AKT1 and nasopharyngeal carcinoma: By microarray and affymetrix assays, it has been found that in NPC biopsies, PI3K mediated the gene expression of Uridine diphosphate (UDP)‐glucose dehydrogenase induced by LMP2A, implicating the PI3K/Akt pathway in the increase in glucose input, which is required for cell proliferation.48, 49