Detrimental Effects of Microplastic Exposure on Normal and Asthmatic Pulmonary Physiology

Air pollution and its effects on the immune system

(2020) Drew A. Glencross et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Dysbiosis of the gut and lung microbiome has a role in asthma

(2020) Karin Hufnagl et al.   Seminars in Immunopathology

A New Contaminant Superhighway? A Review of Sources, Measurement Techniques and Fate of Atmospheric Microplastics

(2020) Oluchi Mbachu et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Environmental factors in epithelial barrier dysfunction

(2020) Zeynep Celebi Sözener et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Quantifying microplastic translocation from feed to the fillet in European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax

(2020) Sinem Zeytin et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Atmospheric transport is a major pathway of microplastics to remote regions

(2020) N. Evangeliou et al.   Nature Communications

How microplastic components influence the immune system and impact on children health: Focus on cancer

(2020) Mariana Segovia‐Mendoza et al.   Birth Defects Research

Experimental ingestion of fluorescent microplastics by pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, and their effects on the behaviour and development at early stages

(2020) Arno Bringer et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Integrative omics analyses uncover the mechanism underlying the immunotoxicity of perfluorooctanesulfonate in human lymphocytes

(2020) Rong Li et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Reproductive toxicity of polystyrene microplastics: In vivo experimental study on testicular toxicity in mice

(2020) Baolian Hou et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Differentially expressed circular RNAs in a murine asthma model

(2020) Hui Bao et al.   Molecular Medicine Reports

Nanopolystyrene translocation and fetal deposition after acute lung exposure during late-stage pregnancy

(2020) Sara B. Fournier et al.   Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Polystyrene microplastics induced male reproductive toxicity in mice

(2020) Haibo Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastic ingestion induces behavioral disorders in mice: A preliminary study on the trophic transfer effects via tadpoles and fish

(2020) Amanda Pereira da Costa Araújo et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Enhanced reproductive toxicities induced by phthalates contaminated microplastics in male mice (Mus musculus)

(2020) Yongfeng Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastic-mediated transport of PCBs? A depuration study with Daphnia magna

(2019) Zandra Gerdes et al.   PLoS One

Benzo(a)pyrene Facilitates Dermatophagoides Group 1 (Der f 1)‐Induced Epithelial Cytokine Release through Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Asthma

(2019) E. Wang et al.   ALLERGY

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Associations between short-term exposure to fine particulate matter and acute exacerbation of asthma in Yancheng, China

(2019) Bingqing Zuo et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Widespread distribution of PET and PC microplastics in dust in urban China and their estimated human exposure

(2019) Chunguang Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Significant decline of Daphnia magna population biomass due to microplastic exposure

(2019) Thijs Bosker et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Simulating human exposure to indoor airborne microplastics using a Breathing Thermal Manikin

(2019) Alvise Vianello et al.   Scientific Reports

Prevalence, risk factors, and management of asthma in China: a national cross-sectional study

(2019) Kewu Huang et al.   LANCET

Importance of atmospheric transport for microplastics deposited in remote areas

(2019) Yulan Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

PM2.5 inhibits SOD1 expression by up-regulating microRNA-206 and promotes ROS accumulation and disease progression in asthmatic mice

(2019) Lei Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY

Mini-review of microplastics in the atmosphere and their risks to humans

(2019) Guanglong Chen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in house dust from 12 countries and associated human exposure

(2019) Junjie Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Atmospheric microplastic deposition in an urban environment and an evaluation of transport

(2019) S.L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Polystyrene microplastic particles: In vitro pulmonary toxicity assessment

(2019) Cheng-Di Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Airborne fiber particles: Types, size and concentration observed in Beijing

(2019) Yaowei Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics cause neurotoxicity, oxidative damage and energy-related changes and interact with the bioaccumulation of mercury in the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

(2018) Luís Gabriel Antão Barboza et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Continuous signaling of CD79b and CD19 is required for the fitness of Burkitt lymphoma B cells

(2018) Xiaocui He et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Toxicological interactions induced by chronic exposure to gold nanoparticles and microplastics mixtures in Daphnia magna

(2018) Alexandre Pacheco et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effects of microplastics and mercury in the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774): Filtration rate, biochemical biomarkers and mercury bioconcentration

(2018) Patrícia Oliveira et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Microplastics increase mercury bioconcentration in gills and bioaccumulation in the liver, and cause oxidative stress and damage in Dicentrarchus labrax juveniles

(2018) Luís Gabriel Antão Barboza et al.   Scientific Reports

Sex Hormones Determine Immune Response

(2018) Veena Taneja   Frontiers in Immunology

Sex Hormones in Acquired Immunity and Autoimmune Disease

(2018) Vaishali R. Moulton   Frontiers in Immunology

Impacts of polystyrene microplastic on the gut barrier, microbiota and metabolism of mice

(2018) Yuanxiang Jin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?

(2017) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Microparticles on Individual Fitness in Daphnia magna

(2016) Martin Ogonowski et al.   PLoS One

Pulmonary C Fibers Modulate MMP-12 Production via PAR2 and Are Involved in the Long-Term Airway Inflammation and Airway Hyperresponsiveness Induced by Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

(2015) Na Zang et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Effects of serum and plasma matrices on multiplex immunoassays

(2014) Yael Rosenberg-Hasson et al.   IMMUNOLOGIC RESEARCH

Diesel exhaust particle induction of IL-17A contributes to severe asthma

(2013) Eric B. Brandt et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Short cigarette smoke exposure facilitates sensitisation and asthma development in mice

(2012) Ellen A. Lanckacker et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Diesel Exhaust Particulates Exacerbate Asthma-Like Inflammation by Increasing CXC Chemokines

(2011) Jiyoun Kim et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Cigarette Smoke Differentially Affects Eosinophilia and Remodeling in a Model of House Dust Mite Asthma

(2011) Fernando M. Botelho et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Progesterone Alter Lung Inflammation and Mucous Metaplasia in a Mouse Model of Allergic Airway Disease

(2011) Valerie L. Mitchell et al.   CLINICAL REVIEWS IN ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

New insights into the enigma of immunoglobulin D

(2010) Kang Chen et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS