Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, RNU2-40P RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 2 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of RNU2-40P’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC), where RNU2-40P RNA is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types RNU2-40P is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as THCA show the opposite, repressed pattern.
LUSC and THCA are the cancer types where RNU2-40P tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.