Advances in ecotoxicological research using planarians: a comprehensive review
Shouhui Pan, Chongtao Guo, Hai Zhang, Hao Cen, Quan Zhang, Fei Dai, Congyong Li, Qing Yang, Zhouqiong Zhang, Wang Yin, Renju Deng · 2026
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Shouhui Pan and colleagues review planarians as a test animal for environmental toxicology in a 2026 comprehensive survey. These flatworms can regrow any body part, including a head, and they hunt small prey in fresh water. That combination makes them sensitive witnesses to pollution, able to register damage in behavior, reproduction, and regrowth itself.
The review gathers studies on metals, pesticides, medicines, personal care products, nanomaterials, and other stressors. A convergent pattern emerges: whatever the pollutant's first target, oxidative stress usually follows, then cell death, then failure of the stem cells that power regrowth. The authors name this focus regenerative toxicology. They give special attention to combined exposures, including the Trojan horse effect, where microplastics ferry other pollutants into the body more effectively. Newer methods from behavior tracking to multi-omics and prediction models are surveyed. The authors call for standard culture and testing protocols so results compare cleanly across labs.
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| CREATOR | Shouhui Pan, Chongtao Guo, Hai Zhang, Hao Cen, Quan Zhang, Fei Dai, Congyong Li, Qing Yang, Zhouqiong Zhang, Wang Yin, Renju Deng |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 120 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |