ArticleToxics2023
Microplastics in the Lung Tissues Associated with Blood Test Index.
Article in Toxics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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- The theoretical role of the wind in aerosolising microplastics and nanoplastics from coastal combined sewer overflows.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Untargeted metabolomics and transcriptomics joint analysis of the effects of polystyrene nanoplastics on lipid metabolism in the mouse liver.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Article
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- Microplastic particles in human blood and their association with coagulation markers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Airborne micro- and nanoplastics: emerging causes of respiratory diseases.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2024Review
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- Multimodal detection and analysis of microplastics in human thrombi from multiple anatomically distinct sites.EBioMedicine · 2024Article
- Microplastic and plastic pollution: impact on respiratory disease and health.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Review
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14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Microplastics (MPs) have received a lot of attention and have been detected in multiple environmental matrices as a new environmental hazard, but studies on human internal exposure to MPs are limited. Here, we collected lung tissue samples from 12 nonsmoking patients to evaluate the characteristics of MPs in human lung tissues using an Agilent 8700 laser infrared imaging spectrometer and scanning electron microscopy. We detected 108 MPs covering 12 types in the lung tissue samples, with a median concentration of 2.19 particles/g. Most of the MPs (88.89%) were sized between 20 to 100 μm. Polypropylene accounts for 34.26% of the MPs in the lung tissues, followed by polyethylene terephthalate (21.30%) and polystyrene (8.33%). Compared with males and those living far from a major road (≥300 m), females and those living near the main road (<300 m) had higher levels of MPs in lung tissues, which positively correlated with platelet (PLT), thrombocytocrit, fibrinogen (FIB), and negatively related with direct bilirubin (DB). These findings help confirm the presence in the respiratory system and suggest the potential sources and health effects of inhaled MPs.
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