Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, RPL5P16 RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 2 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of RPL5P16’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where RPL5P16 RNA is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types RPL5P16 is over-expressed in tumor.
HNSC and BRCA are the cancer types where RPL5P16 tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.