Nuclear Ruffling After Fatty Meal (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Nuclear Ruffling After Fatty Meal

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The research team found that fatty food consumption causes the cells that line our intestines to do some interior remodeling. One such shape shift occurs in the nucleus, where the cell's DNA is stored. The team demonstrated that the nucleus takes on a rapid and reversible ruffled appearance after fatty food is consumed, which is shown in this image.

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Image is provided courtesy of Steven Farber and Erin Zeituni

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