Ketone Bodies in the Intestine 1

Ketone Bodies in the Intestine 1

George Eng, Jonathan Braverman, Chia Wei Cheng, Aslı GÖKDEMİR, Ryan Hayman, Omer Yilmaz

MIT Department of Biology, Koch Institute at MIT

This image demonstrates the localization of a nanoparticle delivery system [in red] which can regenerate the gut using ketone bodies. Our lab studies intestinal stem cell function in the setting of diet, previously high fat diets, but we are beginning to explore how the intestinal stem cells function in the setting of other diets, here, namely ketogenic diet.

 

view of the large intestine using fluorescence microscopy

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