Effect of molecular hydrogen, a novelly-established antioxidant, on the retinal degeneration of hereditary retinitis pigmentosa: an in-vivo study
Yan W, He Q, Long P, Chen T, Zhang L, Wang H. · Frontiers in pharmacology. 2023;14:1294315.
What kind of evidence is this?
Preclinical
Controlled animal and cell study
Eye health
Inhaled H₂
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Methods at a glance
mice, mouse, rabbit, cells used to study eye health.
Preclinical study; group or assay counts reported in the full text include n=6.
Multiple article-specific time points; see the linked full methods.
Full text reports inhaled H₂-containing gas. Detected intervention quantities or schedules: 44%, 67%, 21%.
Inhaled molecular H₂ at 44%; oxygen co-delivery is reported.
H₂-related quantities reported in the intervention passages: 44%, 67%, 21%. 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.
21% 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
survival or mortality, clinical symptoms or functional scores, oxidative-stress and antioxidant markers, apoptosis or cell injury, metabolic laboratory measures, cardiovascular measures
Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “Results The ERG amplitude in mice from the control and H_2 intervention groups showed no statistical differences ( p > 0.05).” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.
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.
Cautions and applicability
Preclinical evidence only; findings do not establish a treatment effect in people. No funding statement was identified in the machine-readable full article; absence is not inferred. No explicit conflict statement was identified in the machine-readable full article; absence is not inferred.
Applies to the reported animal, cell or tissue model, not directly to patients.
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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.
Sources and record status
PMID: 38638334 · DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1294315
A free full article is available through PubMed Central.
Official Europe PMC JATS full article and PubMed/PMC identifiers; structured full-text extraction and validation completed 8 August 2026.
2026-08-10