The mRNA levels of ASNS and ATF6 were positively correlated with each other. rs34050735 was associated with HCC in the case-control study (P = 0.003) and also an independent predictor of overall survival of HCC patients (P = 0.001).
The expression of ASNS was higher in HCC tumour tissues and was closely correlated with the serum AFP level, tumour size, microscopic vascular invasion, tumour encapsulation, TNM stage and BCLC stage.