AKT1 and leukemia: The induction of the expression of these genes was associated to both, the activation of adrenocortical lipid-depletion with high leukemia incidence in mice due to AKV retrovirus (AKR) that develops thymomas (AKT), also known as protein kinase B (PKB), as well as the extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathways in HUVEC.