Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SLC49A4 mass-spec protein differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 2 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of SLC49A4’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where SLC49A4 mass-spec protein is repressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types SLC49A4 is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as HNSC and PDAC show the opposite, repressed pattern.
HNSC and PDAC are the cancer types where SLC49A4 tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.