AKT1 and neuroblastoma: To our knowledge, these studies are the first to show that Akt is a survival factor for neuroblastoma cells under conditions of with administration of gold(III) porphyrin 1a, which are similar to the previous studies that showed that the Akt activity was induced by chemotherapy, doxorubicin, trastuzumab, or tamoxifen (Clark et al, 2002).