Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, GPX6 RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 4 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of GPX6’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where GPX6 RNA is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types GPX6 is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as PRAD show the opposite, repressed pattern.
HNSC, PRAD, and LIHC are the cancer types where GPX6 tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.