Inhalation of hydrogen gas attenuates airway inflammation and oxidative stress in allergic asthmatic mice
Zhang N, Deng C, Zhang X, Zhang J, Bai C. · Asthma research and practice. 2018;4:3.
Study at a glance
Preclinical
mice, mouse, tissue, cell used to study respiratory health.
Full text reports inhaled H₂-containing gas. Detected intervention quantities or schedules: 67%, 60 min, 1%, 20 min, 33%. · H₂-related quantities reported in the intervention passages: 67%, 60 min, 1%, 20 min, 33%. Values are not combined across different experimental arms.
60 min
Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “Hydrogen gas inhalation attenuated this accumulation of inflammatory cells (2.22 ± 0.67, P < 0.01) and reduced the epithelial goblet cell hyperplasia (2.9 ±…” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.
Preclinical evidence only; findings do not establish a treatment effect in people. Funding or grant information is reported in the full article. The article declares no conflicts of interest.
What kind of evidence is this?
Preclinical
Controlled animal and cell study
Respiratory health
Inhaled H₂
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Methods
mice, mouse, tissue, cell used to study respiratory health.
Preclinical study; group or assay counts reported in the full text include n=10.
60 min
Full text reports inhaled H₂-containing gas. Detected intervention quantities or schedules: 67%, 60 min, 1%, 20 min, 33%.
Brown’s gas / oxyhydrogen — H₂ and O₂ co-delivered, not H₂ alone.
H₂-related quantities reported in the intervention passages: 67%, 60 min, 1%, 20 min, 33%. Values are not combined across different experimental arms.
Not reported in the full article — an absolute H₂ flow in mL/min could not be verified.
33% O₂ reported; total flow is absent, so O₂ flow in mL/min cannot be calculated.
Control or comparison condition reported in the full article; see the linked methods for arm-specific details.
Outcomes and reported result
clinical symptoms or functional scores, inflammation and cytokines, oxidative-stress and antioxidant markers, apoptosis or cell injury, metabolic laboratory measures, respiratory measures
Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “Hydrogen gas inhalation attenuated this accumulation of inflammatory cells (2.22 ± 0.67, P < 0.01) and reduced the epithelial goblet cell hyperplasia (2.9 ±…” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.
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Limitations and applicability
Preclinical evidence only; findings do not establish a treatment effect in people. Funding or grant information is reported in the full article. The article declares no conflicts of interest.
Applies to the reported animal, cell or tissue model, not directly to patients.
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Sources and record status
PMID: 29568538 · DOI: 10.1186/s40733-018-0040-y
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10 August 2026
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