Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, DNMT3B mass-spec protein differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 2 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of DNMT3B’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where DNMT3B mass-spec protein is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types DNMT3B is over-expressed in tumor.
LSCC and HNSC are the cancer types where DNMT3B tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.