The toxic impacts of microplastics (MPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on haematic parameters in a marine bivalve species and their potential mechanisms of action

Ocean acidification increases polyspermy of a broadcast spawning bivalve species by hampering membrane depolarization and cortical granule exocytosis

(2021) Yu Han et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Microplastics aggravate the bioaccumulation of three veterinary antibiotics in the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus and induce synergistic immunotoxic effects

(2021) Yu Han et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Polyvinyl chloride microplastics induce growth inhibition and oxidative stress in Cyprinus carpio var. larvae

(2020) Xiaohua Xia et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Toxicities of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons for Aquatic Animals

(2020) Masato Honda et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Benzo[a]pyrene constrains embryo development via oxidative stress induction and modulates the transcriptional responses of molecular biomarkers in the marine medaka Oryzias javanicus

(2020) Sang-Eun Nam et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Barnacles as potential bioindicator of microplastic pollution in Hong Kong

(2020) X.-Y. Xu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sorption and release process of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) from different composition microplastics in aqueous medium: Solubility parameter approach

(2020) M. Singla et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics Aggravate the Bioaccumulation of Two Waterborne Veterinary Antibiotics in an Edible Bivalve Species: Potential Mechanisms and Implications for Human Health

(2020) Weishang Zhou et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The mechanism of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases to mediate apoptosis and immunotoxicity induced by Benzo[a]pyrene on hemocytes of scallop Chlamys farreri in vitro

(2020) Yimeng Tian et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Immunotoxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons and microplastics alone or in combination to a bivalve species: Synergic impacts and potential toxication mechanisms

(2020) Shuge Sun et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Integrated Hypoxia Signaling and Oxidative Stress in Developmental Neurotoxicity of Benzo[a]Pyrene in Zebrafish Embryos

(2020) Yi-Chen Lin et al.   Antioxidants

Microplastics and their affiliated PAHs in the sea surface connected to the southwest coast of Taiwan

(2020) Chih-Feng Chen et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Teratogenic effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of phenanthrene on the early development of marine medaka (Oryzia melastigma)

(2020) Yuqi Zheng et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Immunotoxicity and neurotoxicity of bisphenol A and microplastics alone or in combination to a bivalve species, Tegillarca granosa

(2020) Yu Tang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Immunotoxicities of microplastics and sertraline, alone and in combination, to a bivalve species: size-dependent interaction and potential toxication mechanism

(2020) Wei Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Plastic Ingestion in Post-hatchling Sea Turtles: Assessing a Major Threat in Florida Near Shore Waters

(2020) Catherine B. Eastman et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Adsorption and Desorption Behaviour of Polychlorinated Biphenyls onto Microplastics’ Surfaces in Water/Sediment Systems

(2020) Marta Llorca et al.   Toxics

Size effects of microplastics on accumulation and elimination of phenanthrene in earthworms

(2020) Guanghui Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastic accumulation via trophic transfer: Can a predatory crab counter the adverse effects of microplastics by body defence?

(2020) Ting Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics and synthetic particles ingested by deep-sea amphipods in six of the deepest marine ecosystems on Earth

(2019) A. J. Jamieson et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Immunotoxicity of four nanoparticles to a marine bivalve species, Tegillarca granosa

(2019) Shanjie Zha et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Impacts of dietary exposure to different sized polystyrene microplastics alone and with sorbed benzo[a]pyrene on biomarkers and whole organism responses in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis

(2019) Nagore González-Soto et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Selective Ingestion and Egestion of Plastic Particles by the Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) and Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica): Implications for Using Bivalves as Bioindicators of Microplastic Pollution

(2019) J. Evan Ward et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Effects of combined exposures of fluoranthene and polyethylene or polyhydroxybutyrate microplastics on oxidative stress biomarkers in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)

(2019) Gabriele Magara et al.   JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-PART A-CURRENT ISSUES

Adsorption behavior of organic pollutants and metals on micro/nanoplastics in the aquatic environment

(2019) Fei Yu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochemical and physiological responses induced in Mytilus galloprovincialis after a chronic exposure to salicylic acid

(2019) Rosa Freitas et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Exogenous Ca2+ mitigates the toxic effects of TiO2 nanoparticles on phagocytosis, cell viability, and apoptosis in haemocytes of a marine bivalve mollusk, Tegillarca granosa

