Nanoplastic at environmentally relevant concentrations activates a germline <i>mir-240-rab-5</i> signaling cascade to affect the secreted ligands associated with transgenerational toxicity induction in <i>C. elegans</i>
Xin Hua, Le Zhang, Dayong Wang
Abstract
Epigenetic regulation plays an important role in regulating the transgenerational toxicity of pollutants.
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GermlineRabTransgenerational epigeneticsCascadeCell biologyAffect (linguistics)ChemistryToxicityBiologyCancer researchGeneBiochemistryEpigeneticsCommunicationPsychologyChromatographyOrganic chemistryGTPaseMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionNanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms