
Emerging threat of environmental microplastics: A comprehensive analysis of hepatic metabolic dysregulation and hepatocellular damage (Review)
- Authors:
- Siqing Yue
- Siyu Chen
- Yu Zhang
- Bangjie Chen
- Tao Xu
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Affiliations: Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China, Second Clinical College, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China, Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China - Published online on: July 14, 2025 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2025.5584
- Article Number: 144
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Copyright: © Yue et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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