Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CHI3L1 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CHI3L1 data layer compared with 25 for mass-spec protein and 1 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), where higher CHI3L1 mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CHI3L1 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as CCRCC and LSCC show a favorable association.
LUAD, PDAC, and CCRCC are the cancer types where CHI3L1 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.