MTOR and ovarian carcinoma: Besides, ALKBH5 was upregulated in epithelial ovarian cancer tissue compared with the normal ovarian tissues, and enhanced the proliferation and invasion in vitro and in vivo, not only through activating EGFR-PIK3CA-AKT-mTOR signaling pathway, but also through strengthening the stability of BCL-2 mRNA and the interaction between Bcl-2 and Beclin1 [21].