Hydrogen-rich saline may be an effective and specific novel treatment for osteoradionecrosis of the jaw.
Yuanli Chen, Chunlin Zong, Yuxuan Guo, Lei Tian · Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2015
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In Reducing the hydroxyl radical can distinctly improve the protection of cells from radiation damage, with advances in laboratory and clinical research, the researchers believe that hydrogen-rich saline will provide greater hope for the prevention of ORNJ. It will also be beneficial in managing ORNJ, probably on the basis that ORNJ is a radiation-induced fibrotic disease believed to be associated with increased oxidative stress and inflammatory reactions; and that hydrogen can selectively reduce OH– and ONOO-radicals to exert its antioxidant activity, but does not affect physiological ROS. These findings from a laboratory model add evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's biological and therapeutic potential in the model studied.
What the Findings Mean
H2HUBB reviewed how molecular hydrogen affected the outcomes measured in Reducing the hydroxyl radical can distinctly improve the protection of cells from radiation damage. With advances in laboratory and clinical research, the researchers believe that hydrogen-rich saline will provide greater hope for the prevention of ORNJ; it will also be beneficial in managing ORNJ, probably on the basis that ORNJ is a radiation-induced fibrotic disease believed to be associated with increased oxidative stress and inflammatory reactions; and that hydrogen can selectively reduce OH– and ONOO-radicals to exert its antioxidant activity. But does not affect physiological ROS.
What the Researchers Studied
The researchers studied Reducing the hydroxyl radical can distinctly improve the protection of cells from radiation damage. The study used a in vitro cell-culture laboratory experiment.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
Reported treatment duration: 8 weeks. With advances in laboratory and clinical research, the researchers believe that hydrogen-rich saline will provide greater hope for the prevention of ORNJ; it will also be beneficial in managing ORNJ, probably on the basis that ORNJ is a radiation-induced fibrotic disease believed to be associated with increased oxidative stress and inflammatory reactions; and that hydrogen can selectively reduce OH– and ONOO-radicals to exert its antioxidant activity. But does not affect physiological ROS. Hydrogen, a new medical gas, could potentially selectively reduce OH– and ONOO–, exerting organ-protective effects through regulating oxidative stress and inflammation.
Why These Findings Matter
These findings from a laboratory model add evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's biological and therapeutic potential in the model studied.
How Strong Is This Evidence?
This is laboratory evidence from a in vitro cell-culture laboratory experiment. It is most informative for the biological mechanisms, cellular responses, or biochemical outcomes directly measured.
Technical Study Details
H2HUBB classifies this publication as laboratory study with laboratory or cellular evidence. The research population or model was Reducing the hydroxyl radical can distinctly improve the protection of cells from radiation damage. The study used a in vitro cell-culture laboratory experiment. The reported treatment duration was 8 weeks.
Limitations and Safety
No separate limitations or safety findings were identified in the current-study source text available to H2HUBB.
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