AKT pathway proteins were subsequently analyzed via western blot (Figure 1B, Supplementary Figure 1B); activation of m-TOR, p-AKT, and p-S6K1 was observed in 87.5% (21/24), 75% (18/24), and 83.3% (20/24) of the tumor tissue samples, respectively. Here, RORC is linked to neoplasm.