Nano- and microplastics in pediatric tonsil tissue: bioaccumulation, distribution, and immunomodulatory effects in human lymphoid aggregate organoids
Amirbahador Golchin, Antony Georgiadis, Maggie H Zhang, Yi‐Cheng Lin, Isha Kandlikar, Patrick Timothy Kiessling, Mitra A. Alikhani, Andrea Miranda, Nathan J. Alves, Alex Bindemann, Anushri Umesh, Matthew J. Campen, Robert Taylor, Stacey Harper, Kara D. Meister
This study characterizes nano- and microplastics in pediatric tonsils and shows they trigger transient immunomodulatory responses in lymphoid organoids.
bioRxiv · Jun 1, 2026 · PreprintImmunology