Effects of microplastics on the kidneys: a narrative review

RB de Oliveira, LE Pelepenko, DA Masaro… - Kidney International, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics are small synthetic organic polymer particles (< 5 mm
and< 1 μm, respectively) that originate directly from plastic compounds or result from the …

Microplastics exposure: implications for human fertility, pregnancy and child health

RE Zurub, Y Cariaco, MG Wade… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Plastics found in our everyday environment are becoming an increasing concern for
individual and population-level health, and the extent of exposure and potential toxic effects …

Exposure to high dose of polystyrene nanoplastics causes trophoblast cell apoptosis and induces miscarriage

S Wan, X Wang, W Chen, M Wang, J Zhao, Z Xu… - Particle and Fibre …, 2024 - Springer
Background With rapid increase in the global use of various plastics, microplastics (MPs)
and nanoplastics (NPs) pollution and their adverse health effects have attracted global …

Identification and analysis of microplastics in human lower limb joints

Z Li, Y Zheng, Z Maimaiti, J Fu, F Yang, ZY Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have been detected in various human tissues, including the liver,
placenta, and blood. However, studies about MPs in the human locomotor system are …

[HTML][HTML] Particulate contamination of human placenta: Plastic and non-plastic

RE Zurub, S Bainbridge, L Rahman… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent evidence indicates that the human womb is contaminated with a variety of particulate
contaminants. Microplastics (MPs, tiny plastic particles, 0.1–5000 µm) generated by the …

Copper oxide nanoparticles induce cuproptosis and ferroptosis through mitochondrial concatenation

M Jiang, X Tao, Y Pang, Z Qin, E Song… - Environmental Science …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) will accumulate in soil and water due to human and
natural activities, eventually finding their way into the human body through direct or indirect …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in maternal blood, fetal appendages, and umbilical vein blood

H Sun, X Su, J Mao, Y Liu, G Li, Q Du - Ecotoxicology and Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have been detected in placenta and amniotic fluid, but there is no
research on whether MPs exist in the other two fetal appendages: fetal membrane and …

Concerning influences of micro/nano plastics on female reproductive health: focusing on cellular and molecular pathways from animal models to human studies

H Balali, A Morabbi, M Karimian - Reproductive Biology and …, 2024 - Springer
The female reproductive system can face serious disorders and show reproductive
abnormalities under the influence of environmental pollutants. Microplastics (MPs) and …

[HTML][HTML] Micro/nanoplastic exposure on placental health and adverse pregnancy risks: Novel assessment system based upon targeted risk assessment environmental …

D Wan, Y Liu, Q Chang, Z Liu, Q Wang, R Niu, B Gao… - Toxics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Micro/nanoplastics (MNPs), as emerging pollutants, have been detected in both the
maternal and fetal sides of the placenta in pregnant women, and their reproductive toxicity …

[HTML][HTML] Intergenerational neurotoxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics in offspring mice is mediated by dysfunctional microbe-gut-brain axis

X Li, E He, G Chen, X Cao, L Zhao, X Xu, Z Fu… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics (NPs) are ubiquitous in daily life, posing potential risks to the environment and
human. While their negative effects on parental organisms have been extensively studied …