A high-impact COL6A3 mutation alters the response of chondrocytes in neo-cartilage organoids to hyper-physiologic mechanical loading
Niek G.C. Bloks, Zainab Harissa, Shaunak Sanjay Adkar, Amanda R. Dicks, Ghazaleh Hajmousa, Nancy S. Steward, Roman I. Koning, Aat A. Mulder, Berend B.R. de Koning, M. Kloppenburg, Rodrigo Coutinho de Almeida, Y.F. Ramos, Farshid Guilak, Ingrid Meulenbelt
This paper investigates how a COL6A3 mutation affects chondrocyte response to mechanical stress in a human iPSC-derived cartilage organoid model, finding reduced PCM protein binding and impaired stress response.
bioRxiv · Dec 19, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology