One study shows that deregulation of the PI3K/AKT pathway by the inactivation of PTEN are found in 55% of GCB-DLBCL cases, but only in 14% of non-GCB-DLBCL and worsens prognosis in 248 primary DLBCL patients [308]. Here, PTEN is linked to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.