Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, RNU4-86P RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 5 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of RNU4-86P’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where RNU4-86P RNA is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types RNU4-86P is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as THCA and STAD show the opposite, repressed pattern.
HNSC, CHOL, and THCA are the cancer types where RNU4-86P tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.