“…Of all differentially expressed miRNA sequences 40 were 3p strands, 36 were 5p strands and 24 of the 76 sequences were isomiRs. Several of the canonical miRNAs upregulated in ACs, such as miR-675-3p and 5p, miR-335-5p, miR-582-5p and 3p, miR-9-5p, miR-136-3p and miR 495-3p are known to be involved in cartilage biogenesis and disease ( Tomé et al, 2011 ; Díaz-Prado et al, 2012 ; Chen et al, 2017 ; Chen et al, 2018 ; Zhong G. et al, 2019 ; Chen et al, 2019 ; Seidl and Murphy, 2019 ; Wang et al, 2019 ; Chen et al, 2020 ; Shen et al, 2020 ; Zhang et al, 2021 ). Of the highest differentially expressed canonical miRNAs in MSCs miR-10a-5p, miR-181b, miR-181a, miR-135b-5p and miR-218-5p are known to be involved in osteogenesis, cartilage hypertrophy and degeneration and OA ( Bhushan et al, 2013 ; Song et al, 2013 ; Gabler et al, 2015 ; Nakamura et al, 2016 ; Lu et al, 2017 ; Ma et al, 2019 ; Yin et al, 2019 ; Li et al, 2021 ).…”