MTOR and non-small cell lung carcinoma: Curcumin induces apoptosis and autophagy through the inhibition of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mTOR pathway in human NSCLC A549 cells [30], while it induces autophagy by reducing Akt phosphorylation and mTOR in human melanoma A375 and C8161 cells [49].