To further explore if the overexpression of Akt2 is correlated with GC resistance in lymphocytes in a clinical context, we tested Akt1 and Akt2 mRNA levels in lymphoctyes from the bone marrow of 21 ALL patients, including 10 newly diagnosed patients and 11 relapsed or refractory patients (after an average of 7.2 courses of GC-containing treatment). Here, AKT1 is linked to acute lymphoblastic leukemia.