Oxygen

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10 papers from the last 6 months study oxygen directly · updated from PubMed 12 Oct 2026

• Hypoxia and Inflammatory Injury

  Hypoxia, reactive oxygen species, and oxygen demand are being linked to inflammatory injury across tumors, COPD, and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Tumor work contrasts oxygen diffusion in malignant and normal tissue, while COPD findings question whether conventional inflammatory markers capture neutrophilic disease. In older patients with obesity and HFpEF, the oxygen cost of breathing is tied to dyspnea rather than simply inflammation. Oxygen-carrying hydrogels add a regenerative strategy, but the clinical studies remain observational and mechanistically diverse.

  4 papers · 40%

• Oxygen-Enhanced Wound Healing

  Oxygen-delivering biomaterials are being combined with regenerative cells, exosomes, nanobubbles, and antimicrobial treatment to improve full-thickness wound repair. Adipose-derived stem cell exosome nanobubbles target hypoxia while ultrasound-assisted delivery supports re-epithelialization and collagen formation. Plasma-activated Pluronic F-127 hydrogels address infected wounds through antimicrobial activity alongside a supportive healing matrix. Evidence remains preclinical, with wound closure, inflammation, collagen deposition, and epithelialization as the recurring endpoints.

  2 papers · 20%

• Others — Oxygen-Linked Applied Research

  Xylitol fermentation, oxygen and ATP biosensing, Ru(II) anticancer chemistry, and particle-therapy dosimetry do not form a unified research direction. Oxygen or oxidation serves as a context for enzyme activity, molecular electronics, environmental monitoring, or imaging-based dose assessment. The approaches range from biological production to electrochemical sensing and computational analysis. No shared therapeutic or biological endpoint recurs across the group.

  4 papers · 40%