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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Cell Dev. Biol.
Sec. Molecular and Cellular Reproduction
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcell.2025.1562331
This article is part of the Research Topic Redox Regulation in Sperm and Oocyte from Gametogenesis to Fertilization for Reproductive Health View all articles
Exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics impairs sperm metabolism and preimplantation embryo development
Provisionally accepted- 1 Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai, China
- 2 School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
- 3 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- 4 Shanghai Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to revise and submit our manuscript entitled "Exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics impairs sperm metabolism and pre-implantation embryo development" to Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.We greatly appreciate the valuable revision suggestions provided by the editors and reviewers on the manuscript. We have carefully considered the comments raised and responded to each question raised by the reviewers, emphasizing the modifications we have made. We believe that our revisions are sincere and constructive, which is of great value for the manuscript revision. We hope that these modifications can meet the acceptable requirements of the journal, and once again thank the editors and reviewers for the valuable opportunity to make revisions.Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Keywords: Polystyrene, immune-inflammatory response, Sperm Motility, metabolic dysfunction, DNA Repair, Embryonic Development
Received: 17 Jan 2025; Accepted: 12 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Liu, Hao, Liang, Liu and Guo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Fengdan Hao, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Haixin Liang, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
Wenqiang Liu, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, Shanghai Municipality, China
Yi Guo, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai, China
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