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EAR - ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Hydrogen Gas Inhalation Attenuates Acute Impulse Noise Trauma: A Preclinical In Vivo Study

Year Published: 2022

Objective: Molecular hydrogen (H2) has shown therapeutic potential in several oxidative stress-related conditions in humans, is well-tolerated, and is easily administered via inhalation.The aim of this preclinical in vivo study was to investigate whether impulse noise trauma can be prevented by H2 when inhaled immediately after impulse noise exposure. Methods: Guinea pigs (n = 26) were subjected ...
BREAST - MASTITIS

Hydrogen helps to ameliorate Staphylococcus aureus-induced mastitis in mice

Year Published: 2022

Many studies have shown that hydrogen has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects. Because of its ability to quickly pass through cell membranes, hydrogen has become a hot spot in the research of inflammatory diseases. Vitamin E glycerin (VEG) and hydrogen-rich Vitamin E glycerin (HR-VEG) were prepared, aiming to explore their anti-inflammatory activities in mice mastitis induced by ...

Drinking hydrogen water improves photoreceptor structure and function in retinal degeneration 6 mice

Year Published: 2022

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetically heterogeneous group of inherited retinal disorders involving the progressive dysfunction of photoreceptors and the retinal pigment epithelium, for which there is currently no treatment. The rd6 mouse is a natural model of autosomal recessive retinal degeneration. Given the known contributions of oxidative stress caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and ...
BRAIN - ANXIETY

Effects of hydrogen water and psychological treatment in a sample of women with panic disorder: a ...

Year Published: 2022

Research suggests that inflammation is an important mediator in the pathophysiology of anxiety disorders. In addition, women are more likely to develop an anxiety and depression disorder, in comorbidity with a wide spectrum of diseases related to the immune system. In recent years, hydrogen-rich water has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy to prevent and intervene in stress-related ...

A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of hydrogen/oxygen inhalation for non-alcoholic ...

Year Published: 2022

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease worldwide with increasing incidence consistent with obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. No approved medication was currently available for NAFLD treatment. Molecular hydrogen (H2 ), an anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory biomedical agent is proved to exhibit therapeutic and preventive effect in ...
WHOLE BODY - SEPSIS

Hydrogen-rich medium ameliorates lipopolysaccharides-induced mitochondrial fission and dysfunction ...

Year Published: 2022

Background: Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. It has been showed that the change of mitochondrial dynamics has been proved to be one of the main causes of death in patients with severe sepsis. And hydrogen has been proved to exert its protective effects against sepsis via heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). This study was designed to ...
HEART - VASCULITIS

Hydrogen Gas Inhalation Regressed Coronary Artery Aneurysm in Kawasaki Disease-Case Report and ...

Year Published: 2022

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis that primarily affects children under the age of 5 years old and is among the most common acquired heart disease in developed countries, particularly in Asia. No effective treatment is currently available for aneurysm formation in KD. In this report, we showed a KD patient with an aneurysm over the right coronary artery with a size of 6.08 mm in ...

Retracted: Hydrogen alleviates collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in mice by inhibiting IL-22 levels

Year Published: 2022

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect and mechanism of hydrogen (H2) on collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in mice. Methods DBA/1 mice were randomly divided into normal control group, CIA group and CIA mice treated with H2 group (H2 treated group), with 6 mice in each group. Following the preparation of CIA mouse model, the H2 treated group received H2 inhalation therapy (300 mL/L, 3 ...
LUNG - SEPSIS

Hydrogen Repairs LPS-Induced Endothelial Progenitor Cells Injury via PI3K/AKT/eNOS Pathway

Year Published: 2022

Endotoxins and other harmful substances may cause an increase in permeability in endothelial cells (ECs) monolayers, as well as ECs shrinkage and death to induce lung damage. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) can impair endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) functions, including proliferation, migration, and tube formation. EPCs can migrate to the damaged area, differentiate into ECs, and participate in ...
KIDNEY - KIDNEY STONES

UPLC/MS-Based Metabolomics Investigation of the Protective Effect of Hydrogen Gas Inhalation on Mice ...

Year Published: 2018

Hydrogen has a significant protective effect on calcium oxalate-induced renal injury, but its effect on metabolic profiles is unknown. This study showed the effects of hydrogen on serum and urine metabolites in a renal injury model. Ultra-HPLC quadrupole time-of-flight-MS-based metabolomics was used to characterise metabolic variations. Twenty-five serum metabolites and 14 urine metabolites showed ...
WHOLE BODY - EXCERCISE

Impact of hydrogen-rich gas mixture inhalation through nasal cannula during post-exercise recovery ...

Year Published: 2020

Molecular hydrogen has been suggested to have a cytoprotective effect on the whole body and to enhance exercise performances. However, the effect of hydrogen-rich gas mixture (HG) inhalation on physiological responses has been poorly investigated. We examined the impact of acute HG inhalation on subsequent oxidative stress, muscle damage, and exercise performances during the recovery period after ...

A new therapy against ulcerative colitis via the intestine and brain using the Si-based agent

Year Published: 2022

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a non-specific inflammatory bowel disease that causes ulcers and erosions in the colonic mucosa and becomes chronic with cycles of amelioration and exacerbation. Because its exact etiology remains largely unclear, and the primary therapy is limited to symptomatic treatment, the development of new therapeutic agent for UC is highly desired. Because one of the disease ...
EAR - CANCER

Effect of Hydrogen Inhalation Therapy on Hearing Loss of Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma ...

Year Published: 2022

Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of hydrogen inhalation in improving hearing loss in patients with long-term survival of nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy. Methods: The eustachian tube dysfunction score, pure tone air conduction threshold, bone conduction threshold, the score of tympanogram and otoscope were prospectively observed in patients with deafness after ...

