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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2020

Hydrogen-rich saline mitigates pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy and atrial fibrillation in rats via the JAK-STAT signalling pathway.

Chufeng Wang, Zezheng Pan

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Chufeng WangClinical medicine and biomedicine, Nanchang Joint Program, Queen Mary University of London, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Zezheng PanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8949-5094
Nanchang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate if hydrogen-rich saline (HRS), which has been shown to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, could mitigate cardiac remodelling and reduce the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the rat model of cardiac hypertrophy.

methodsPressure overload was induced in rats by abdominal aortic constriction (AAC). The animals were separated into four groups: sham; AAC group; AAC plus low dose HRS (LHRS); AAC plus high dose HRS (HHRS). The sham and AAC groups received normal saline intraperitoneally and the LHRS and HHRS groups received 3 or 6 ml/kg HRS daily for six weeks, respectively.

resultsCardiac hypertrophy was successfully induced by AAC and low and high dose HRS mitigated the pressure overload as shown by lower heart and atrial weights in these treatment groups. AF incidence and duration of the HRS groups were also significantly lower in the HRS groups compared with the AAC group. Atrial fibrosis was also reduced in the HRS groups and the JAK-STAT signalling pathway was down-regulated.

conclusionsHRS was found to mitigate cardiac hypertrophy induced by pressure overload in rats and reduce atrial fibrosis and AF which was possibly achieved via inhibition of the JAK-STAT signalling pathway.

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Atrial FibrillationAnimalsCardiomegalyDisease Models, AnimalHydrogenMyocytes, CardiacRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySaline SolutionHydrogenSaline Solutionatrial fibrillationatrial fibrosiscardiac hypertrophyHydrogen-rich salineJAK-STAT signalling pathwaypressure overload

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PMID32762484
PMCPMC7416141
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