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MHID-5537085PMID: 375607462023Archives of Medical Science
Darinka Korovljev, Jelena Ostojic, Nikola Todorovic, Sergej M Ostojic
Introduction: We evaluated whether 12-week intake of molecular hydrogen (H2) in 5 overweight adults (3 women; age: 50.2 ±11.9 years, body mass index: 29.4 ±2.1 kg/m2) affects brain levels of the glutamate-glutamine-GABA cycle, critical amino acid neurotransmitters in the mechanism of neuronal activation during appetite regulation.
Methods: A 1.5-T single-voxel proton magnetic resonance spectrosco
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MHID-6939973PMID: 373719752023Antioxidants
Bing Liang, Le Shi, Dongyue Du, Hua Li, Ning Yi, Yue Xi, et al.
Objective: Molecular hydrogen (H2) exhibits antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects, and has shown benefits in glucose and lipid metabolism in certain animal metabolic disorder models. However, the potential benefits of H2 treatment in individuals with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) has seldom been studied. This randomized controlled study (RCT) aims to investigate the effects of hy
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MHID-32722772023Pharmaceuticals
Nikola Todorovic, Julen Fernández-Landa, Asier Santibañez, Branislav Kura, Valdemar Stajer, Darinka Korovljev, et al.
Over the last two decades, a plethora of disease models and human studies have confirmed the beneficial effects of molecular hydrogen (H2), a simple biotherapeutic gas. Recent small-scale studies evaluating the effects of hydrogen-rich water (HRW) on various metabolic conditions pointed to advantageous effects of HRW in regulating blood lipid profiles. However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge,
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MHID-9342144PMID: 377341172023Nutrition
Darinka Korovljev Ph.D., Nikola Todorovic M.Sc., Marijana Ranisavljev M.Sc., Bogdan Andjelic M.Sc., Nebojsa Kladar M.D., Ph.D., Valdemar Stajer Ph.D., et al.
The intricate relationship between the gut microbiota, its metabolites, and human health has garnered significant attention in recent years because of its potential role in the development of many diseases [1]. Among the various metabolites produced by the microbiota, a group of organic acids, known as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), has emerged as key regulators of host energy metabolism. These
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MHID-7707676PMID: 375698502023International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Zuzana Sumbalova, Jarmila Kucharská, Zuzana Rausová, Anna Gvozdjakova, Mária Szántová, Branislav Kura, et al.
Molecular hydrogen (H2) has been recognized as a novel medical gas with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a liver pathology with increased fat accumulation in liver tissue caused by factors other than alcohol consumption. Platelet mitochondrial function is considered to reflect systemic mitochondrial health. We studied the ef- fect of adjuvant th
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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
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MHID-02613512022Processes
Subham Sharma, Kyu-Jae Lee, Johny Bajgai, Thuy Thi Trinh, Jayson M. Antonio, Md. Habibur Rahman, et al.
Diabetes, a chronic metabolic disorder, affects glucose consumption in the body and leads to severe kidney damage, known as diabetic nephropathy, where oxidative stress (OS) plays a vital role in disease pathogenesis. Electrolyzed weakly alkaline reduced water (EWARW) is known to have anti-oxidative functions in vitro due to its bioactive properties. However, there is an increasing need for adequa
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MHID-0628712PMID: 356757612022Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
Sergej M Ostojic
Molecular hydrogen (dihydrogen or hydrogen gas) is a small bioactive molecule involved in various metabolic pathways, from redox-sensitive reactions and cell signaling to bioenergetics and gut microbiota biology. Drinking hydrogen-rich water (HRW) has been suggested as a safe, novel, and promising nutritional strategy to attenuate metabolic disorders and burdensome and highly prevalent conditions
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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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MHID-6639794PMID: 362906572022Antioxidants
Branislav Kura, Mária Szántová, Tyler W. LeBaron, Viliam Mojto, Miroslav Barancik, Barbara Szeiffova Bacova, et al.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a liver pathology affecting around 25% of the population worldwide. Excess oxidative stress, inflammation and aberrant cellular signaling can lead to this hepatic dysfunction and eventual carcinoma. Molecular hydrogen has been recognized for its selective antioxidant properties and ability to attenuate inflammation and regulate cellular function. We admin
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MHID-2989698PMID: 361678142022Nature Communications
Shengqiang Chen, Yanxia Zhu, Qingqing Xu, Qi Jiang, Danyang Chen, Ting Chen, et al.
High-glucose microenvironment in the diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) causes excessive glycation and induces chronic inflammation, leading to the difficulty of DFU healing. Hydrogen-rich water bath can promote the healing of DFU in clinic by virtue of the anti-inflammatory effect of hydrogen molecules, but the long-term daily soaking counts against the formation of a scab and cannot change the high-glucose
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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
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MHID-32438852021Journal of Plant Growth Regulation
Xin Zhang, Fei Xie, Zhao Zhang, Yao Mawulikplimi Adzavon, Zehua Su, Qinghui Zhao, et al.
Molecular hydrogen has been shown to exert beneficial effects on plant growth and abiotic stress tolerance, however, the exact mechanism has not yet been fully elucidated. H2 is able to diffuse directly across the plasma membrane, which is the first barrier between H2 and cells. It is possible that H2 may exert its biological effects on plant cells by interacting with PM. Hydrogenases can catalyze
Literature Review
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
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MHID-2423362PMID: 334391022021American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
Shao-Wei Li, Terumi Takahara, Weitao Que, Masayuki Fujino, Wen-Zhi Guo, Shin-ichi Hirano, et al.
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) could progress to hepatic fibrosis in the absence of effective control. The purpose of our experiment was to investigate the protective effect of drinking water with a high concentration of hydrogen, namely, hydrogen-rich water (HRW), on mice with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to elucidate the mechanism underlying the therapeutic action of molecular hydrogen.
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MHID-9436520PMID: 329827932020Frontiers in Physiology
Sergej M Ostojic
Barton et al. (2018) have recently evaluated the differences in fecal microbiota between professional rugby players and healthy age-matched sedentary controls. The authors reported a rather preferential intestinal microbiome profile in physically active individuals, characterized by the greater microbial diversity and functional/metabolic activity, as evaluated by whole metagenome shotgun sequencing
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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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MHID-3602984PMID: 312492542019Medical Gas Research
Ryoko Asada, Yasukazu Saitoh, Nobuhiko Miwa
Hydrogen-dissolved water has been shown to improve diverse oxidation stress-related diseases, which drove us to examine effects of hydrogen-rich water on oxidation stress-related skin troubles and lipid-metabolism markers. The purpose of this study is whether the dissolved hydrogen in hydrogen-rich water was kept even after boiling, and whether hydrogen-bath utilization improves cosmetic effects s
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MHID-9688108PMID: 309827482019Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology
Darinka Korovljev, Valdemar Stajer, Jelena Ostojic, Tyler W. LeBaron, Sergej M Ostojic
Background and aims: While non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rapidly becoming the most common liver disease worldwide, its treatment remains elusive. Since metabolic impairment plays a major role in NAFLD pathogenesis, any pharmaceuticals, such as molecular hydrogen (H2), that advance lipid and glucose metabolism could be appropriate to tackle this complex condition. The aim of this stu
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MHID-6163351PMID: 305683872018World Journal of Gastroenterology
Karen Jackson, Noa Dressler, Rotem S Ben-Shushan, Ari Meerson, Tyler W. LeBaron, Snait Tamir
AIM To identify the effect of hydrogen-rich water (HRW) and electrolyzed-alkaline water (EAW) on high-fat-induced non-alcoholic fatty acid disease in mice.
METHODS Mice were divided into four groups: (1) Regular diet (RD)/regular water (RW); (2) high-fat diet (HFD)/RW; (3) RD/EAW; and (4) HFD/EAW. Weight and body composition were measured. After twelve weeks, animals were sacrificed, and livers w
