MTOR and cardiovascular disorder: A study found that the phosphatidylinositol3 kinase/proteinkinase B (PI3K/Akt) signaling pathway not only induced GLUT1 transport into thecell membrane thus promoting glucose metabolism, but also inhibited autophagyinduced by mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase (mTOR) and prevented theoccurrence of cardiovascular diseases such as AS [66].