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APOA2: New Target for Molecular Hydrogen Therapy in Sepsis-Related Lung Injury Based on Proteomic and Genomic Analysis

Wang Y, Fan Y, Jiang Y, Wang E, Song Y, Chen H, Xu F, Xie K, Yu Y. · International journal of molecular sciences. 2023;24(14):11325.

PreclinicalInhaled H₂Published 2023
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Source and classification

What kind of evidence is this?

Evidence stream

Preclinical

Reported design

Controlled preclinical study

Research topic

Respiratory health

Administration classification

Inhaled H₂

Study result signal

Not reported in this record.

Outcome type

Not reported in this record.

Reported in the source

Methods at a glance

Population or model

mice, tissues, tissue, rabbit used to study respiratory health.

Sample

Preclinical study; group or assay counts reported in the full text include n=20, n=5, n=10.

Duration

Multiple article-specific time points; see the linked full methods.

Intervention

Full text reports inhaled H₂-containing gas. No numeric quantity is inferred beyond the source wording.

Hydrogen form

Inhaled molecular H₂; not classified as Brown’s gas without an H₂/O₂ composition.

H₂ specification

The full article describes the H₂ intervention but does not report a numeric H₂ concentration.

H₂ flow

Not reported in the full article — an absolute H₂ flow in mL/min could not be verified.

O₂ delivered with H₂

O₂ concentration and absolute O₂ flow were not both reported in the full article; no value is inferred.

Comparator

Placebo or matched control reported in the full article.

Reported, not endorsed

Outcomes and reported result

Outcomes measured

survival or mortality, clinical symptoms or functional scores, tumor growth or cancer markers, inflammation and cytokines, oxidative-stress and antioxidant markers, apoptosis or cell injury

Reported result

Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “In the next ELISA experiment [Figure 7]B, Apoa2 protein levels were found to be down-regulated after the CLP model ( p -value < 0.05,…” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.

Results-extraction completeness

The complete machine-readable article was checked for source identity, methods, intervention quantities, results, tables, funding and conflict declarations. This public record is based on the full article.

A reported association, difference or mechanism is not automatically a clinical benefit. Null findings, outcome type, study design and precision all matter.

Interpretation limits

Cautions and applicability

Design and reporting cautions

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 directly to

Applies to the reported animal, cell or tissue model, not directly to patients.

Preliminary appraisal framework

Not reported in this record.

Preliminary risk-of-bias status

Not reported in this record.

Appraisal rationale

Not reported in this record.

No single-study GRADE certainty rating is assigned. Certainty is assessed by important outcome across a complete eligible evidence set, not by attaching a final grade to one source.

Provenance

Sources and record status

Identifiers

PMID: 37511084 · DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411325

Publisher access

A free full article is available through PubMed Central.

Extraction basis

Official Europe PMC JATS full article and PubMed/PMC identifiers; structured full-text extraction and validation completed 8 August 2026.

Record revision

2026-08-10