Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

ARID1A and PI3-kinase pathway mutations in the endometrium drive epithelial transdifferentiation and collective invasion

  • Mike R. Wilson,
  • Jake J. Reske,
  • Jeanne Holladay,
  • Genna E. Wilber,
  • Mary Rhodes,
  • Julie Koeman,
  • Marie Adams,
  • Ben Johnson,
  • Ren-Wei Su,
  • Niraj R. Joshi,
  • Amanda L. Patterson,
  • Hui Shen,
  • Richard E. Leach,
  • Jose M. Teixeira,
  • Asgerally T. Fazleabas,
  • Ronald L. Chandler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11403-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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PIK3CA mutations and ARID1A loss co-exist in endometrial neoplasms. Here, the authors show that these co-mutations drive gene expression profiles correlated with differential chromatin accessibility and ARID1A binding in the endometrial epithelium, resulting in partial EMT and myometrial invasion.