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. 2023 Feb 21;22:39. doi: 10.1186/s12943-023-01736-8

Table 2.

SWI/SNF role in hematological tumors

Subunit Role (TS/OG/TM)a Malignancy Described effect Refs.
ATPase-Helicase SMARCA4 TM AML Maintenance of leukemic cells [51, 85, 87]
SMARCA2/4 TM AML Higher dependency on SMARCA4 and SMARCA2 in leukemic cells [88]
ARID subunits ARID1A TM AML Maintenance of leukemic cells [51]
TS AML Its loss increases cell proliferation and inhibits apoptosis of AML cells [89]
ARID1B TS AML Its loss accelerates leukemogenesis and promotes leukemic maintenance [36]
TS APL Required for cellular differentiation [84]
ARID2 TS AML Its loss accelerates leukemogenesis [36, 37]
TM AML Maintenance of leukemic cells [36]
Core subunits SMARCB1 TS Its loss promotes lymphomagenesis (CD8+ T cells) [90]
TS CML Its loss accelerates leukemogenesis [91]
TS AML Its loss activates oncogenic gene expression programs [92]
SMARCC1 TM AML Maintenance of leukemic cells [51]
SMARCD1 TM AML Maintenance of leukemic cells [51]
SMARCD2 TM AML Maintenance of leukemic cells [51, 85]
Accessory subunits ACTL6A TM AML Maintenance of leukemic cells [51]
BCL7A TS DLBCL Impairs proliferation of DLBCL cells [86]
BCL11A OG CLL, NHL, and HL Chromosomal translocations or amplifications of this gene are found in lymphoid malignancies [93]
OG AML Acceleration of the onset of Trib1-induced AML. Its loss reduces leukemogenicity [94]
OG Increases the onset of leukemia of either myeloid or lymphoid lineage [95]
TM NKTL Its loss increases apoptosis and reduces proliferation of NKTL cells [96]
BCL11B TS CML Haploinsufficiency of Bcl11b promotes oncogenicity of the Bcr-Abl fusion in CML [97]
TS T-ALL Haploinsufficient tumor suppressor [98]
OG ALAL Cell self-renewal, myeloid differentiation blockage, activation of T cell genes [99, 100]
DPF2 TM AML Maintenance of leukemic cells [85]
BRD9 TM ALL, MM Its loss promotes apoptosis and sensitizes ALL and MM cells to chemotherapy. [101]
TM AML Maintenance of leukemic cells [102]

aTS Tumor suppressor, OG Oncogene, TM Tumor-Maintenance, ALAL acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage, ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia, AML acute myeloid leukaemia, APL acute promyelocytic leukaemia, CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CML chronic myeloid leukaemia, DLBCL diffuse large B cell lymphoma, HL Hodgkin lymphoma, MM multiple myeloma, NKTL natural killer T cell lymphoma, NHL non-hodgkin lymphoma; -: unclassified