Zhaokai Yao

Guizhou University — China

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Pluripotent Stem Cells Research(6), Sperm and Testicular Function(5), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering(5), Reproductive Biology and Fertility(4), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities(3)

Publications13 total

Defect engineering enables low-temperature synthesis of BF-BT piezoceramics with enhanced electric field-induced strain
Applied Surface Science·2026
Atorvastatin improves spermatogenesis in murine and in vitro human chronic orchitis models through restoring blood-testis barriers
Cell Death Discovery·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Deciphering the regulatory networks of human male germline development from embryo to adulthood
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease·2025Open Access
Single-cell multi-omics sequencing of human spermatogenesis reveals a DNA demethylation event associated with male meiotic recombination
Nature Cell Biology·2023· 55 cited
Lovastatin promotes the self-renewal of murine and primate spermatogonial stem cells
Stem Cell Reports·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
BMP4 drives primed to naïve transition through PGC-like state
Nature Communications·2022· 17 citedOpen Access
Cell-fate transition and determination analysis of mouse male germ cells throughout development
Nature Communications·2021· 100 citedOpen Access
The chromatin accessibility landscape reveals distinct transcriptional regulation in the induction of human primordial germ cell-like cells from pluripotent stem cells
Stem Cell Reports·2021· 23 citedOpen Access
Single Cell Sequencing Reveals Early PGC-like Intermediates During Mouse Primed to Naïve Transition
2021Open Access
The histone demethylase KDM2B regulates human primordial germ cell-like cells specification
International Journal of Biological Sciences·2021· 5 citedOpen Access
A novel undifferentiated spermatogonia-specific surface protein 1 (USSP1) in neonatal mice
Science Bulletin·2019· 3 cited
Efficient generation of human primordial germ cell-like cells from pluripotent stem cells in a methylcellulose-based 3D system at large scale
PeerJ·2019· 15 citedOpen Access
Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis Reveals Sequential Cell Fate Transition during Human Spermatogenesis
Cell stem cell·2018· 500 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Xiaoyang Zhao(11), Gang Chang(7), Xinyan Yang(6), Yi Zheng(5), Ke Song(4), Zhaoting Liu(4), Jiexiang Zhao(4), Cong Wan(4), Yaping Huang(4), Manman Cui(4), Shaofang Ren(4), Mei Wang(3), Kai Miao(3), Fang Luo(3), Linzi Ma(3), Geng An(2), Shuai Gao(2), Ji Dong(2), Yuhan Chen(2), Yuqiong Hu(2)