Toxic effects of nanoplastics with different sizes and surface charges on epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in A549 cells and the potential toxicological mechanism
Gulinare Halimu, Qianru Zhang, Li Liu, Zhichun Zhang, Xiujuan Wang, Wu Gu, Bowen Zhang, Yumeng Dai, Huiwen Zhang, Chenggang Zhang, Mingkai Xu
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A549 cellNOX4ChemistryCell biologyEndoplasmic reticulumEpithelial–mesenchymal transitionReactive oxygen speciesOxidative stressApoptosisInflammationUnfolded protein responseBiophysicsNADPH oxidaseBiochemistryDownregulation and upregulationBiologyImmunologyGeneOccupational and environmental lung diseasesOccupational exposure and asthmaInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis