Polystyrene microplastic uptake drives Inflammatory, Epitranscriptomic, and Metabolic Reprogramming in Human Aortic Endothelial cells
Ajmal Khan, Grant Koher, Tariq Khan, Kyla Grant, Sarah Hudson, Gordon Zheng, Ho Young Lee, Warren S. Vidar, Frank Morales Shnaider, Jinlan Chen, Kwame A. Darfour-Oduro, Ramji Kumar Bhandari, Xuewei Zhu, Kerui Wu, Norman Chiu, Zhenquan Jia
This study shows that polystyrene microplastics induce inflammatory, epitranscriptomic, and metabolic changes in human aortic endothelial cells, potentially contributing to cardiovascular disease.
Environmental Pollution · Sep 17, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology