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Response to Letter to the Editor: ‘Nanoplastics and MASLD : Unveiling Interorgan Crosstalk and Environmental Modulators’
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This is a brief response letter with no substantive scientific content, indicating the authors have nothing to report in reply to a letter about nanoplastics and liver disease.
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Response to Letter to the Editor: “Chronic Nanoplastic Exposure as a Novel Risk Amplifier for MASLD Progression”
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This paper is a response to a letter to the editor concerning the hypothesis that chronic nanoplastic exposure may act as a novel risk amplifier for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) progression, addressing methodological and interpretive points raised by correspondents.
Nanoplastics and MASLD : Unveiling Interorgan Crosstalk and Environmental Modulators
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This brief editorial discusses the emerging connection between nanoplastic exposure and metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a condition involving fat buildup in the liver. It highlights how nanoplastics may act as environmental triggers that affect the liver through interactions with the gut and other organs. As MASLD rates rise globally, understanding whether plastic pollution contributes to liver disease is an important emerging area of research.
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Microplastics, nanoplastics and liver disease: an emerging health concern?
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Researchers reviewed emerging evidence that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in human liver tissue at increasing concentrations over the past decade, trigger oxidative stress, fibrogenesis, and inflammation in cell and animal models, and may carry microbial pathogens and endocrine-disrupting chemicals, introducing the concept of plastic-induced liver injury as a new focus for environmental hepatology.
Nanoplastics as Hepatic Toxicant Vectors: Interactions with Environmental Chemicals, Organelle Dysfunction, and Regulated Cell Death.
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This review summarizes existing research on how tiny nanoplastic particles may affect liver cells. Studies found links between nanoplastic exposure and problems like cell stress, damaged energy-producing structures, and triggered cell death pathways, though results varied depending on the plastic type and test conditions used. The authors note gaps in understanding how these findings relate to real-world health risks.
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