Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, PATE3 RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 4 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of PATE3’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where PATE3 RNA is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types PATE3 is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as PRAD and KIRC show the opposite, repressed pattern.
HNSC, PRAD, and BRCA are the cancer types where PATE3 tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.