Hydrogen therapy after resuscitation improves myocardial injury involving inhibition of autophagy in ...

Year Published: 2022

Hydrogen (H2) therapy is a therapeutic strategy using molecular H2. Due to its ability to regulate cell homeostasis, H2 therapy has exhibited marked therapeutic effects on a number of oxidative stress-associated diseases. The present study investigated the effectiveness of H2 therapy in protecting against myocardial injury in a rat model of asphyxial cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary ...
WHOLE BODY - CANCER

Magnesium galvanic cells produce hydrogen and modulate the tumor microenvironment to inhibit cancer ...

Year Published: 2022

Hydrogen can be used as an anti-cancer treatment. However, the continuous generation of H2 molecules within the tumor is challenging. Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys have been extensively used in the clinic as implantable metals. Here we develop, by decorating platinum on the surface of Mg rods, a Mg-based galvanic cell (MgG), which allows the continuous generation of H2 in an aqueous environment ...
INTESTINE - HYDROGEN BIOLOGY

Different effects of hydrogen-rich water intake and hydrogen gas inhalation on gut microbiome and ...

Year Published: 2022

The potential for preventive and therapeutic applications of H2 have now been confirmed in various disease. However, the effects of H2 on health status have not been fully elucidated. Our previous study reported changes in the body weight and 13 serum biochemical parameters during the six-month hydrogen intervention. To obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the effects of long-term hydrogen ...
PREGNANCY - NEUROPROTECTION

Social Communication of Maternal Immune Activation-Affected Offspring Is Improved by Si-Based ...

Year Published: 2022

Maternal immune activation (MIA) is triggered by infection or autoimmune predisposition during pregnancy, and cytokines produced by MIA are transmitted through the placenta to the fetal brain, implicating at the onset risks and vulnerability for developmental and psychiatric disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia. To address these kinds of problem in child health, we ...
INTESTINE - CANCER

Molecular Hydrogen Inhibits Colorectal Cancer Growth via the AKT/SCD1 Signaling Pathway

Year Published: 2022

Objective: Molecular hydrogen (H2) has been considered a potential therapeutic target in many cancers. Therefore, we sought to assess the potential effect of H2 on colorectal cancer (CRC) in this study. Methods: The effect of H2 on the proliferation and apoptosis of RKO, SW480, and HCT116 CRC cell lines was assayed by CCK-8, colony formation, and flow cytometry assays. The effect of H2 on tumor ...

Development of a novel porcine ischemia/reperfusion model inducing different ischemia times in ...

Year Published: 2022

Background: Acute kidney injury and its central pathology, renal ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI), have been studied in many animal models. Although renal IRI has been induced in pig models in many ways, simultaneous bilateral ischemia or unilateral ischemia along with contralateral nephrectomy models only provide data on the renal response to a single ischemia time. Moreover, it has been ...
WHOLE BODY - EXCERCISE

Short-Term Consumption of Hydrogen-Rich Water Enhances Power Performance and Heart Rate Recovery in ...

Year Published: 2022

(1) Background: Exercise that exceeds the body's accustomed load can lead to oxidative stress and increased fatigue during intense training or competition, resulting in decreased athletic performance and an increased risk of injury, and the new medicinal H2 may be beneficial as an antioxidant. Therefore, we explored the effect of short-term supplementation of hydrogen-rich water (HRW) on the work ...
LUNG - SEPSIS

Magnesium Hydride Ameliorates Endotoxin-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Inhibiting ...

Year Published: 2022

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) causes uncontrolled pulmonary inflammation, resulting in high morbidity and mortality in severe cases. Given the antioxidative effect of molecular hydrogen, some recent studies suggest the potential use of molecular hydrogen as a biomedicine for the treatment of ARDS. In this study, we aimed to explore the protective effects of magnesium hydride (MgH2) on ...
SKIN - WOUND HEALING

Local Treatment of Hydrogen-Rich Saline Promotes Wound Healing In Vivo by Inhibiting Oxidative ...

Year Published: 2022

Wound healing is a complex dynamic process involving a large number of biological events. Excessive oxidative stress is a key factor delaying wound healing. Hydrogen is an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiapoptotic medical gas with safety, effectiveness, and penetrability. However, the effects of local treatment of hydrogen on wound healing and its potential mechanisms remain unclear. In ...
HEART - DIABETES

Co-administration of hydrogen and metformin exerts cardioprotective effects by inhibiting pyroptosis ...

Year Published: 2022

Hydrogen is a novel medical gas with several properties, including anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, anti-allergic, and energy metabolism stimulating properties. Hydrogen therapy has been proven effective in the treatment of myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a serious cardiovascular complication of ...
INTESTINE - SURGERY/TRANSPLANTATION

Protective Effects of Hydrogen-Rich Saline on Experimental Intestinal Volvulus in Rats

Year Published: 2022

Background: Intestinal volvulus can cause morbidity and mortality. Surgical reduction, on the other hand, could result in ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Hydrogen rich saline solution (HRSS neutralizes free radicals in the body. This study aimed to investigate the effects of HRSS in I/R injury in experimental intestinal volvulus in rats. Methods: Thirty rats were randomly allocated into 5 ...

FDG-PET/CT Assessment of the Cerebral Protective Effects of Hydrogen in Rabbits with Cardiac Arrest

Year Published: 2022

Background: Anatomical imaging methods and histological examinations have limited clinical value for early monitoring of brain function damage after cardiac arrest (CA) in vivo. Objective: We aimed to assess the cerebral protective effects of hydrogen in rabbits with CA by using fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT). Methods: Male rabbits were divided ...