Hydrogen Gas Alleviates the Intestinal Injury Caused by Severe Sepsis in Mice by Increasing the Expression of Heme Oxygenase-1.
Yuan Li, Qi Li, Hongguang Chen, Tao Wang, Lingling Liu, Guolin Wang, Keliang Xie, Yonghao Yu · Shock (Augusta, Ga.) · 2015
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H2HUBB TAKEAWAY
In mice, H₂ therapy in the animals with severe sepsis was associated with reduced intestinal injury, decreased numbers of colony-forming unit and apoptotic cells, reduced levels of biochemical markers, oxidative products, and high-mobility group box 1 protein. These preclinical findings add evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential within the outcomes and biological pathways measured in this model.
What the Findings Mean
H2HUBB reviewed how inhaled hydrogen gas affected the outcomes measured in mice. H₂ therapy in the animals with severe sepsis was associated with reduced intestinal injury, decreased numbers of colony-forming unit and apoptotic cells, reduced levels of biochemical markers, oxidative products, and high-mobility group box 1 protein.
What the Researchers Studied
The researchers studied mice. The study used a preclinical animal experiment.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
Source-reported hydrogen concentration: 2% source-reported H₂ gas concentration; Source-reported hydrogen exposure: 2% source-reported H₂ gas concentration. H₂ therapy in the animals with severe sepsis was associated with reduced intestinal injury, decreased numbers of colony-forming unit and apoptotic cells, reduced levels of biochemical markers, oxidative products, and high-mobility group box 1 protein. Hydrogen gas (H₂) has antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, and antiapoptotic effects and may have beneficial effects in severe sepsis.
Why These Findings Matter
These preclinical findings add evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential within the outcomes and biological pathways measured in this model.
How Strong Is This Evidence?
This is preclinical animal evidence from a preclinical animal experiment. It is most informative for the disease model, mechanisms, biomarkers, and outcomes directly measured in the study.
Technical Study Details
H2HUBB classifies this publication as animal study with preclinical animal evidence. The research population or model was mice. The study used a preclinical animal experiment. The hydrogen delivery method was inhaled hydrogen gas. The source-reported hydrogen concentration was 2% source-reported H₂ gas concentration.
Limitations and Safety
No separate limitations or safety findings were identified in the current-study source text available to H2HUBB.
Original Study and H2HUBB Research Context
H2HUBB presents this source-grounded research record as one contribution to the broader molecular-hydrogen evidence base. The original scholarly source is available at https://www.ovid.com/jnls/shockjournal/abstract/10.1097/shk.0000000000000382~hydrogen-gas-alleviates-the-intestinal-injury-caused-by?redirectionsource=fulltextview.