Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, RNU5D-1 RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 3 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of RNU5D-1’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in thyroid carcinoma (THCA), where RNU5D-1 RNA is repressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types RNU5D-1 is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as THCA and BRCA show the opposite, repressed pattern.
THCA, BRCA, and LUSC are the cancer types where RNU5D-1 tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.