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Makoto Nagano

ResearcherObstetrics and GynecologyMcGill University

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Makoto Nagano

Researcher

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Transplantation Cell Culture Spermatogenesis Male Fertility Claudin Stem Cells Cell Biology Cell Sorting

Latest papers

The "Community Effect" of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) and their descendants on the induction of the SSC niche: Perspectives and hypotheses.
Current topics in developmental biology · 2026 · first author
Postnatal development of mouse spermatogonial stem cells as determined by immunophenotype, regenerative capacity, and long-term culture-initiating ability: a model for practical applications.
Scientific reports · 2024 · senior author
Dissecting the spermatogonial stem cell niche using spatial transcriptomics.
Cell reports · 2023

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Isolation and in vitro amplification of human spermatogonial stem cells for fertility restoration for prepubertal boys whose fertility is at risk.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$918,000
Transient disruption of the blood-testis barrier using synthetic anti-claudin compounds in human and pig models: towards improving the efficiency of spermatogonial stem cell transplantation for fertility restoration in pediatric cancer survivors
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,044,226
Identity and in vitro expansion of human spermatogonial stem cells
CIHR · 2017 · Nominated PI
$654,076

All 14 grants and awards

11 publications.

The "Community Effect" of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) and their descendants on the induction of the SSC niche: Perspectives and hypotheses.

Nagano M

Current topics in developmental biology2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2026.04.001 PMID: 42236053

Postnatal development of mouse spermatogonial stem cells as determined by immunophenotype, regenerative capacity, and long-term culture-initiating ability: a model for practical applications.

Song Y, Zhang X, Desmarais JA, Nagano M

Scientific reports2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52824-8 PMID: 38280889

Dissecting the spermatogonial stem cell niche using spatial transcriptomics.

Rajachandran S, Zhang X, Cao Q, Caldeira-Brant AL, Zhang X, Song Y, Evans M, Bukulmez O, Grow EJ, Nagano M, Orwig KE, Chen H

Cell reports2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112737 PMID: 37393620

Spermatogonial Transplantation.

Nagano M, Zhang X

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2023First author

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3139-3_11 PMID: 37249873

Screening of Potential Plasticizer Alternatives for Their Toxic Effects on Male Germline Stem Cells.

Zhang X, Nagano M

Biomedicines2022Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10123217 PMID: 36551973

Huwe1 Regulates the Establishment and Maintenance of Spermatogonia by Suppressing DNA Damage Response.

Fok KL, Bose R, Sheng K, Chang CW, Katz-Egorov M, Culty M, Su S, Yang M, Ruan YC, Chan HC, Iavarone A, Lasorella A, Cencic R, Pelletier J, Nagano M, Xu W, Wing SS

Endocrinology2017

DOI: 10.1210/en.2017-00396 PMID: 28938460

Erasure of DNA methylation, genomic imprints, and epimutations in a primordial germ-cell model derived from mouse pluripotent stem cells.

Miyoshi N, Stel JM, Shioda K, Qu N, Odajima J, Mitsunaga S, Zhang X, Nagano M, Hochedlinger K, Isselbacher KJ, Shioda T

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2016

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1610259113 PMID: 27486249

Preterm birth among the Hmong, other Asian subgroups and non-Hispanic whites in California.

Vang ZM, Elo IT, Nagano M

BMC pregnancy and childbirth2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0622-0 PMID: 26292673

Aging results in molecular changes in an enriched population of undifferentiated rat spermatogonia.

Paul C, Nagano M, Robaire B

Biology of reproduction2013

DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.112995 PMID: 24227752

CD9 is expressed on human male germ cells that have a long-term repopulation potential after transplantation into mouse testes.

Zohni K, Zhang X, Tan SL, Chan P, Nagano M

Biology of reproduction2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.098913 PMID: 22592495

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Makoto Nagano

Research

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The "Community Effect" of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) and their descendants on the induction of the SSC niche: Perspectives and hypotheses.

Postnatal development of mouse spermatogonial stem cells as determined by immunophenotype, regenerative capacity, and long-term culture-initiating ability: a model for practical applications.

Dissecting the spermatogonial stem cell niche using spatial transcriptomics.

Spermatogonial Transplantation.

Screening of Potential Plasticizer Alternatives for Their Toxic Effects on Male Germline Stem Cells.

Huwe1 Regulates the Establishment and Maintenance of Spermatogonia by Suppressing DNA Damage Response.

Erasure of DNA methylation, genomic imprints, and epimutations in a primordial germ-cell model derived from mouse pluripotent stem cells.

Preterm birth among the Hmong, other Asian subgroups and non-Hispanic whites in California.

Aging results in molecular changes in an enriched population of undifferentiated rat spermatogonia.

CD9 is expressed on human male germ cells that have a long-term repopulation potential after transplantation into mouse testes.

Isolation and in vitro amplification of human spermatogonial stem cells for fertility restoration for prepubertal boys whose fertility is at risk.

Transient disruption of the blood-testis barrier using synthetic anti-claudin compounds in human and pig models: towards improving the efficiency of spermatogonial stem cell transplantation for fertility restoration in pediatric cancer survivors

Identity and in vitro expansion of human spermatogonial stem cells

Transient disruption of blood-testis barrier for efficient delivery of spermatogonial stem cells to their niches: Toward a novel fertility restoration strategy for boys with cancer

The regulatory mechanism of spermatogonial stem cell proliferation and differentiation

Sex-specific susceptibility windows for fetal origins of adult disease and transgenerational effects

Facilitating engraftment of male germ line stem cells: Toward developing a novel fertility restoration strategy for boys with cancer

Stem Cell Network/Réseau de cellules souches

Towards fertility restoration and mitigation of adverse reproductive outcomes in male childhood cancer survivors

CIHR Team in Impact of exposure to phthalates, their metabolites and "green" plasticizers on male reproductive health

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Bernard Robaire

Martine Culty

Jerry Pelletier