(2019) Xiaofan Guan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Fluoxetine suppresses the immune responses of blood clams by reducing haemocyte viability, disturbing signal transduction and imposing physiological stress

(2019) Wei Shi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Polystyrene microplastics increase uptake, elimination and cytotoxicity of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) in the marine scallop Chlamys farreri

(2019) Bin Xia et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Exposure to Waterborne nTiO2 Reduces Fertilization Success and Increases Polyspermy in a Bivalve Mollusc: A Threat to Population Recruitment

(2019) Yu Han et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Direct and indirect effects of microplastics on bivalves, with a focus on edible species: A mini-review

(2019) Feng Zhang et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Sorption of PAHs to microplastic and their bioavailability and toxicity to marine copepods under co-exposure conditions

(2019) Lisbet Sørensen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Immunotoxicity of microplastics and two persistent organic pollutants alone or in combination to a bivalve species

(2019) Yu Tang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Low level of polystyrene microplastics decreases early developmental toxicity of phenanthrene on marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma)

(2019) Yuejiao Li et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics impair amphibian survival, body condition and function

(2019) Luz Boyero et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Neurotoxic impact of acute TiO 2 nanoparticle exposure on a benthic marine bivalve mollusk, Tegillarca granosa

(2018) Xiaofan Guan et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

p73 coordinates with Δ133p53 to promote DNA double-strand break repair

(2018) Hongjian Gong et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

DNA damage in marine rock oyster ( Saccostrea Cucullata) exposed to environmentally available PAHs and heavy metals along the Arabian Sea coast

(2018) Subhodeep Sarker et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Environmentally relevant concentrations of polyethylene microplastics negatively impact the survival, growth and emergence of sediment-dwelling invertebrates

(2018) Shima Ziajahromi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons affiliated with microplastics in surface waters of Bohai and Huanghai Seas, China

(2018) Lei Mai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Embryonic exposure to benzo(a)pyrene inhibits reproductive capability in adult female zebrafish and correlation with DNA methylation

(2018) Dongxu Gao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Evidence that microplastics aggravate the toxicity of organophosphorus flame retardants in mice ( Mus musculus )

(2018) Yongfeng Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Toxicological effects of irregularly shaped and spherical microplastics in a marine teleost, the sheepshead minnow ( Cyprinodon variegatus )

(2018) Jin Soo Choi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics Reduce Short-Term Effects of Environmental Contaminants. Part II: Polyethylene Particles Decrease the Effect of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Microorganisms

(2018) Julia Kleinteich et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Bivalve Impacts in Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems

(2018) Caryn C. Vaughn et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Comparative toxicity of selected PAHs in rainbow trout hepatocytes: genotoxicity, oxidative stress and cytotoxicity

(2018) Mazyar Yazdani   DRUG AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Sodium selenite induces apoptosis via ROS-mediated NF-κB signaling and activation of the Bax-caspase-9-caspase-3 axis in 4T1 cells

(2018) Tao Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

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

Integrative Biomarker Assessment of the Influence of Saxitoxin on Marine Bivalves: A Comparative Study of the Two Bivalve Species Oysters, Crassostrea gigas, and Scallops, Chlamys farreri

(2018) Ruiwen Cao et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in ambient urban dust drive proinflammatory T cell and dendritic cell responses via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) in vitro

(2018) Chelsea A. O’Driscoll et al.   PLoS One

Microplastic in cultured oysters from different coastal areas of China

(2018) Jia Teng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The health risk for seafood consumers under future ocean acidification (OA) scenarios: OA alters bioaccumulation of three pollutants in an edible bivalve species through affecting the in vivo metabolism

(2018) Wenhao Su et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distribution and importance of microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions

(2017) H.S. Auta et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastic ingestion in fish larvae in the western English Channel

(2017) Madeleine Steer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Impact of Microplastic Beads and Fibers on Waterflea (Ceriodaphnia dubia) Survival, Growth, and Reproduction: Implications of Single and Mixture Exposures

(2017) Shima Ziajahromi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Baseline and oxidative DNA damage in marine invertebrates

(2017) Andrea Sahlmann et al.   JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-PART A-CURRENT ISSUES

