Rawls Mouse Gut (IMAGE)

Duke University

Rawls Mouse Gut

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Duke researchers have discovered that gut microbes can alter the action of their host organism's genes. Mouse intestinal cells are outlined in red, with the cell nuclei stained blue and a protein called transcription factor Hnf4a stained green within the nuclei. Microbes were found to suppress Hnf4a in both mice and fish in a way that could contribute to intestinal diseases.

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James M. Davison

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