AKT1 and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: We detected IKKα phosphorylation of Akt, IKKα and p65 levels in shLAMC1‐ and LAMC1‐overexpressing ESCC cells and found that LAMC1 expression was positively correlated with the phosphorylation of Akt, IKKα and p65 (Fig. 3B,C).