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SUBMITTER: De Kinderen P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9972783 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
De Kinderen Pauline P Peeters Silke S Rabaut Laura L Mortier Geert G Ponsaerts Peter P Loeys Bart B Verstraeten Aline A Meester Josephina A N JAN
Stem cell research 20230106
Hemizygous missense variants in the X-linked BGN gene, encoding the extracellular matrix protein biglycan, cause spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia (SEMD, biglycan type), which is clinically characterized by short stature, brachydactyly and osteoarthritis. Little is known about the pathomechanisms underlying SEMD, biglycan type. IPSC-derived chondrocyte disease models have been shown to exhibit several key aspects of known disease mechanisms of skeletal dysplasias and are therefore considered high ...[more]