Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, RNU4-40P RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 3 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of RNU4-40P’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in cholangiocarcinoma (CHOL), where RNU4-40P RNA is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types RNU4-40P is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as THCA show the opposite, repressed pattern.
CHOL, THCA, and KIRC are the cancer types where RNU4-40P tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.