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Exploring the impact of nanoplastics on cellular injury: investigating the role of mitochondrial potassium channels.

2024/53/B/NZ3/01635

Keywords:

potassium channels mitochondria intestinal epithelium nanoplastic

Descriptors:

  • NZ3_01:
  • NZ3_02:
  • NZ1_03:

Panel:

NZ3 - Cellular and developmental biology: cell biology, developmental biology, ageing biology, neurobiology

Host institution :

Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Piotr Bednarczyk 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 27 - announced on 2024-03-21

Amount awarded: 3 173 220 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2025-01-09

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2029-01-08

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. The effect of polystyrene nanoplastic on ion channels and mucus secretion – insights from Caco-2 cell model.
    Authors:
    Gabriela Węglińska, Jakub Hoser, Piotr Bednarczyk, Mirosław Zając
    Academic press:
    Environmental Science: Nano (rok: 2026, tom: brak, strony: brak), Wydawca: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D5EN01169H - link to the publication
  2. Polystyrene Nanoplastics in Human Gastrointestinal Models-Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity
    Authors:
    Agata Kustra, Kamila Maliszewska-Olejniczak, Anna Sekrecka-Belniak, Bogusz Kulawiak, Piotr Bednarczyk
    Academic press:
    Int J Mol Sci (rok: 2025, tom: 26, strony: 11738), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms262311738 - link to the publication
  3. Exposure to polystyrene nanoparticles leads to dysfunction in DNA repair mechanisms in Caco-2 cells
    Authors:
    Agata Kustra, Mirosław Zając, Piotr Bednarczyk, Kamila Maliszewska-Olejniczak
    Academic press:
    Biol Res. (rok: 2025, tom: 58, strony: 46038), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s40659-025-00629-y - link to the publication