AKT1 and obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency: In models of obesity and regardless of their origin (genetic or diet-induced), exosomes were captured by in vitro hepatocytes and miRNA expression was accompanied by increased phosphorylation of the Akt protein [57], a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase that is key in transduction signaling pathways, especially those associated to insulin [29,35].