It's on your blood!

A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl · 12 days ago

It's on your blood!

Shareni@programming.dev · 12 days ago

It’s releasing a high amount of micro and nano plastics, and those are linked to different health issues including cancer.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724027232

our findings suggest that PTFE-MPs-associated toxicity may be specifically linked to the activation of the ERK pathway, which ultimately induces oxidative stress and inflammation.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37419366/

Tja@programming.dev · 12 days ago

Oxidative stress and inflammation is cancer?

Shareni@programming.dev · edit-2 12 days ago

At least 40% of human cancers are associated with aberrant ERK pathway activity (ERKp).

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41698-024-00554-5

ERK expression is critical for development and their hyperactivation plays a major role in cancer development and progression.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7027163/

Prolonged oxidative stress contributes to cancer initiation and progression through several biological mechanisms.

https://biologyinsights.com/oxidative-stress-and-cancer-whats-the-connection/

Oxidative stress, characterized by the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) within cells, plays a critical role in the development of cancer by affecting genomic stability and signaling pathways within the cellular microenvironment.

https://biosignaling.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12964-023-01398-5

Inflammation predisposes to the development of cancer and promotes all stages of tumorigenesis.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6831096/

Tja@programming.dev · 11 days ago

So as much as breathing, coffee and the sun cause cancer?

ThoGot@feddit.org · 11 days ago

breathing, coffee and the sun

One of these is not like the others 👀