We first examined messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of NFAT family members (NFATc1, NFATc2, NFATc3, NFATc4, and NFAT5) in 30 pairs of HCC tumor tissues (T) and corresponding adjacent nontumor tissues (NT) by qRT‐PCR. The gene discussed is NFATC1; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.