Tire-rubber related pollutant 6-PPD quinone: A review of its transformation, environmental distribution, bioavailability, and toxicity

X Hua, D Wang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The antioxidant 6-PPD has been widely used to prevent cracking and thermal oxidative
degradation and to extend the service life of tire rubber. 6-PPD quinone (6-PPDQ) is formed …

Combinational effect of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and nanopolystyrene particles at environmentally relevant concentrations on nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

S Dong, M Qu, Q Rui, D Wang - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
The possible adverse effects of nanoplastics have received the great attention recently;
however, their effects at environmentally relevant concentration on organisms are still …

Molecular toxicology in Caenorhabditis elegans

D Wang - Nematodes as Model Organisms, 2022 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This chapter focuses on the introduction of molecular signaling pathways involved in
regulating the toxicity of environmental toxicants or stresses in Caenorhabditis elegans …

Identification of signaling cascade in the insulin signaling pathway in response to nanopolystyrene particles

H Shao, Z Han, N Krasteva, D Wang - Nanotoxicology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The molecular response of animals to nanoplastic particles is still largely unclear. In this
study, we employed a modified prolonged exposure system to investigate the molecular …

Transgenerational toxicity of nanopolystyrene particles in the range of μg L− 1 in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

L Zhao, M Qu, G Wong, D Wang - Environmental Science: Nano, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The potential toxicity of nanoplastics to environmental organisms has gradually received
great attention recently. We employed the in vivo assay system of Caenorhabditis elegans to …

Biological effects, translocation, and metabolism of quantum dots in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

D Wang - Toxicology Research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Quantum dots (QDs), semiconductor nanomaterials with tiny light-emitting particles, act as
important alternatives to conventional fluorescent dyes for biomedical imaging. With the …

Synthetic and natural microfibers induce gut damage in the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana

L Kim, SA Kim, TH Kim, J Kim, YJ An - Aquatic Toxicology, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing amount of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems is a significant environmental
issue, with adverse effects on marine organisms including invertebrates and vertebrates …

Nanopolystyrene at predicted environmental concentration enhances microcystin-LR toxicity by inducing intestinal damage in Caenorhabditis elegans

M Qu, A Nida, Y Kong, H Du, G Xiao, D Wang - … and Environmental Safety, 2019 - Elsevier
We employed nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to determine the combinational effect
between nanopolystyrene at predicted environmental concentration and microcystin-LR (MC …

Using acs-22 mutant Caenorhabditis elegans to detect the toxicity of nanopolystyrene particles

M Qu, K Xu, Y Li, G Wong, D Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, we employed Caenorhabditis elegans with acs-22 mutation to examine the in
vivo effect of functional deficit in intestinal barrier on toxicity and translocation of …

Long-term and low-dose exposure to nanopolystyrene induces a protective strategy to maintain functional state of intestine barrier in nematode Caenorhabditis …

H Shao, D Wang - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Functional state of intestinal barrier plays an important role for environmental animals in
being against various toxicants. We investigated GATA transcriptional factor ELT-2-mediated …