Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, RNU6-644P RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 4 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of RNU6-644P’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in bladder urothelial carcinoma (BLCA), where RNU6-644P RNA is repressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types RNU6-644P is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as BLCA and LUSC show the opposite, repressed pattern.
BLCA, LUSC, and STAD are the cancer types where RNU6-644P tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.