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. Apr 17; [Epub ahead of print], 2008.

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 Bone Marrow, Dorsal Root Ganglia and Whisker Pad of Adult Rodents.
Cell Stem Cells. 2: 392-403, 2008.

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. 2008 Mar 24; [Epub ahead of print]

Okano H., Yanagida T., Iriki A.: Introduction. Japan: its tradition and hot topics in biological sciences.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 Mar 13; [Epub ahead of print]

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 Mar 16; [Epub ahead of print]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 2008 Apr 5; [Epub ahead of print]

Okano H., Sawamoto K.: Neural Stem Cells：Involvement in Adult Neurogenesis and CNS Repair.
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B. 2008 Mar 13; [Epub ahead of print]

Okano H.: Transplantation of neural stem cells for spinal cord regeneration. In Encyclopedic References of Neuroscience. (Edited by Binder D, Hirokawa N and Windhorst U)
Springer-Verlag (Heidelberg, Germany). In Press, 2008.

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.