Efficient Differentiation of Hepatocytes from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Exhibiting Markers Recapitulating Liver Development In Vivo

David C. Hay, Debiao Zhao, Judy Fletcher, +8

Stem Cells

Somatic sex identity is cell autonomous in the chicken

Debiao Zhao, Derek McBride, S. Nandi, +6

Nature

Cell DivisionSex DeterminationSomatic Sex IdentityGeneticsSomatic Cell Genetics +4

Primary sex determination in birds depends on DMRT1 dosage, but gonadal sex does not determine adult secondary sex characteristics

Jason Ioannidis, Güneş Taylor, Debiao Zhao, +7

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

SpermatogenesisFertilityGeneticsSexual SelectionReproductive Biology +17

Polo-like kinase 1 coordinates biosynthesis during cell cycle progression by directly activating pentose phosphate pathway

Xiaoyu Ma, Lin Wang, De Huang, +21

Nature Communications

Direct Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Hepatocyte-like Cells Exhibiting Functional Activities

David C. Hay, Debiao Zhao, Arlene Ross, +3

Cloning and Stem Cells

Stem Cell DifferentiationLiver FunctionOrgan DevelopmentCell DifferentiationCell Specialization +17

Stably Transfected Human Embryonic Stem Cell Clones Express OCT4‐Specific Green Fluorescent Protein and Maintain Self‐Renewal and Pluripotency

Lesley Gerrard, Debiao Zhao, A. John Clark, +1

Stem Cells

Feather arrays are patterned by interacting signalling and cell density waves

William Ho, Lucy Freem, Debiao Zhao, +16

PLoS Biology

Biophysical ModelingPrecise PatternEngineeringMechanotransductionCell Growth +18

Mechanisms of BRCA1–BARD1 nucleosome recognition and ubiquitylation

Qi Hu, Maria Victoria Botuyan, Debiao Zhao, +3

Nature

ChromatinBrca1–bard1 Nucleosome RecognitionChromatin StructureChromatin RemodelingNatural Sciences +5

Differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells to hepatocyte-like cells by co-culture with human liver nonparenchymal cell lines

Alejandro Soto–Gutiérrez, Nalu Navarro–Álvarez, Debiao Zhao, +5

Nature Protocols

Developmental BiologyHepatologyCell SpecializationMedicineLiver Physiology +9

Mechanisms of Ubiquitin-Nucleosome Recognition and Regulation of 53BP1 Chromatin Recruitment by RNF168/169 and RAD18

Qi Hu, Maria Victoria Botuyan, Gaofeng Cui, +2

Molecular Cell

ChromatinTranscriptional RegulationChromatin StructureCell RegulationChromatin Remodeling +12