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A damaging mutation in COL6A3 alters the mechanobiologic response of chondrocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Stem cell research & therapy - 15 Feb 2026
Harissa Zainab, Bloks Niek, Steward Nancy, Tufa Sara F, Keene Douglas R, Ramos Yolande F M, Meulenbelt Ingrid, Guilak Farshid
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a complex disease associated with genetic, biological, and mechanical risk factors that act, in part, to alter chondrocyte homeostasis. Our recent exome sequencing studies identified a damaging genetic variant in COL6A3, a monomeric unit of collagen type VI and a distinguishing component of the pericellular matrix (PCM) of articular cartilage, a transducer of mechanical and biochemical...
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