Mitochondria Meltdown Pummels Cell Nuclei (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

Mitochondria Meltdown Pummels Cell Nuclei

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Reactive oxygen species pumped out by damaged mitochondria cause cell nuclei (blue) to oxidize (yellow) and shrivel.

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Qian et al. (2019), PNAS.

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