AKT1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Indeed, metformin (1,1-dimethylbiguanide hydrochloride, MET), an antidiabetic drug prescribed for patients with type 2 diabetes [14,15], has been reported to have a marked effect on insulin sensitivity through inhibition of the signaling pathway implicating phosphoinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and Akt (also referred to as protein kinase B, PKB) consequently leading to decreased tumor cell proliferation [16,17].