Transcriptomic data from the integrative transcriptomic and WGCNA-based analysis of combined stress mechanisms of polypropylene micro/nanoplastics on tobacco photosynthesis and antioxidant systems

Summary

Scientists studied how tiny plastic particles (from a common plastic called polypropylene) affect tobacco plants, looking specifically at how these particles mess with the plants' ability to photosynthesize and defend themselves from stress at the genetic level. While this research was done in plants rather than humans, it adds to growing evidence that micro/nanoplastics can disrupt basic biological processes—which matters because these same tiny plastic particles are increasingly found in our food, water, and even our bodies.