BCOR mutations establish a persistent culture-adaptive state in human induced pluripotent stem cells
Cherif Badja, Soraya Boushaki, Yogesh Kumar, Theodoros I. Roumeliotis, Annabel J. Curle, Angelica E. Guiloff, Andrea Degasperi, Sophie Momen, Florian Robert, Yasin Memari, Scott Shooter, Zuza Kozik, Salome Jingchen Zhao, Ping Jing Toong, India M Baker, , Serena Nik‐Zainal
This study identifies BCOR mutations in hiPSCs as a culture-adaptive state causing chromatin, transcriptomic, and proteomic changes, and develops a qPCR assay for detection.
bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology