETS and BTB transcription factors.
Development 130: 2419-2428, 2003.

Uchida K., Okano H., Hayashi T., Mine Y., Tanioka Y., Nomura T., Kawase T.: Swine neuroepithelial stem cell-derived neurons can form synapses with xenogeneic Parkinsonian brain.
J. Neurosci. Res. 72: 661-669, 2003.

Kokuzawa J., Yoshimura S., Kitajima H., Shinoda J., Kaku Y., Iwama T., Morishita R., Shimazaki T.,
Okano H., Kunisada T., Sakai N.: Hepatocyte growth factor promotes proliferation and neural differentiation of neural stem cells from mouse embryos.
Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 24: 190-197, 2003.

Ishizuya-Oka A., Shimizu K., Sakakibara SI., Okano H., Ueda S.: Thyroid hormone-upregulated expression of Musashi-1 is specific for progenitor cells of the adult epithelium during amphibian gastrointestinal remodeling.
J. Cell Sci. 116: 3157-3164 (2003)

Okano H., Ogawa Y., Nakamura M., Kaneko S., Iwanami A., Toyama A.: Transplantation of neural stem cells into the spinal cord after injury.
Seminar in Cell & Devlopmental Biol. 14. 191-198, 2003.

Okano H.: Neural stem cells as therapeutic agents for CNS injuries and disorders.
International Congress Series 1810, 1-6, 2003.

Hisahara S., Okano H., Miura M.: Caspase-mediated oligodendrocyte cell death in the pathogenesis of autoimmune demyelination.
Neurosci. Res. 46, 387-397, 2003.

Okano H.: Neural stem cells as therapeutic agents for CNS injuries and disorders. Aproceeding for International Symposium on Molecular Mechanisms and Epochal Therapeutics for Ischemic Stroke Dementia ICS 1252. Excerpta Medica International Congress Series Elsevier science B. V. Amsterdam, 1801, 1-6, 2003.

Kanuka H., Kuranaga E., Hiratou T., Igaki T., Nelson B., Okano H., Miura M.: Translocation complex mediates neural cell death and degeneration implicated for polyglutamine toxicity.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 11723-11728, 2003.

Tamaki T., Akatsuka A., Okada Y., Matsuzaki Y., Okano H., Kimura M.:Growth and differentiation ability of main- and side- population cells derived fromskeletal muscle CD34+/45- fraction.
Exp. Cell Res. 291: 83-90, 2003.

Miyanomori Y., Kobayashi H., Imai T., Watanabe M., Nagata T., Uesugi S., Okano H., Katahira M.: Origin of higher affinity to RNA of the N-terminal RNA-binding domain than the C-terminal one of a mouse neural protein, Musashi1, as revealed by NMR spectroscopy
J. Biol. Chem. 278: 41309-41315, 2003.

Yoshida T., Tokunaga A., Nakao K., Okano H.: Expression of a splicing isoform of mNumb is downregulated during endocrine differentiation in pancreas.
Differentiation 71: 486-495, 2003.

Okano H.: Making and repairing the mammalian brain: Introduction.
Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 14:159, 2003.

Baker H., Kobayashi K., Okano H., Saino-Saito S.: Cortical and striatal expression of tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA in neonatal and adult mice.
Cell Mol Neurobiol. 23: 503-518, 2003.

Hu QD., Ang BT, Karsak M., Hu WP., Cui XY., Duka T., Takeda Y., Chia W., Natesan S., Ng YK., Ling EA., Israel A., Maciag T., Small D., Trifonova R., Kopan R., Okano H., Nakafuku M., Chiba S., Hirai H., Schachner M., Pallen CJ., Watanabe K., Xiao ZC.: F3/Contactin acts as a functional ligand for Notch during oligodendrocyte maturation.
Cell 115: 163-175, 2003.