AKT1 and Merkel cell skin cancer: It has previously been reported that MCC shows aberrations in the Notch as well as the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling pathways (Dobson et al. 2020; Temblador et al. 2022; Stachyra et al. 2021; Wu et al. 2021; Iwasaki et al. 2015; Lin et al. 2014).