1. Direct conversion of adipocyte progenitors into functional neurons.

Yang Y, Jiao J, Gao R, Yao H, Sun XF, Gao S.

Cell Reprogram. 2013 Dec;15(6):484-9. doi: 10.1089/cell.2013.0013. Epub 2013 Nov 4.

2. Modeling Dravet syndrome using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and directly converted neurons.

Jiao J, Yang Y, Shi Y, Chen J, Gao R, Fan Y, Yao H, Liao W, Sun XF, Gao S.

Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Nov 1;22(21):4241-52. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddt275. Epub 2013 Jun 16.

3. Melatonin improves the reprogramming efficiency of murine-induced pluripotent stem cells using a secondary inducible system.

Gao S, Wang ZL, Di KQ, Chang G, Tao L, An L, Wu FJ, Xu JQ, Liu YW, Wu ZH, Li XY, Gao S, Tian JH.

J Pineal Res. 2013 Aug;55(1):31-9. doi: 10.1111/jpi.12047. Epub 2013 Mar 19.

4. Replacement of Oct4 by Tet1 during iPSC induction reveals an important role of DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation in reprogramming.

Gao Y, Chen J, Li K, Wu T, Huang B, Liu W, Kou X, Zhang Y, Huang H, Jiang Y, Yao C, Liu X, Lu Z, Xu Z, Kang L, Chen J, Wang H, Cai T, Gao S.

Cell Stem Cell. 2013 Apr 4;12(4):453-69. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2013.02.005. Epub 2013 Mar 14.

5. Promoting reprogramming by FGF2 reveals that the extracellular matrix is a barrier for reprogramming fibroblasts to pluripotency.

Jiao J, Dang Y, Yang Y, Gao R, Zhang Y, Kou Z, Sun XF, Gao S.

Stem Cells. 2013 Apr;31(4):729-40. doi: 10.1002/stem.1318.