Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SMPDL3B Mutation is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated SMPDL3B data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 4 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in bladder urothelial carcinoma (BLCA), where higher SMPDL3B Mutation is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated SMPDL3B expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as BLCA show a favorable association.
BLCA, SARC, and UCEC are the cancer types where SMPDL3B Mutation most reproducibly stratifies survival.