Surface-driven endocrine activity of nanoplastics: polymer- and size-dependent estrogen and androgen receptors modulation without steroidogenesis perturbation
Nikolina Peranić, Lucija Božičević, Nikolina Kalčec, Korinna Altmann, Jana Hildebrandt, Carlos Cuestas Ayllon, Raquel Portela, Jesús M. de la Fuente, Miguel A. Bañares, Ivana Vinković Vrček · 2026
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Nikolina Peranić and colleagues test in 2026 whether tiny plastic bits can disturb hormone signals in lab cells. The team used eight particle types. The set covered four common plastics and several sizes. Standard lab tests checked two hormone pathways and hormone output.
No cell harm appeared at any dose in the tested range. Two plastic types switched on the female hormone pathway at some sizes. One type also blocked the male hormone pathway. Two types alone showed no effect at all. Some mixed samples did respond. Hormone output itself stayed steady. The results show that plastic type and particle size both shape the effect.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Nikolina Peranić, Lucija Božičević, Nikolina Kalčec, Korinna Altmann, Jana Hildebrandt, Carlos Cuestas Ayllon, Raquel Portela, Jesús M. de la Fuente, Miguel A. Bañares, Ivana Vinković Vrček |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56472 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |