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Application of Molecular Hydrogen in Early Heart Failure Development: Modulation of Microcirculation, Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, and Myocardial Status

MHID-6800574PMID: 414626182025Antioxidants

Anna Vyacheslavovna Deryugina, Darya Andreevna Danilova, Anastasia Vladimirovna Polozova

Oxidative stress is a key factor in the development of chronic heart failure (CHF). Molecular hydrogen (H2) exhibits antioxidant properties, yet the mechanisms by which it alleviates hemodynamic disturbances and ischemic myocardial injury in CHF are not fully under- stood. This study examined the effects of a single (40-min) and multiple (40-min daily for 5 days) inhalations of H2 in a rat model o

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A comprehensive review of molecular hydrogen as a novel nutrition therapy in relieving oxidative stress and diseases: Mechanisms and perspectives

MHID-0845802PMID: 399115282025Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports

Fatmanur Yıldız, Tyler W. LeBaron, Duried Alwazeer

Oxidative stress is responsible for the pathogenesis of many diseases, and antioxidants are commonly included in their treatment protocols. Over the past two decades, numerous biomedical reports have revealed the therapeutic benefits of molecular hydrogen (H2) in relieving oxidation-related diseases. H2 has been found to have selective antioxidant properties against the most dangerous oxidants (hy

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Prospects of Hydrogen Medicine Based on Its Protective Effects on Mitochondrial Function

MHID-44233202024Molecular Hydrogen in Health and Disease, Advances in Biochemistry in Health and Disease

Shin-ichi Hirano, Yusuke Ichikawa, Bunpei Sato, Yoshiyasu Takefuji, Xiao-Kang Li, Fumitake Satoh

Mitochondria originated from aerobic bacteria in endosymbiosis. Through this symbiosis, eukaryotes acquired an efficient energy-producing system, but at the cost of exposure to oxidative stress from reactive oxygen species (ROS). Molecular hydrogen (H2) was recently identified as an antioxidant that selectively reduces ROS, such as hydroxyl radicals and peroxynitrite, which are strong oxidants, and

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Molecular hydrogen as a biological marker and a drug

MHID-4821613PMID: 339191462024Pul’monologiya

Alexander G. Chuchalin

The aim of the review was to examine the main characteristics of hydrogen ion metabolism and its hemostatic function in the human body. For diagnostic purposes, molecular hydrogen (H2) is considered a biological marker. The results of the analysis of therapeutic programs for the clinical use of hydrogen are presented. The use of H2 as a drug in the treatment of more than 170 diseases is also discu

Literature Review

Therapeutic Potential of Molecular Hydrogen in Metabolic Diseases from Bench to Bedside

MHID-9342689PMID: 371112992023Pharmaceuticals

Fei Xie, Yifei Song, Yang Yi, Xue Jiang, Shiwen Ma, Chen Ma, et al.

Oxidative stress and chronic inflammation have been implicated in the pathophysiology of metabolic diseases, including diabetes mellitus (DM), metabolic syndrome (MS), fatty liver (FL), atherosclerosis (AS), and obesity. Molecular hydrogen (H2) has long been considered a physiologically inert gas. In the last two decades, accumulating evidence from pre-clinical and clinical studies has indicated th

Animal StudyIn VitroHighlighted

A strategy of local hydrogen capture and catalytic hydrogenation for enhanced therapy of chronic liver diseases

MHID-1279019PMID: 372155682023Theranostics

Geru Tao, Feng Liu, Zhaokui Jin, Boyan Liu, Hao Wang, Daosheng Li, et al.

Background: Chronic liver diseases (CLD) frequently derive from hepatic steatosis, inflammation and fibrosis, and become a leading inducement of cirrhosis and hepatocarcinoma. Molecular hydrogen (H2) is an emerging wide-spectrum anti-inflammatory molecule which is able to improve hepatic inflammation and metabolic dysfunction, and holds obvious advantages in biosafety over traditional anti-CLD dru

Clinical TrialAnimal StudyIn VitroHighlighted

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

MHID-2649268PMID: 357349742022Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Geru Tao, Guangjie Zhang, Wei Chen, Chao Yang, Yazhuo Xue, Guohua Song, et al.

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 variou

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Long‑term and daily use of molecular hydrogen induces reprogramming of liver metabolism in rats by modulating NADP/NADPH redox pathways

MHID-2655528PMID: 352732492022Scientific Reports

Yao Mawulikplimi Adzavon, Fei Xie, Yang Yi, Xue Jiang, Xiaokang Zhang, Jin He, et al.

