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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Micro- and Nanoplastics and Functional Nutrients in Human Health: Epigenetic Mechanisms and Cellular Resilience Signaling in Brain Insulin Resistance and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease.

Cinzia Lombardo, Nicolò Musso, Paolo Giuseppe Bonacci, Gabriella Lupo, Carmelina Daniela Anfuso, Eleonora Di Fatta, Raffaele Ferri, Miroslava Majzúnová, Maria Concetta Scuto, Angela Trovato Salinaro

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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10 authors.

Cinzia LombardoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Nicolò MussoDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Kore University of Enna, 94100 Enna, Italy.
Paolo Giuseppe BonacciDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7305-7433
Gabriella LupoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9291-6969
Carmelina Daniela AnfusoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7951-1812
Eleonora Di FattaOASI Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-3210-1926
Raffaele FerriOASI Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6937-3065
Miroslava MajzúnováDepartment of Animal Physiology and Ethology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Ilkovicova 6, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-8748-4279
Maria Concetta ScutoDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Kore University of Enna, 94100 Enna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1019-5158
Angela Trovato SalinaroDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2377-858X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The therapeutic potential of functional nutrients has garnered considerable attention for enhancing resilience signaling and counteracting the damage to human health caused by microplastic pollutants. The intricate interactions between microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) and functional nutrients, including polyphenols, flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, phenolic acids, diterpenoids, and triterpenoids, have been shown to improve blood-brain barrier (BBB) homeostasis and brain function by inhibiting oxidative stress, ferroptosis, and inflammation linked to the pathogenesis of metabolic and brain disorders. Interestingly, nutrients exhibit biphasic dose-response effects by activating the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) pathway and stress-resilience proteins at minimum doses, thereby preventing or blocking MP and NP-induced damage. Notably, chronic exposure to environmental pollutants causes aberrant regulation of

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Alzheimer DiseaseBrainEpigenesis, GeneticInsulin ResistanceMicroplasticsNutrientsAnimalsHumansNF-E2-Related Factor 2Oxidative StressSignal TransductionMicroplasticsNF-E2-Related Factor 2Alzheimer’s diseaseantioxidant enzymesbrainbrain insulin resistancediabetesepigenetic mechanismsferroptosisfunctional nutrientsglial cellsinflammationmicroplasticsnanoplasticsneuronsNFE2L2 geneoxidative stress

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PMID41516048
PMCPMC12785368

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