Animal StudyHighlightedHydrogen gas reduces hyperoxic lung injury via the Nrf2 pathway in vivoMHID-1417416PMID: 234757672013American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular PhysiologyTomohiro Kawamura, Nobunao Wakabayashi, Norihisa Shigemura, Chien-Sheng Huang, Kosuke Masutani, Yugo Tanaka, et al.Hyperoxic lung injury is a major concern in critically ill patients who receive high concentrations of oxygen to treat lung diseases. Successful abrogation of hyperoxic lung injury would have a huge impact on respiratory and critical care medicine. Hydrogen can be administered as a therapeutic medical gas. We recently demonstrated that inhaled hydrogen reduced transplant-induced lung injury and in