2025. NANOPLASTICS AND IMMUNITY: INVESTIGATING THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX’S INFLUENCE ON MACROPHAGE INTERACTION WITH POLYSTYRENE NANOPARTICLES: Marianna ROCA1, Naym BLAL1, Zeynep RENKLER2, Vincenzo GUARINO2, Antonia DI MOLA1, Antonio MASSA1, Ilaria DE MARTINO3, Velia SICILIANO3, Daniela GUARNIERI1 | 1Department of Chemistry and Biology, “Adolfo Zambelli”, University of Salerno; 2Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council of Italy; 3Synthetic and Systems Biology for Biomedicine Lab, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Naples, Italy. Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale. 98, s2 (Oct. 2025). DOI:https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14561.