Y N Li

Publications of Y N Li

• Early bone response to sandblasted, dual acid-etched and H(2)O(2)/HCl treated titanium implants: an experimental study in the rabbit.

  Authors: F M He, G L Yang, Y N Li, X X Wang, S F Zhao

  International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery. 05/2009;

  The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of a roughened H(2)O(2)/HCl heat-treated titanium surface on peri-implant bone formation at an early stage in vivo. 24 Ti(6)Al(4)V alloy implantsThe aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of a roughened H(2)O(2)/HCl heat-treated titanium surface on peri-implant bone formation at an early stage in vivo. 24 Ti(6)Al(4)V alloy implants were used; half were treated by sandblasted and dual acid-etched treatments (control group), while the others were treated by sandblasted, dual acid-etched and H(2)O(2)/HCl heat treatments (test group). The morphology and roughness were analyzed by field emission SEM and atomic force microscopy. The implants were inserted into the femora of 12 adult white rabbits. After 2 and 4 weeks, femora block specimens were prepared for histological and histomorphometric analysis. SEM micrographs showed that multilevel and different sized pits were formed on both surfaces. New bone formation was observed on both implant surfaces. Test implants demonstrated a greater mean percentage of bone-implant contact as compared with controls at 2 (46.84 vs. 41.81, p=0.000) and 4 weeks (49.43 vs. 44.87, p=0.006) of healing. It is concluded that the H(2)O(2)/HCl heat-treated rough titanium surface promoted enhanced bone apposition during the early stages of new bone formation around the implant.

• Immunohistochemical and in-situ hybridization study of hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha and angiopoietin-1 in a rabbit model of mandibular distraction osteogenesis.

  Authors: J F He, Z J Xie, H Zhao, W L Ge, J A Hu, Y N Li, Z Y Gu

  International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery. 06/2008; 37(6):554-60.

  The endogenous release of angiogenic factors in a rabbit mandibular distraction osteogenesis model was investigated. The spatial and temporal expression of hypoxia inducible factor-1alphaThe endogenous release of angiogenic factors in a rabbit mandibular distraction osteogenesis model was investigated. The spatial and temporal expression of hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) and angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1) was compared at different phases. The lengthened calluses were harvested on post-osteotomy days 13, 20, 34 and 48, and then stained with haematoxylin & eosin. Immunohistochemical (IHC) and in-situ hybridization (ISH) examination of HIF-1alpha and Ang-1 staining was performed. The ossification in the distracted gap was predominantly intramembranous and slightly endochondral. Expression of HIF-1alpha and Ang-1 was mainly detected in the cytoplasm of fibroblast-like cells, osteoblasts and immature osteocytes on day 13 and 20, but declined with bone maturation. HIF-1alpha was also detected in the nuclei of some osteoblasts. These results suggest that the production of HIF-1alpha and Ang-1 in the distracted gap may contribute to new bone formation during gradual distraction of the mandible.