AKT1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: To determine whether JDTL activated the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, levels of p-Akt and p-PI3K were assayed, since results of a literature search conducted here indicated that PI3K-Akt pathway core proteins Akt, TNF, and IL6 were closely related to glucometabolic processes, including T2DM.