AKT1 and gastric cancer: In addition, overexpression of MND1 was associated with worse survival, advanced TNM stage, and lower pathological grade in patients with GC. Further investigation revealed that forkhead box protein A1 (FOXA1) directly binds to the promoter of MND1 to inhibit its transcription. CO-IP and MS assays showed that MND1 was coexpressed with transketolase (TKT). In addition,TKT activated the PI3K/AKT signaling axis and enhanced the glucose uptake and lactate production in GC cells.