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Assessment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Symptoms and Gut–Liver Axis Status in Zebrafish after Exposure to Polystyrene Microplastics and Oxytetracycline, Alone and in Combination

Environmental Health Perspectives 2023 105 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 65 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Weishang Zhou, Weishang Zhou, Wei Shi, Yu Tang, Yu Han, Kwangjin Ju, Weixia Zhang, Yihan Yu, Weishang Zhou, Yihan Yu, Yihan Yu, Yu Tang, Yu Tang, Weishang Zhou, Weishang Zhou, Yu Tang, Kwangjin Ju, Wei Shi, Yihan Yu, Yu Han, Wei Shi, Yu Tang, Weixia Zhang, Weishang Zhou, Yu Tang, Lin Huang, Dandan Tian, Yu Han, Yu Han, Yu Han, Yu Han, Wei Shi, Lin Huang, Wei Shi, Yihan Yu, Yingying Yu, Wei Shi, Wei Shi, Dandan Tian, Dandan Tian, Dandan Tian, Dandan Tian, Yu Tang, Yingying Yu, Weixia Zhang, Dandan Tian, Yingying Yu, Wei Shi, Dandan Tian, Weishang Zhou, Yu Tang, Dandan Tian, Weishang Zhou, Yihan Yu, Yu Tang, Yu Han, Yu Han, Dandan Tian, Yu Tang, Weishang Zhou, Yu Han, Wei Shi, Yu Tang, Dandan Tian, Yu Tang, Yu Tang, Sanghyok Ri, Xueying Du, Dandan Tian, Yu Han, Yingying Yu, Dandan Tian, Yu Tang, Xueying Du, Xueying Du, Dandan Tian, Wei Shi, Sanghyok Ri, Yu Han, Dandan Tian, Weixia Zhang, Yihan Yu, Liangbiao Chen, Yu Tang, Weishang Zhou, Yu Tang, Weishang Zhou, Wei Shi, Yu Han, Yu Han, Wei Shi, Yu Han, Weishang Zhou, Guangxu Liu Yu Han, Guangxu Liu Yu Han, Weishang Zhou, Lin Huang, Yingying Yu, Tongchol Kim, Xueying Du, Yu Han, Yu Tang, Weixia Zhang, Yu Tang, Yihan Yu, Yihan Yu, Guangxu Liu Wei Shi, Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Wei Shi, Xueying Du, Xueying Du, Xueying Du, Yu Tang, Wei Shi, Wei Shi, Weishang Zhou, Weishang Zhou, Weishang Zhou, Weishang Zhou, Yu Han, Yu Tang, Yu Tang, Weishang Zhou, Weishang Zhou, Weishang Zhou, Wei Shi, Guangxu Liu Wei Shi, Weixia Zhang, Yu Tang, Yihan Yu, Weixia Zhang, Weixia Zhang, Weixia Zhang, Xueying Du, Xueying Du, Sanghyok Ri, Sanghyok Ri, Wei Shi, Wei Shi, Yu Han, Weishang Zhou, Xueying Du, Wei Shi, Yingying Yu, Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Yingying Yu, Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Wei Shi, Wei Shi, Weishang Zhou, Weishang Zhou, Yihan Yu, Yihan Yu, Dandan Tian, Dandan Tian, Weixia Zhang, Weixia Zhang, Xueying Du, Kwangjin Ju, Dandan Tian, Dandan Tian, Kwangjin Ju, Guangxu Liu Dandan Tian, Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Tongchol Kim, Dandan Tian, Yingying Yu, Guangxu Liu Yingying Yu, Yingying Yu, Wei Shi, Wei Shi, Tongchol Kim, Guangxu Liu Wei Shi, Liangbiao Chen, Guangxu Liu Yingying Yu, Lin Huang, Guangxu Liu Yingying Yu, Yingying Yu, Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Weishang Zhou, Weishang Zhou, Wei Shi, Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Weixia Zhang, Zhichao Wu, Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Yingying Yu, Wei Shi, Guangxu Liu Yihan Yu, Wei Shi, Guangxu Liu Wei Shi, Guangxu Liu Dandan Tian, Dandan Tian, Guangxu Liu Guangxu Liu Yingying Yu, Liangbiao Chen, Zhichao Wu, Zhichao Wu, Guangxu Liu

Summary

This zebrafish study found that exposure to polystyrene microplastics combined with the antibiotic oxytetracycline disrupted the gut-liver axis and produced symptoms similar to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The combination of these two common environmental contaminants was more harmful than either one alone. This research suggests that microplastics may interact with other pollutants in the environment to worsen liver health outcomes.

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Body Systems

Our results suggested that exposure to MPs and OTC may disrupt the gut-liver axis and be associated with NAFLD occurrence. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP11600.

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