Inflamed vessel-anchored release of H2 across the blood-brain barrier for ischemic stroke neuroprotection.
Yuanman Yu, Mingjian Fan, Gaoyi Wu, Yongcheng Li, Chao Xia, Wenjiang Ding, Guanglin Li, Qianjun He, Wei Tang, Changsheng Liu · Science advances · 2026
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2H ), and the average dissolved H₂ concentration was determined to be 16.1 μM at 12 hours (fig. This source-grounded publication contributes evidence relevant to molecular hydrogen and is retained in a transparent general research category when a more specific study design is not supported by the indexed record.
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What the Researchers Studied
The comparison condition was control condition or baseline measurements.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
Briefly, brain cells were isolated from neonatal mouse brain tissue, pretreated with H₂ probes, and subsequently suspended in Matrigel at a density of 8 × 10 6 per ml before being injected into the brain channel (middle channel) of the chips that was placed onto a cold pack. After culturing for 7 days to facilitate BBB formation, 10 μl of Cy5-labeled ZSNP (100 μg ml −1 ) was injected into the left BBB channel, the tissue permeability of H₂ in the middle brain channel was observed with confocal microscope (Leica TCS SP8). 2H ), and the average dissolved H₂ concentration was determined to be 16.1 μM at 12 hours (fig. The authors concluded that by leveraging this natural targeting mechanism, ZSNP can effectively anchor onto inflamed endothelium, enabling local sustained H₂ release.
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