Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, RNU6-13P RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 4 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of RNU6-13P’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in rectum adenocarcinoma (READ), where RNU6-13P RNA is repressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types RNU6-13P is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as READ and LUSC show the opposite, repressed pattern.
READ, HNSC, and LUSC are the cancer types where RNU6-13P tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.