Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ANKH mass-spec protein differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 2 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of ANKH’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where ANKH mass-spec protein is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types ANKH is over-expressed in tumor.
PDAC and CCRCC are the cancer types where ANKH tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.