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Cartoon summarizing the discovered nuclear mechanoprotection events that happen in response to dynamic topographies. Actin and vimentin intermediate filament networks transmit forces intracellularly, thereby activating a nucleus mechanoprotection mechanism. Fibroblasts compact their nuclei and relocate it away from dynamic regions. Additionally, up- and downregulation of epigenetic modifications help to prevent mechanics-induced DNA breaks

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