After glioma C6 cells were transfected with inhibitor of miR-17 (200 nM) for 72 h, the protein expression of Cyclin D1 (p < 0.05), p-AKT (p < 0.001) and AKT (p < 0.01) increased compared to Lipofectamine and negative control groups (Fig 8). Here, AKT1 is linked to glioma.