In nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), the lncRNA ZFAS1, whose RNA stability is enhanced by the m6A methyltransferase METTL3, promotes NPC cell proliferation, migration and tumor growth and regulates autophagy levels by modulating the miR-100-3p/ATG10 axis and through the PI3K/AKT pathway (Xu et al., 2023). Here, AKT1 is linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma.