Human pluripotent stem cells – Unique tools to decipher the effects of environmental and intracellular plastic pollution on human health

Nanoplastics Cause Neurobehavioral Impairments, Reproductive and Oxidative Damages, and Biomarker Responses in Zebrafish: Throwing up Alarms of Wide Spread Health Risk of Exposure

(2020) Sreeja Sarasamma et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and their inactivation with biocidal agents

(2020) G. Kampf et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Polystyrene nanoparticles may affect cell mitosis and compromise early embryo development in mammals

(2020) V. Barbato et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1

(2020) Neeltje van Doremalen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Differentially charged nanoplastics demonstrate distinct accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2020) Xiao-Dong Sun et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

A Horizon Scan of research priorities to inform policies aimed at reducing the harm of plastic pollution to biota

(2020) J.F. Provencher et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Characterization of particulate and gaseous pollutants emitted during operation of a desktop 3D printer

(2019) Jianwei Gu et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Size-dependent effects of polystyrene microplastics on cytotoxicity and efflux pump inhibition in human Caco-2 cells

(2019) Bing Wu et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Review of micro- and nanoplastic contamination in the food chain

(2019) Brigitte Toussaint et al.   Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment

Human organoids: a new dimension in cell biology

(2019) Ruth Lehmann et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Human Consumption of Microplastics

(2019) Kieran D. Cox et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Targeted metabolomics reveals differential biological effects of nanoplastics and nanoZnO in human lung cells

(2019) Swee Ling Lim et al.   Nanotoxicology

Multi-endpoint toxicological assessment of polystyrene nano- and microparticles in different biological models in vitro

(2019) Michelle Hesler et al.   TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO

Assessment on interactive prospectives of nanoplastics with plasma proteins and the toxicological impacts of virgin, coronated and environmentally released-nanoplastics

(2019) Ponnusamy Manogaran Gopinath et al.   Scientific Reports

Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool

(2019) Philipp Schwabl et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Plastic Teabags Release Billions of Microparticles and Nanoparticles into Tea

(2019) Laura M. Hernandez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Embryo donation: Survey of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) patients and randomized trial of complimentary counseling

(2019) Alison E. Zimon et al.   PLoS One

In silico Screening and Heterologous Expression of a Polyethylene Terephthalate Hydrolase (PETase)-Like Enzyme (SM14est) With Polycaprolactone (PCL)-Degrading Activity, From the Marine Sponge-Derived Strain Streptomyces sp. SM14

(2019) Eduardo L. Almeida et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

In Vitro Genotoxicity of Polystyrene Nanoparticles on the Human Fibroblast Hs27 Cell Line

(2019) Anna Poma et al.   Nanomaterials

Identification of long non-coding RNAs in response to nanopolystyrene in Caenorhabditis elegans after long-term and low-dose exposure

(2019) Man Qu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Polystyrene nanoplastics (20 nm) are able to bioaccumulate and cause oxidative DNA damages in the brain tissue of zebrafish embryo (Danio rerio)

(2019) Teoman Özgür Sökmen et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Internalization and toxicity: A preliminary study of effects of nanoplastic particles on human lung epithelial cell

(2019) Mingkai Xu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Uptake, tissue distribution, and toxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles in developing zebrafish ( Danio rerio )

(2018) Jordan A. Pitt et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Distinctive impact of polystyrene nano-spherules as an emergent pollutant toward the environment

(2018) Prabhakar Mishra et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Their Use in Human Models of Disease and Development

(2018) Peter Karagiannis et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Cytotoxic effects of commonly used nanomaterials and microplastics on cerebral and epithelial human cells

(2017) Gabriella F. Schirinzi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Characterisation of nanoplastics during the degradation of polystyrene

(2016) Scott Lambert et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

High throughput estimation of functional cell activities reveals disease mechanisms and predicts relevant clinical outcomes

(2016) Marta R. Hidalgo et al.   Oncotarget

Bidirectional Transfer Study of Polystyrene Nanoparticles across the Placental Barrier in an ex Vivo Human Placental Perfusion Model

(2015) Stefanie Grafmueller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Potential Health Impact of Environmentally Released Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Human Food Production Chain: Experiences from Nanotoxicology

(2015) Hans Bouwmeester et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Bioavailability and biodistribution of differently charged polystyrene nanoparticles upon oral exposure in rats

(2015) Agata P. Walczak et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH

Rethinking Differentiation: Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Plasticity

(2014) Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado et al.   CELL

Loss-of-Function Mutations in APOC3 and Risk of Ischemic Vascular Disease

(2014) Anders Berg Jørgensen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Single-cell RNA-Seq profiling of human preimplantation embryos and embryonic stem cells

(2013) Liying Yan et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Atrioventricular valve development: New perspectives on an old theme

(2012) Annemarieke de Vlaming et al.   DIFFERENTIATION

Differential Uptake of Functionalized Polystyrene Nanoparticles by Human Macrophages and a Monocytic Cell Line

(2011) Oleg Lunov et al.   ACS Nano

Comparison of Human Induced Pluripotent and Embryonic Stem Cells: Fraternal or Identical Twins?

(2011) Kazim H Narsinh et al.   MOLECULAR THERAPY