Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, MED15P5 RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 3 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of MED15P5’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where MED15P5 RNA is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types MED15P5 is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as READ show the opposite, repressed pattern.
HNSC, READ, and LUAD are the cancer types where MED15P5 tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.