For instance, comprehensive reviews on the signalling pathways involved in endometriosis have discussed the potential role of PI3K/Akt/mTOR (Assaf et al., 2022; Driva et al., 2022; Zhang et al., 2023b; Adilbayeva and Kunz, 2024; Wang et al., 2024). Here, AKT1 is linked to endometriosis.