Original ResearchPublished 5 October 2026Polystyrene nanoplastics impair mitochondrial function, quality control, and ER–mitochondria crosstalk in HeLa cellsGiuseppe Petito · Maria Teresa Gentile · Arianna Cuomo · Angelo Fusco · Sara Falvo · Maria della Valle · Gianluca D’Abrosca · Carla Isernia · Roberto Fattorusso · Maria Emanuela Errico · Antonia Lanni · Gaetano Malgieri · Rosalba SeneseFrontiers in Toxicologydoi 10.3389/ftox.2026.1907794
ReviewPublished 1 October 2026From microplastics to nanoplastics: environmental transformation pathways, detection challenges, and health implicationsNour Alnairat · Safaa B. Hussein · Duaa Abu-Dalo · Dima Nawafleh · Sahar Farwaneh · Mohammad Assaf · Ibrahim Qahtan Al-Khaial · Haneen Waleed · Hadeel T. Al-Sinjilawi · Banan Hudaib · Rund Abu-ZuraykFrontiers in Materialsdoi 10.3389/fmats.2026.1950397
Original ResearchPublished 31 August 2026Polymer-specific nanoplastics trigger oxidative stress, inflammatory activation, and mitoepigenetic remodeling: in vitro and in silico evidence for MT-ND6-mediated mitochondrial complex I perturbationPradyumna Kumar Mishra · Aneha K. Rajan · Apoorva Chouksey · Vikas Gurjar · Ashwani Pathak · Aniket Aglawe · Ravi Prakash Tiwari · Debabrata Dash · Ram Kumar Nema · Rajnarayan Tiwari · Devojit Kumar Sarma · Rupesh K. SrivastavaFrontiers in Toxicologydoi 10.3389/ftox.2026.1916884
ReviewPublished 27 August 2026Micro- and nanoplastics in terrestrial plants: uptake, accumulation, and impacts on growth and physiologyArlinda Cakaj · Pierre Sicard · Arnon Setsungnern · Yordkhuan Tachapermpon · Alessandra De Marco · Elena Paoletti · Chairat TreesubsuntornFrontiers in Environmental Chemistrydoi 10.3389/fenvc.2026.1908849