AKT1 and cervical cancer: HeLa cervical cancer cells treated by GA showed depletion in GSH, decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential, downregulation of the EGFR, Erk/p‐Erk, and Akt/p‐Akt signaling pathways, activation of caspases and poly (ADP) ribose polymerase cleavage and cell cycle arrest in G1 phase (You et al., 2010; You & Park, 2011; Zhao & Hu, 2013).