Pro-Inflammatory and Cytotoxic Effects of Polystyrene Microplastics on Human and Murine Intestinal Cell Lines.

Biomolecules · 2023 · PMC9856121 · PMID 36671525

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Considering the up-regulation of IL-8 in HRT-18 cell lines, we obtained consistent results with the previous study of Wu and colleagues [ 25 ], which revealed that 5 μm PS-MPs had a highly significant effect on gene expression even at lower concentrations (12.5–50 mg/L) compared with those used in our study.

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