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