Altered expression of AT-rich interactive domain 1A in hepatocellular carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: AT-rich interactive domain 1A (ARID1A) is a subunit of the Switch/Sucrose non-fermentable (SWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling complex. Recently, genome-wide whole exome sequencing revealed frequent mutations of ARID1A in hepatocellular carcinoma, but clinicopathological significance of ARID1A alteration has not been clarified yet. In this study, expression of ARID1A was investigated immunohistochemically in 290 cases of hepatocellular carcinomas. In the evaluation of tissue microarrays, cases of ARID1A alteration (63 total cases, 21.7%) consisted of 11 (3.8%) cases showing loss of expression and 52 (17.9%) with weak expression. Alteration of ARID1A was correlated with larger tumor size (P=0.034) and well or moderate differentiation of tumor histology (P=0.035). There was no significant correlat

SUBMITTER: Abe H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4440091 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature