Takuya Shimazaki

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1 Conditional ablation of Stat3 or Socs3 discloses a dual role for reactive astrocytes after spinal cord injury. Nat Med 2006 4.18
2 Transient inhibition of BMP signaling by Noggin induces cardiomyocyte differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Nat Biotechnol 2005 2.34
3 Retinoic-acid-concentration-dependent acquisition of neural cell identity during in vitro differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Dev Biol 2004 2.17
4 Cardiac neural crest cells contribute to the dormant multipotent stem cell in the mammalian heart. J Cell Biol 2005 1.93
5 Comparative functional genomics revealed conservation and diversification of three enhancers of the isl1 gene for motor and sensory neuron-specific expression. Dev Biol 2005 1.72
6 Spatiotemporal recapitulation of central nervous system development by murine embryonic stem cell-derived neural stem/progenitor cells. Stem Cells 2008 1.67
7 Requirement for COUP-TFI and II in the temporal specification of neural stem cells in CNS development. Nat Neurosci 2008 1.65
8 Human neural stem/progenitor cells, expanded in long-term neurosphere culture, promote functional recovery after focal ischemia in Mongolian gerbils. J Neurosci Res 2004 1.30
9 A carbohydrate-binding protein, Galectin-1, promotes proliferation of adult neural stem cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 1.30
10 Flow cytometric analysis of neural stem cells in the developing and adult mouse brain. J Neurosci Res 2002 1.27
11 Consequence of the loss of Sox2 in the developing brain of the mouse. FEBS Lett 2008 1.26
12 Implantation of dendritic cells in injured adult spinal cord results in activation of endogenous neural stem/progenitor cells leading to de novo neurogenesis and functional recovery. J Neurosci Res 2004 1.15
13 Meteorin: a secreted protein that regulates glial cell differentiation and promotes axonal extension. EMBO J 2004 1.14
14 Roles of STAT3/SOCS3 pathway in regulating the visual function and ubiquitin-proteasome-dependent degradation of rhodopsin during retinal inflammation. J Biol Chem 2008 1.11
15 Glycoprotein 130 signaling regulates Notch1 expression and activation in the self-renewal of mammalian forebrain neural stem cells. J Neurosci 2003 1.11
16 Leptin suppresses ghrelin-induced activation of neuropeptide Y neurons in the arcuate nucleus via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase- and phosphodiesterase 3-mediated pathway. Endocrinology 2007 1.11
17 Prospective characterization of neural stem cells by flow cytometry analysis using a combination of surface markers. J Neurosci Res 2005 1.07
18 Isolation and transplantation of dopaminergic neurons generated from mouse embryonic stem cells. Neurosci Lett 2004 1.04
19 Hepatocyte growth factor promotes proliferation and neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells from mouse embryos. Mol Cell Neurosci 2003 0.96
20 Downregulation of STAT3 activation is required for presumptive rod photoreceptor cells to differentiate in the postnatal retina. Mol Cell Neurosci 2004 0.95
21 The miR-17/106-p38 axis is a key regulator of the neurogenic-to-gliogenic transition in developing neural stem/progenitor cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014 0.94
22 SOCS3 is required to temporally fine-tune photoreceptor cell differentiation. Dev Biol 2006 0.92
23 Evaluation of human fetal neural stem/progenitor cells as a source for cell replacement therapy for neurological disorders: properties and tumorigenicity after long-term in vitro maintenance. J Neurosci Res 2009 0.88
24 Efficient generation of mature cerebellar Purkinje cells from mouse embryonic stem cells. J Neurosci Res 2010 0.88
25 Regulation of adult neural progenitor cells by Galectin-1/beta1 Integrin interaction. J Neurochem 2010 0.84
26 Stromal cell-secreted factors promote the survival of embryonic stem cell-derived early neural stem/progenitor cells via the activation of MAPK and PI3K-Akt pathways. J Neurosci Res 2010 0.83
27 FRS2α regulates Erk levels to control a self-renewal target Hes1 and proliferation of FGF-responsive neural stem/progenitor cells. Stem Cells 2010 0.83
28 Inhibition of glioma cell proliferation by neural stem cell factor. J Neurooncol 2005 0.82
29 Epidermal growth factor signaling mediated by grb2 associated binder1 is required for the spatiotemporally regulated proliferation of olig2-expressing progenitors in the embryonic spinal cord. Stem Cells 2007 0.81
30 Histopathological and behavioral improvement of murine mucopolysaccharidosis type VII by intracerebral transplantation of neural stem cells. Mol Ther 2005 0.80
31 Simian fetal brain progenitor cells for studying viral neuropathogenesis. J Neurovirol 2007 0.77
32 Isolation and transplantation of dopaminergic neurons and neural stem cells. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2002 0.76
33 LIM homeobox 8 (Lhx8) is a key regulator of the cholinergic neuronal function via a tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrkA)-mediated positive feedback loop. J Biol Chem 2013 0.75