AKT1 and neoplasm: It has been recently discovered that LASP1 can trigger the epithelial mesenchymal transition process and promote tumor progression by the PI3K/AKT pathway (Wang et al., 2014; Shao et al., 2016; Gao et al., 2018; Gao et al., 2018; Zhong et al., 2018; Zhou et al., 2018; Xue et al., 2021).