AKT1 and myelodysplastic syndrome: Tazzari et al. (2004) reported high levels of S473 phosphorylation in acute myeloid leukemia blasts (AML blasts), similarly Nyakern et al. (2006) reported high levels of Akt S473 phosphorylation in mononuclear cells from bone marrow of the patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) when compared to normal or low risk MDS patients; Gallay et al. (2009) on the other hand, reported higher T308 phosphorylation in patients with AML, which was shown to be associated with high-risk cytogenetics and poor overall survival.