Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, NFILZ RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 2 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of NFILZ’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC), where NFILZ RNA is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types NFILZ is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as PAAD show the opposite, repressed pattern.
LIHC and PAAD are the cancer types where NFILZ tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.