1.Cephalometric study with Downs analysis on normal occlusion of Korean adults in China
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2010;26(1):90-93
Objective: To establish a cephalometric norms of Downs analysis for Korean population in China. Methods: 72 Korean adults in Yanbian with normal occlusion and harmonious face were selected. Lateral cephalometric radiographs were taken and analyzed with Downs analysis. The data was compared with the norms of the Korean in Seoul, Republic of Korea, which reported by Park. Results: Means, standard deviation of Downs polygon of our samples were presented. Differences between males and females were found in our samples: Facial angle in males group was smaller than that in females group. Angle of Yaix, L1 to mandibular plane, L1 to occlusal plane and U1 to AP plane in male group were larger than female group(P<0.05). Statistically significant differences were detected between our samples and Park's: Facial angle in Yanbian group was smaller than Soul group, while, Yaxis and occlusal plane was larger in Yanbian group. Angles of convexity of Yanbian males were larger than Soul males(P<0.05). Statistically significant differences were detected between our sample and Han group in Northeast China: Facial angle and AB-NP angle were larger than Han group. Angle of mandibular plane, angle of Yaix, L1 to mandibular plane, L1 to occlusal plane, angle of U1 to L1were smaller than Han group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Korean males in Yanbian district tend to have more convex profiles than females. Compared with Korean population in Seoul, Korean in Yanbian have more convex facial profile. Facial characteristics of Korean in Yanbian are between Korean population in Soul and Han population in Northeast China.
2.Traditional Chinese Medicine Monomers in Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy by Regulating PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway: A Review
Huiyu JIA ; Zhihai FENG ; Wenshuai FENG ; Hongru ZHOU ; Rui CHENG ; Fengzhe YAN ; Shuqian WANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(12):265-273
Diabetes retinopathy (DR) is an important cause that threatens the visual health of adults. There are some treatment methods of western medicine with definite efficacy, such as anti-vascular endothelial growth factor and laser photocoagulation, but they have many adverse reactions such as intraocular infection and visual field damage. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies are safe and effective, which can complement western medicine. Phosphatidylinositol3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) signaling pathway regulates a range of processes including glucose metabolism, cell proliferation, and cell transcription and apoptosis, which is closely related to the occurrence and development of DR. Numerous studies have shown that TCM monomers can participate in maintaining the integrity of blood-retinal barrier and inhibiting retinal neovascularization and neurodegeneration in many aspects such as inhibiting oxidative stress and alleviating inflammatory reaction by regulating the PI3K/Akt pathway, so as to delay the progress of DR. Therefore, this study reviewed PI3K/Akt pathway and its relationship with DR, as well as the TCM monomers in interfering with DR based on PI3K/Akt pathway to provide some ideas for the prevention and treatment of DR in integrated TCM and western medicine.