In our study, RT-PCR and Western blotting revealed that the mRNA and protein expression levels of p-Akt, p-mTOR, p-4E-BP1 and p-p70S6 in the gastric cancer group were significantly higher than in the para-carcinoma tissues and paired normal gastric tissue groups (Figure 2, Figure 3). The gene discussed is MTOR; the disease is carcinoma.