Effects of polystyrene nano- and microplastics on human breast epithelial cells and human breast cancer cells.

ABSTRACT: The continuous littering of the environment with plastic and the resulting nano- and microplastics produced from various processes are ever-increasing problems. These materials also affect humans, as the absorption and accumulation of nano- and microplastics and their effects on health have thus far been rarely researched, which also applies to cancer. In the present study, the absorption of different sizes of polystyrene (PS) nano- and microplastics (PS particles) into human breast epithelial cells and human breast cancer cells was investigated. Subsequently, how the proliferation, colony and mammosphere formation abilities, cell fusion and migration of the cells were influenced by the PS particles were investigated. Our data revealed granularity-, dose- and cell line-dependent absorption

SUBMITTER: Schnee M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11497447 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature