1. Ryu Y, Ogata T, Nagao M, Sawada Y, Nishimura R, Fujita N. Effects of treadmill training combined with serotonergic interventions on spasticity after contusive spinal cord injury. J Neurotrauma. 2018 Jan 16. doi: 10.1089/neu.2017.5400. [Epub ahead of print]
2. Doi T, Ogata T, Yamauchi J, Sawada Y, Tanaka S, Nagao M. Chd7 collaborates with Sox2 to regulate activation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells after spinal cord injury. J Neurosci 37:10290-10309, 2017.
3. Miyamoto Y, Torii T, Tanoue A, Kawahara K, Arai M, Tsumura H, Ogata T, Nagao M, Terada N, Yamamoto M, Takashima S, Yamauchi J. Neuregulin-1 type III knockout mice exhibit delayed migration of Schwann cell precursors. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 486:506-513, 2017.
4. Ryu Y, Ogata T, Nagao M, Kitamura T, Morioka K, Ichihara Y, Doi T, Sawada Y, Akai M, Nishimura R, Fujita N. The swimming test is effective for evaluating spasticity after contusive spinal cord injury. PLoS One 12:e0171937, 2017.
5. Ichihara Y, Doi T, Ryu Y, Nagao M, Sawada Y, Ogata T. Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells Directly Utilize Lactate for Promoting Cell Cycling and Differentiation. J Cell Physiol 232:986-995, 2017.
6. Okazaki R, Doi T, Hayakawa K, Morioka K, Imamura O, Takishima K, Hamanoue M, Sawada Y, Nagao M, Tanaka S, Ogata T. The crucial role of Erk2 in demyelinating inflammation in the central nervous system. J Neuroinflammation 13: 235, 2016.
7. Nagao M, Ogata T, Sawada Y, Gotoh Y. Zbtb20 promotes astrocytogenesis during neocortical development. Nat Commun 7: 11102, 2016.
8. Nagao M, Lanjakornsiripan D, Itoh Y, Kishi Y, Ogata T, Gotoh Y. HMGN family proteins promote astrocyte differentiation of neural precursor cells. Stem Cells 32: 2983-2997, 2014.
9. Miyamoto Y, Torii T, Yamamori N, Eguchi T, Nagao M, Nakamura K, Tanoue A, Yamauchi J. Paxillin is the target of c-Jun N-terminal kinase in Schwann cells and regulates migration. Cell Signal 24: 2061-2069, 2012.
10. Torii T, Miyamoto Y, Nagao M, Onami N, Tsumura H, Maeda M, Nakamura K, Tanoue A, Yamauchi J. Knockdown of Dock7 in vivo specifically affects myelination by Schwann cells and increases myelin thickness in sciatic nerves without affecting axon thickness. Am J Mol Biol 2: 210-216, 2012.
11. Pei Z, Wang B, Chen G, Nagao M, Nakafuku M, Campbell K. Homeobox genes Gsx1 and Gsx2 differentially regulate telencephalic progenitor maturation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108: 1675-1680, 2011.
12. Nagao M, Campbell K, Burns K, Kuan CY, Trumpp A, Nakafuku M. Coordinated control of self-renewal and differentiation of neural stem cells by Myc and the p19ARF-p53 pathway. J Cell Biol 183: 1243-1257, 2008.
13. Sugimori M, Nagao M, Parras CM, Nakatani H, Lebel M, Guillemot F, Nakafuku M. Ascl1 is required for oligodendrocyte development in the spinal cord. Development 135: 1271-1281, 2008.
14. Nakafuku M, Nagao M, Grande A, Cancelliere A. Revisiting neural stem cell identity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105: 829-830, 2008.
15. Nagao M, Sugimori M, Nakafuku M. Cross talk between notch and growth factor/cytokine signaling pathways in neural stem cells. Mol Cell Biol 27: 3982-3994, 2007.
16. Sugimori M, Nagao M, Bertrand N, Parras CM, Guillemot F, Nakafuku M. Combinatorial actions of patterning and HLH transcription factors in the spatiotemporal control of neurogenesis and gliogenesis in the developing spinal cord. Development 134: 1617-1629, 2007.
17. Ohori Y, Yamamoto S, Nagao M, Sugimori M, Yamamoto N, Nakamura K, Nakafuku M. Growth factor treatment and genetic manipulation stimulate neurogenesis and oligodendrogenesis by endogenous neural progenitors in the injured adult spinal cord. J Neurosci 26: 11948-11960, 2006.
18. Yamamoto S, Nagao M, Sugimori M, Kosako H, Nakatomi H, Yamamoto N, Takebayashi H, Nabeshima Y, Kitamura T, Weinmaster G, Nakamura K, Nakafuku M. Transcription factor expression and Notch-dependent regulation of neural progenitors in the adult rat spinal cord. J Neurosci 21: 9814-9823, 2001.
19. Mizuguchi R, Sugimori M, Takebayashi H, Kosako H, Nagao M, Yoshida S, Nabeshima Y, Shimamura K, Nakafuku M. Combinatorial roles of Olig2 and Neurogenin2 in the coordinated induction of pan-neuronal and subtype-specific properties of motoneurons. Neuron 31: 759-773, 2001.
20. Nagao M, Kaziro Y, Itoh H. Thrombin-induced inhibition of myoblast differentiation is mediated by Gβγ. FEBS Lett 472: 297-301, 2000.
21. Yamauchi J, Kawano T, Nagao M, Kaziro Y, Itoh H. Gi-dependent activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase in human embryonal kidney 293 cells. J Biol Chem 275: 7633-7640, 2000.
22. Nagao M, Kaziro Y, Itoh H. The Src family tyrosine kinase is involved in Rho-dependent activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase by Gα12. Oncogene 18: 4425-4434, 1999.
23. Nagao M, Yamauchi J, Kaziro Y, Itoh H. Involvement of protein kinase C and Src family tyrosine kinase in Gαq/11-induced activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase and p38 MAP kinase. J Biol Chem 273: 22892-22898, 1998.
24. Yamauchi J, Nagao M, Kaziro Y, Itoh H. Activation of p38 MAP kinase by signaling through G protein-coupled receptors: Involvement of Gβγ and Gαq/11 subunits. J Biol Chem 272: 27771-27777, 1997.
25. Tomura H, Itoh H, Sho K, Sato K, Nagao M, Ui M, Kondo Y, Okajima F. βγ subunits of pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins mediate A1 adenosine receptor agonist-induced activation of phospholipase C in collaboration with thyrotropin. J Biol Chem 272: 23130-23137, 1997.
26. Umemori H, Inoue T, Kume S, Sekiyama N, Nagao M, Itoh H, Nakanishi S, Mikoshiba K, Yamamoto T. Activation of the G protein Gq/11 through tyrosine phosphorylation of the α subunit. Science 276: 1878-1881, 1997.