Fig. 6

NCSTN exerts its functions via PI3K/Akt activation. a GSEA-enriched pathways. The P-value was lower than 0.05, and the FDR was lower than 0.25. b Enriched genes of cancer-related pathways. A protein–protein network was constructed using the String database (https://string-db.org). The confidence of the interaction score is greater than 0.990, and the disconnected nodes are hidden. c The phosphorylation levels of the PI3K/Akt signalling pathway were detected by Western blotting. t-PI3K, t-Akt and GAPDH were used as internal references