Microplastic potentiates triclosan toxicity to the marine copepod Acartia tonsa (Dana)

(2017) Kristian Syberg et al.   JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-PART A-CURRENT ISSUES

The adverse effects of virgin microplastics on the fertilization and larval development of sea urchins

(2017) Concepción Martínez-Gómez et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Effects of human blood levels of two PAH mixtures on the AHR signalling activation pathway and CYP1A1 and COMT target genes in granulosa non-tumor and granulosa tumor cell lines

(2017) Karolina Zajda et al.   TOXICOLOGY

Microplastic Ingestion by Wild and Cultured Manila Clams (Venerupis philippinarum) from Baynes Sound, British Columbia

(2016) Katie Davidson et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Microplastics in mussels along the coastal waters of China

(2016) Jiana Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sorption of non-polar organic compounds by micro-sized plastic particles in aqueous solution

(2016) Thorsten Hüffer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Pinna nobilis: A big bivalve with big haemocytes?

(2016) V. Matozzo et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Ocean acidification weakens the immune response of blood clam through hampering the NF-kappa β and toll-like receptor pathways

(2016) Saixi Liu et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Population Genetic Structure of the Blood Clam,Tegillarca granosa, Along the Pacific Coast of Asia: Isolation by Distance in the Sea

(2016) Yanqing Shao et al.   MALACOLOGIA

Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments

(2016) Anika Ballent et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Oyster reproduction is affected by exposure to polystyrene microplastics

(2016) Rossana Sussarellu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reproductive and transgenerational toxicities of phenanthrene on female marine medaka ( Oryzias melastigma )

(2015) Lingbin Sun et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Immune responses to infectious diseases in bivalves

(2015) Bassem Allam et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

The NFKB Inducing Kinase Modulates Hematopoiesis During Stress

(2015) África González-Murillo et al.   STEM CELLS

Bioaccumulation and oxidative damage in juvenile scallop Chlamys farreri exposed to benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene and chrysene

(2014) Meng Xiu et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Long-term disruption of growth, reproduction, and behavior after embryonic exposure of zebrafish to PAH-spiked sediment

(2014) Caroline Vignet et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Single and combined effects of microplastics and pyrene on juveniles (0+ group) of the common goby Pomatoschistus microps (Teleostei, Gobiidae)

(2013) M. Oliveira et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   NATURE

Sorption capacity of plastic debris for hydrophobic organic chemicals

(2013) Hwang Lee et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Concentrations and Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Seawater around Langkawi Island, Malaysia

(2013) Essam Nasher et al.   Journal of Chemistry

The AhR twist: ligand-dependent AhR signaling and pharmaco-toxicological implications

(2012) Erwan Guyot et al.   DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY

Challenges in assessing the toxic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to marine organisms: A case study on the acute toxicity of pyrene to the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

(2011) Joana R. Almeida et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to low and high density polyethylene (PE)

(2011) Elke Fries et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Effects of Benzo(a)pyrene on Seabass (Dicentrarchus labraxL.): Biomarkers, Growth and Behavior

(2011) Carlos Gravato et al.   HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT

Bivalve molluscs as a unique target group for nanoparticle toxicity

(2011) Laura Canesi et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Validation and Application of a PCR Primer Set to Quantify Fungal Communities in the Soil Environment by Real-Time Quantitative PCR

(2011) Nicolas Chemidlin Prévost-Bouré et al.   PLoS One

Genotoxic assessment of anthracene and benzo [a] pyrene to milkfishChanos chanos

(2011) L. Palanikumar et al.   TOXICOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

Regulation and Function of NF-κB Transcription Factors in the Immune System

(2009) Sivakumar Vallabhapurapu et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

Hemocytes of the carpet shell clam (Ruditapes decussatus) and the Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum): Current knowledge and future prospects

(2009) Ludovic Donaghy et al.   AQUACULTURE

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: a perspective on potential roles in the immune system

(2009) Emily A. Stevens et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Shared Principles in NF-κB Signaling

(2008) Matthew S. Hayden et al.   CELL

Cellular Defense Mechanisms in Bivalve Molluscs

(2008) Keisuke G. Takahashi et al.   FISH PATHOLOGY