Polystyrene nanoplastics dysregulate lipid metabolism in murine macrophages in vitro

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Potential toxicity of polystyrene microplastic particles

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Long-term exposure to nanoplastics reduces life-time in Daphnia magna

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Immunotoxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics in different hemocyte subpopulations of Mytilus galloprovincialis

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Micro- and nano-plastics in edible fruit and vegetables. The first diet risks assessment for the general population

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An emerging class of air pollutants: Potential effects of microplastics to respiratory human health?

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Atmospheric Micro and Nanoplastics: An Enormous Microscopic Problem

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Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta

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Adsorbed Sulfamethoxazole Exacerbates the Effects of Polystyrene (∼2 μm) on Gut Microbiota and the Antibiotic Resistome of a Soil Collembolan

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Polystyrene microplastic particles: In vitro pulmonary toxicity assessment

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

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Chloroquine inhibits autophagic flux by decreasing autophagosome-lysosome fusion

(2018) Mario Mauthe et al.   Autophagy

Erythrocytes as a biological model for screening of xenobiotics toxicity

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Current opinion: What is a nanoplastic?

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Microplastics: Finding a consensus on the definition

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Are We Underestimating Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments?

(2017) Jeremy L. Conkle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Tryptanthrin Suppresses the Activation of the LPS-Treated BV2 Microglial Cell Line via Nrf2/HO-1 Antioxidant Signaling

(2017) Young-Won Kwon et al.   Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Are There Nanoplastics in Your Personal Care Products?

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Reducing Uncertainty and Confronting Ignorance about the Possible Impacts of Weathering Plastic in the Marine Environment

(2017) Annika Jahnke et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Investigating the impact of cleaning treatments on polystyrene using SEM, AFM and ToF–SIMS

(2017) Anna L. Fricker et al.   Heritage Science

Brain damage and behavioural disorders in fish induced by plastic nanoparticles delivered through the food chain

(2017) Karin Mattsson et al.   Scientific Reports

Uptake and Accumulation of Polystyrene Microplastics in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Toxic Effects in Liver

(2016) Yifeng Lu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Time to use a dose of Chloroquine as an adjuvant to anti-cancer chemotherapies

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Lysosomal cholesterol accumulation in macrophages leading to coronary atherosclerosis in CD38−/−mice

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Pdcd4 deficiency enhances macrophage lipoautophagy and attenuates foam cell formation and atherosclerosis in mice

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Systemic application of 3-methyladenine markedly inhibited atherosclerotic lesion in ApoE−/− mice by modulating autophagy, foam cell formation and immune-negative molecules

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Lipid-laden cells differentially distributed in the aging brain are functionally active and correspond to distinct phenotypes

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Glial Lipid Droplets and ROS Induced by Mitochondrial Defects Promote Neurodegeneration

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Characterisation, quantity and sorptive properties of microplastics extracted from cosmetics

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Accumulation and Embryotoxicity of Polystyrene Nanoparticles at Early Stage of Development of Sea Urchin Embryos Paracentrotus lividus

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The carotenoid lutein enhances matrix metalloproteinase-9 production and phagocytosis through intracellular ROS generation and ERK1/2, p38 MAPK, and RARβ activation in murine macrophages

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Mechanisms of Nanoparticle-Induced Oxidative Stress and Toxicity

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The role of surface charge in cellular uptake and cytotoxicity of medical nanoparticles

(2012) Eleonore Fröhlich   International Journal of Nanomedicine

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

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Intracellular dynamics of cationic and anionic polystyrene nanoparticles without direct interaction with mitotic spindle and chromosomes

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Macrophages in the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis

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Autophagy Regulates Cholesterol Efflux from Macrophage Foam Cells via Lysosomal Acid Lipase

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Analytics of Surfactants in the Environment: Problems and Challenges

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Nanoparticles as delivery vehicles for sunscreen agents

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A Thermodynamic Approach for Assessing the Environmental Exposure of Chemicals Absorbed to Microplastic

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Cytokines, macrophage lipid metabolism and foam cells: Implications for cardiovascular disease therapy

(2011) James E. McLaren et al.   PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH

Cationic nanoparticles induce caspase 3-, 7- and 9-mediated cytotoxicity in a human astrocytoma cell line

(2010) Mariana G. Bexiga et al.   Nanotoxicology

Lipid droplets in inflammation and cancer

(2010) Patricia T. Bozza et al.   PROSTAGLANDINS LEUKOTRIENES AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS

Autophagy regulates lipid metabolism

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Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel,Mytilus edulis(L.)

(2008) Mark A. Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY