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MHID-9957925PMID: 282930842017World Journal of Gastroenterology
Nai-Ying Shen, Jian-Bin Bi, Jing-Yao Zhang, Si-Min Zhang, Jing-Xian Gu, Kai Qu, et al.
AIM
To investigate the therapeutic effect of hydrogen-rich water (HRW) on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and to explore the potential mechanisms involved.
METHODS
Male mice were randomly divided into the following four groups: control group, in which the mice received equivalent volumes of normal saline (NS) intraperitoneally (ip); dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) group, in which the mice received NS
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MHID-7490434PMID: 287851462017World Journal of Gastroenterology
Ching-Pin Lin, Wen-Chen Chuang, Fung-Jou Lu, Chih-Yen Chen
AIM To investigate the effects of hydrogen-rich water (HRW) treatment on prevention of ethanol (EtOH)-induced early fatty liver in mice.
METHODS In vitro reduction of hydrogen peroxide by HRW was determined with a chemiluminescence system. Female mice were randomly divided into five groups: control, EtOH, EtOH + silymarin, EtOH + HRW and EtOH + silymarin + HRW. Each group was fed a Lieber-DeCarli
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MHID-2847992PMID: 278264242016Medical Gas Research
Ou-yang Chen, Zhou-heng Ye, Chong Li
June 27, 2015, the Second Hydrogen Molecule Biomedical Symposium and the Second meeting of the Professional Committee of Molecular Hydrogen Biology and Medicine of China Association of Promoting International Communication of health care was grand opening in the Capital of China, Beijing, sponsored by China Association of Promoting International Communication of health care, undertaken by Professi
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MHID-7644453PMID: 277741162016Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Jiaming Guo, Deyun Zhao, Xiao Lei, Hainan Zhao, Yanyong Yang, Pei Zhang, et al.
Molecular hydrogen (H2) has been previously reported playing an important role in ameliorating damage caused by acute radiation. In this study, we investigated the effects of H2 on the alterations induced by low-dose long-term radiation (LDLTR). All the mice in hydrogen-treated or radiation-only groups received 0.1 Gy, 0.5 Gy, 1.0 Gy, and 2.0 Gy whole-body gamma radiation, respectively. After the
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MHID-0365812PMID: 282172942016Medical Gas Research
Lei Huang
Molecular hydrogen (H2) medicine research has flourished since a landmark publication in Nature Medicine that revealed the antioxidant and cytoprotective effects of hydrogen gas in a focal stroke model. Emerging evidence has consistently demonstrated that molecular hydrogen is a promising therapeutic option for a variety of diseases and the underlying comprehensive mechanisms is beyond pure hydrox
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MHID-9482902PMID: 269362242016Molecular Medicine Reports
QU LIU, BAO‑SHAN LI, YU‑JIAO SONG, MING‑GEN HU, JIAN‑YUE LU, ANG GAO, et al.
Previous studies have demonstrated that hydrogen‑rich saline (HS) protects against bile duct ligation (BDL)‑induced liver injury by suppressing oxidative stress and inflammation. Mitochondria, which are targets of excessive reactive oxygen species and central mediators of apoptosis, have a pivotal role in hepatic injury during obstructive jaundice (OJ); however, the implications of HS in the hepat
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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
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MHID-5889693PMID: 257075802015Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Sayaka Sobue, Kazuaki Yamai, Mikako Ito, Kinji Ohno, Masafumi Ito, Takashi Iwamoto, et al.
Molecular hydrogen (H2) is an agent with po- tential applications in oxidative stress-related and/or in- flammatory disorders. H2 is usually administered by inhaling H2-containing air (HCA) or by oral intake of H2- rich water (HRW). Despite mounting evidence, the mole- cular mechanism underlying the therapeutic effects and the optimal method of H2 administration remain unclear. Here, we investigate
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MHID-8734083PMID: 342834352014Journal of Neurological Disorders
Mami Noda, Kyota Fujita, Ikuroh Ohsawa, Masafumi Ito, Kinji Ohno
Molecular hydrogen (H2) has been reported to be effective for a variety of disorders and its effect has been
ascribed to a selective scavenge of hydroxyl radicals (•OH) at the beginning. Consumption of H2 was either by
inhalation, drinking H2-containing water (H2 water), or infusion of H2-containing saline. Among various disorders,
animal model of ischemic injury and Parkinson’s disease showed sig
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MHID-45285932014European Journal of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Mami Noda, M. Ito, I. Ohsawa, K. Ohno
A new medical gas, molecular hydrogen (H2), has been reported to be effective for a variety of disorders and clinical trials have shown promising results. Though the precise mechanism is still unknown, it is obvious that H2 has multiple effects. The first prominent effect of H2 was as antioxidant or reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenger, though it blocks only hydroxyl radicals (•OH), which are t
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MHID-2487803PMID: 306788962013International Journal of Biological Sciences
Liren Qian, Jianliang Shen, Yunhai Chuai, Jianming Cai
It is well known that most of the ionizing radiation-induced damage is caused by hydroxyl radicals (·OH) follows radiolysis of H2O. Molecular hydrogen (H2) has antioxidant activities by selectively reducing ·OH and peroxynitrite(ONOO-). We firstly hypothesized and demonstrated the ra-dioprotective effect of H2 in vitro and in vivo, which was also repeated on different experimental animal models by
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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
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MHID-3385882PMID: 238115542013Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Rosa Mistica Coles Ignacio, Tae-Young Kang, Cheol-Su Kim, Soo-Ki Kim, Young-Chul Yang, Joon-Hyung Sohn, et al.
Whether or not alkaline reduced water (ARW) has a positive effect on obesity is unclear. This study aims to prove the positive effect of ARW in high-fat (HF) diet-induced obesity (DIO) in C57BL/6 mice model. Toward this, obesity was induced by feeding the C57BL/6 male mice with high-fat diet (w/w 45% fat) for 12 weeks. Thereafter, the animals were administered with either ARW or tap water. Next, t
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MHID-5039793PMID: 227201172012Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Kinji Ohno, Mikako Ito, Masatoshi Ichihara, Masafumi Ito
Effects of molecular hydrogen on various diseases have been documented for 63 disease models and human diseases in the past four and a half years. Most studies have been performed on rodents including two models of Parkinson’s disease and three models of Alzheimer’s disease. Prominent effects are observed especially in oxidative stress-mediated diseases including neonatal cerebral hypoxia; Parkinson
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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.
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MHID-1312487PMID: 332312662010Free Radical Research
Liren Qian, Fei CAO, Jianguo Cui, Yuecheng Huang, Xiaojian Zhou, Shulin Liu, et al.
It has been demonstrated that hydrogen can selectively reduce hydroxyl and peroxynitrite in vitro. Since most of the ionizing radiation-induced cellular damage is caused by hydroxyl radicals, this study was designed to test the hypoth- esis that hydrogen may be an effective radioprotective agent. This paper demonstrates that treating cells with hydrogen before irradiation could signifi cantly inhib
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MHID-1491336PMID: 199307632010British Journal of Nutrition
Min Li, Jian-Hua Piao, Yuan Tian, Wei-Dong Li, Ke-Ji Li, Xiao-Guang Yang
Consumption of resistant starch (RS)-enriched foods is associated with decrease in the postprandial glycaemic and insulinaemic responses, accompanied by the production of fermentation-related gases in the large bowel. The present study aimed to determine the postprandial glycaemic and insulinaemic responses to the GM RS-enriched rice and the fermentation-related production of H2 in young and healt
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MHID-1488636PMID: 192522952009Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Kyu Jae LEE, Dan JIN, Byung Soo CHANG, Yung Chien TENG, Dong Heui KIM
Electrolyzed reduced water (ERW) is widely used for drinking by people in Asia. The purpose of this study was to examine the immunological effect of ERW on the immunity of animals by supplying ERW to C57BL/6 mice infected with Echinostoma hortense metacercariae. In the non-infected groups, interleukin (IL)-4 (p0.001), IL-5, IL-10, IL-1b, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a and immunoglobulin (Ig) A exp
