Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, KHDC1L mass-spec protein differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 2 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of KHDC1L’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where KHDC1L mass-spec protein is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types KHDC1L is over-expressed in tumor.
HNSC and LSCC are the cancer types where KHDC1L tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.