Dysregulation of STAT3 signaling is associated with endplate-oriented herniations of the intervertebral disc in Adgrg6 mutant mice

• Zhaoyang Liu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8032-1167

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• Garrett W. D. Easson,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Jingjing Zhao,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Nadja Makki,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Nadav Ahituv,

  Roles Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7434-8144

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• Matthew J. Hilton,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Cell Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Simon Y. Tang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Ryan S. Gray

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ryan.gray@austin.utexas.edu

  Affiliations Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9668-6497

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