Molecular hydrogen (H2) has emerged as a new therapeutic option in several diseases and is widely adopted by healthy people. However, molecular data to support therapeutic functions attributed to the biological activities of H2 remain elusive. Here, using transcriptomic and metabolomic approaches coupled with biochemistry and micro-CT technics, we evaluated the effect of long-term (6 months) and d

Literature Review

Hydrogen, a Novel Therapeutic Molecule, Regulates Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Apoptosis

MHID-5326803PMID: 349874192021Frontiers in Physiology

Yan Tian, Yafang Zhang, Yu Wang, Yunxi Chen, Weiping Fan, Jianjun Zhou, et al.

Molecular hydrogen (H2) is a colorless and odorless gas. Studies have shown that H2 inhalation has the therapeutic effects in many animal studies and clinical trials, and its application is recommended in the novel coronavirus pneumonia treatment guidelines in China recently. H2 has a relatively small molecular mass, which helps it quickly spread and penetrate cell membranes to exert a wide range

Literature ReviewMechanisms Review

Therapeutic Efficacy of Molecular Hydrogen: A New Mechanistic Insight

MHID-7292103PMID: 310571052019Current Pharmaceutical Design

Toru Ishibashi

Background: Molecular hydrogen (H2) is now recognized as a therapeutic gas for the treatment of numerous diseases including neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, and inflammatory diseases. Non- polar, neutral H2 is assumed to have health benefits facilitated by its passive diffusion across the human body immediately after administration and is considered a safe therapeutic inert gas tha

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Hydrogen inhalation positively affects cardiometabolic risk factors in men and women aged 65 years or older: a preliminary report

MHID-0517534PMID: 346542212018European Geriatric Medicine

Darinka Korovljev, Valdemar Stajer, Dejan Javorac, Sergej M Ostojic

Molecular hydrogen (H2) has been recently introduced as an experimental medical gas in clinical medicine [1]. Beneficial effects of H2 are attributed to its antioxidant, anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory properties, with H2 administered via oral, parenteral or inhalational route found beneficial in cardiometabolic disorders [2]. However, no information is currently available concerning its effi

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Beneficial biological effects and the underlying mechanisms of molecular hydrogen - comprehensive review of 321 original articles

MHID-7479916PMID: 264839532015Medical Gas Research

Masatoshi Ichihara, Sayaka Sobue, Mikako Ito, Masafumi Ito, Masaaki Hirayama, Kinji Ohno

Therapeutic effects of molecular hydrogen for a wide range of disease models and human diseases have been investigated since 2007. A total of 321 original articles have been published from 2007 to June 2015. Most studies have been conducted in Japan, China, and the USA. About three-quarters of the articles show the effects in mice and rats. The number of clinical trials is increasing every year. I

Literature Review

The evolution of molecular hydrogen: a noteworthy potential therapy with clinical significance

MHID-0878205PMID: 236800322013Medical Gas Research

Brandon J Dixon, Jiping Tang, John H Zhang

Studies on molecular hydrogen have evolved tremendously from its humble beginnings and have continued to change throughout the years. Hydrogen is extremely unique since it has the capability to act at the cellular level. Hydrogen is qualified to cross the blood brain barrier, to enter the mitochondria, and even has the ability to translocate to the nucleus under certain conditions. Once in these i

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Molecular hydrogen attenuates fatty acid uptake and lipid accumulation through downregulating CD36 expression in HepG2 cells

MHID-9934004PMID: 234482062013Medical Gas Research

Akio Iio, Mikako Ito, Tomohiro Itoh, Riyako Terazawa, Yasunori Fujita, Yoshinori Nozawa, et al.

Background: There is accumulating evidence that obesity is closely associated with an impaired free fatty acid metabolism as well as with insulin resistance and inflammation. Excessive fatty acid uptake mediated by fatty acid translocase CD36 plays an important role in hepatic steatosis. Molecular hydrogen has been shown to attenuate oxidative stress and improve lipid, glucose and energy metabolis

Literature Review

Molecular hydrogen is a novel antioxidant to efficiently reduce oxidative stress with potential for the improvement of mitochondrial diseases

MHID-8352354PMID: 216215882012Biochimica et Biophysica Acta

Shigeo Ohta

Background: Mitochondria are the major source of oxidative stress. Acute oxidative stress causes serious damage to tissues, and persistent oxidative stress is one of the causes of many common diseases, cancer and the aging process; however, there has been little success in developing an effective antioxidant with no side effect. We have reported that molecular hydrogen has potential as an effectiv

Human StudyLiterature ReviewAnimal StudyIn VitroHighlighted

The 2011 Medical Molecular Hydrogen Symposium: An inaugural symposium of the journal Medical Gas Research

MHID-1756030PMID: 221460822011Medical Gas Research

Shigeo Ohta, Atsunori Nakao, Kinji Ohno

This report summarizes a brief description/history of the Hydrogen Research Meetings as well as key presentations/oral abstracts delivered in the most recent symposium. Additionally, we introduced 38 diseases and physiological states for which hydrogen exhibits beneficial effects.