AKT3 and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: To verify the hypothesis that there is an inverse correlation between miR-145 and AKT3 expression level in ESCC, we tested the AKT3 and miR-145 expression level in normal esophageal squamous cells line (Het-1A) and five ESCC cell lines (EC9706, EC109, KYSE-150, KYSE-30 and TE-1).