Abstract
A number of basic and clinical researches have revealed that hydrogen is an important physiological regulatory factor with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic protective effects on cells and organs, with properties to mitigate various disease status. Recently, hydrogen gas has been identified as a signaling gas molecule like nitric oxide and carbon monoxide. Therapeutic hydrogen has been applied by different delivery methods including straightforward inhalation, drinking hydrogen dissolved in water and injection with hydrogen-saturated saline. Herein, I summarize currently available data regarding the protective role of hydrogen in medicine, provide an outline of recent advances in research on the use of hydrogen as a therapeutic medical gas in diverse models of disease, and discuss the feasibility of hydrogen as a therapeutic strategy. Hydrogen's impact on therapeutic and preventive medicine could be enormous in the future.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Gas Biology Research in Clinical Practice |
| Publisher | S. Karger AG |
| Pages | 90-99 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783805596640 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 1 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine