ArticleMolecular neurobiology2024
Exposure to Polystyrene Microplastics Promotes the Progression of Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease: Association with Induction of Microglial Pyroptosis.
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- The neurotoxic threat of micro- and nanoplastics: evidence from In Vitro and In Vivo models.Archives of toxicology · 2025Pooled it
- Microplastics as Emerging Neurotoxins: Brain Accumulation, Neuroinflammation, and Neurodegeneration Risk.Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology · 2026Review
- Microglial NLRP3-dependent pyroptosis promotes cognitive dysfunction of diabetic encephalopathy by inhibiting adult hippocampal neurogenesis through the release of IL-1β.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2026Article
- Aging in a highly polluted world: challenges and solutions to prevent Alzheimer's disease.Archives of toxicology · 2026Review
- Molecular Regulation of Pyroptosis in Alzheimer's Disease: Linking Neuroinflammation, Cell Death, and Therapeutic Targeting.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Human Brain: Mechanistic Plausibility, Translational Challenges, and Links to Neurological Disease Trends.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- Microplastic Neurotoxicity in the Prefrontal Cortex: A Review of Mechanisms and Neuropsychiatric Associations.Toxics · 2026Review
- From the Gut to the Brain: Microplastic-Associated Neurovascular Dysfunction and Implications for Stroke Risk.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Alzheimer's disease in theFree neuropathology · 2026Article
- Prior exposure to microplastics heightened the susceptibility of small intestine to radiation-induced injury in C57BL/6 mice.Journal of radiation research · 2025Article
- Nano- and Microplastics in the Brain: An Emerging Threat to Neural Health.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of Microplastics and Nanoplastics Exposure on Neurogenesis: Are Thymidine Analogs a Good Option to Study Such Effects?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Short-term exposure to polystyrene microplastics alters cognition, immune, and metabolic markers in an apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype and sex-dependent manner.Environmental research communications · 2025Article
- Impact of Marine Microplastics on Neurologic and Functional Disabilities: A Population-Level Study.European journal of neurology · 2025Article
- Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Induced by Microplastics: An Endpoint in the Liver-Eye Axis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Absorption of Toxicants from the Ocular Surface: Potential Applications in Toxicology.Biomedicines · 2025Review
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- Investigating the link between microplastic exposure (benzyl butyl phthalate) and neurodegenerative diseases using high-performance computational toxicology.Toxicology research · 2025Article
- Mechanistic insight of neurodegeneration due to micro/nano-plastic-induced gut dysbiosis.Archives of toxicology · 2025Review
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Abstract
We focused on investigating the effects and mechanisms of polystyrene (PS) microplastics in Alzheimer's disease (AD). PS could promote the cognitive impairment in mice and antagonize the action of PS. Meanwhile, it could promote microglial pyroptosis and aggravate neuroinflammation. In vitro results also showed that PS induced pyroptosis of BV2 and RAW264.7, after GSDMD silencing, such pyroptosis was inhibited. Our study found that PS aggravated neuroinflammation by inducing microglial pyroptosis, thereby promoting the progression of cognitive impairment in AD. This finding offers new support and reference for the induction of AD progression by environmental factors.
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