Protective effects of hydrogen-rich saline against erectile dysfunction in a streptozotocin induced diabetic rat model.
Min Fan, Xianlin Xu, Xiaozhou He, Lujun Chen, Liren Qian, Jipu Liu, Jiandi Qing, Zhifu Chao, Xuejun Sun · The Journal of urology · 2013
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In rats, maximum intracavernous pressure in diabetic rats decreased significantly compared to controls and increased significantly compared to untreated diabetic rats after hydrogen-rich saline treatment. 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 molecular hydrogen affected the outcomes measured in rats. Maximum intracavernous pressure in diabetic rats decreased significantly compared to controls and increased significantly compared to untreated diabetic rats after hydrogen-rich saline treatment.
What the Researchers Studied
The researchers studied rats. The study used a preclinical animal experiment.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
Diabetic rats were then randomized to a diabetes mellitus group and to a diabetic group that received hydrogen saline. Maximum intracavernous pressure in diabetic rats decreased significantly compared to controls and increased significantly compared to untreated diabetic rats after hydrogen-rich saline treatment. The authors concluded that hydrogen-rich saline effectively improved erectile function in a streptozotocin induced diabetic rat model of erectile dysfunction. Hydrogen-rich saline therapy may decrease apoptosis in cavernous tissues and it ameliorated erectile dysfunction in diabetic rats by inhibiting oxidative stress and apoptosis.
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 rats. The study used a preclinical animal experiment.
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