ArticleThe Science of the total environment2023
Unraveling the in vivo fate of inhaled micro- and nanoplastics with PET imaging.
Article in The Science of the total environment, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evidence on microplastic exposure and respiratory health outcomes: a systematic review.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseasePooled it
- Inhaled Micro- and Nanoplastics as Environmental Modifiers of Lung Carcinogenesis: Mechanistic Insights and Evidence Synthesis.Journal of xenobiotics · 2026Review
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- Micro-Nanoplastic Exposure and Lung Cancer Biomarkers: The Role of Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Intercellular Communication.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Respiratory risks of microplastics and nanoplastics: Where? What? How?Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2026Review
- Polystyrene microplastic-induced pathophysiology is driven by disruption of efferocytosis.Immunity · 2026Article
- Biodistribution and pulmonary toxicity of branched polyethyleneimine in rats following intratracheal and intravenous exposure.Archives of toxicology · 2026Article
- Lung retention, distribution and persistence of polymer particles in rats exposed via inhalation.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2026Article
- Size-dependent translocation of polystyrene nanoplastics across biological barriers in mammals.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- ComparativeDalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) · 2025Article
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- Biological Effects of Micro-/Nano-Plastics in Macrophages.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Microplastics in Agricultural Crops and Their Possible Impact on Farmers' Health: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Identification and quantification of micro-nano-plastics in polypropylene-bottled injections.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Nanoscopic Characterization of Starch-Based Biofilms Extracted from Ecuadorian Potato (Polymers · 2024Article
- Good practices forEJNMMI radiopharmacy and chemistry · 2024Review
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Microplastics and nanoplastics have become ubiquitous environmental pollutants. The threat these plastics pose to human health has fueled research focused on their pathophysiology and toxicology, yet many of their fundamental properties - for example, their in vivo pharmacokinetics - remain poorly understood. In this investigation, we have harnessed positron emission tomography (PET) to track the in vivo fate of micro- and nanoplastics administered to mice intratracheally and intravenously. To this end, 1 μm and 20 nm diameter amine-functionalized polystyrene particles were modified with an isothiocyanate-bearing variant of desferrioxamine (DFO) and radiolabeled with the positron-emitting radiometal [
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