Perfluorocarbons for the treatment of decompression illness: how to bridge the gap between theory and practice

D Mayer, KB Ferenz - European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2019 - Springer
Decompression illness (DCI) is a complex clinical syndrome caused by supersaturation of
respiratory gases in blood and tissues after abrupt reduction in ambient pressure. The …

Vascular function recovery following saturation diving

JP Imbert, SM Egi, C Balestra - Medicina, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: Saturation diving is a technique used in commercial diving.
Decompression sickness (DCS) was the main concern of saturation safety, but procedures …

Hyperoxia and the cardiovascular system: experiences with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

JD Schipke, T Muth, C Pepper… - Medical Gas …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Hyperoxia has been described to induce bradycardia by direct stimulation of the
parasympathetic nervous system. Also, hyperoxia has been found to increase blood …

Constitutive oxidative stress by SEPHS1 deficiency induces endothelial cell dysfunction

J Jung, Y Kim, J Na, L Qiao, J Bang, D Kwon… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The primary function of selenophosphate synthetase (SEPHS) is to catalyze the synthesis of
selenophosphate that serves as a selenium donor during selenocysteine synthesis. In …

Omeprazole induces profibrotic gene expression in rat kidney: implication of TGF-β/Smad signaling pathway

A Allam, AA Ali, NA Abdel Baky… - Drug and Chemical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are one of the most commonly prescribed medications.
However, PPI usage is linked to a higher risk of both acute and chronic renal damage by …

Bubble-induced endothelial microparticles promote endothelial dysfunction

X Yu, J Xu, G Huang, K Zhang, L Qing, W Liu, W Xu - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Decompression sickness is a systemic pathophysiological process caused by bubbles and
endothelial microparticles (EMPs) are established markers reflecting competency of …

Physiological characteristics associated with increased resistance to decompression sickness in male and female rats

J Lautridou, E Dugrenot, A Amérand… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Decompression sickness (DCS) is a complex and poorly understood systemic disease with
wide interindividual resistance variability. We selectively bred rats with a threefold greater …

Endothelia-targeting protection by escin in decompression sickness rats

K Zhang, Z Jiang, X Ning, X Yu, J Xu, P Buzzacott… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Endothelial dysfunction is involved in the pathogenesis of decompression sickness (DCS)
and contributes substantively to subsequent inflammatory responses. Escin, the main active …

Biomarkers related to gas embolism: Gas score, pathology, and gene expression in a gas bubble disease model

A Velázquez-Wallraf, MJ Caballero, A Fernández… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Fish exposed to water supersaturated with dissolved gas experience gas embolism similar
to decompression sickness (DCS), known as gas bubble disease (GBD) in fish. GBD has …

[PDF][PDF] Evidence of heritable determinants of decompression sickness in rats

J Lautridou, P Buzzacott, M Belhomme… - Med. Sci. Sports …, 2017 - dipot.ulb.ac.be
Introduction: Decompression sickness (DCS) is a complex and poorly understood systemic
disease caused by inadequate desaturation following a decrease of ambient pressure …