Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SNORD115-4 RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 1 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of SNORD115-4’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in breast invasive carcinoma (BRCA), where SNORD115-4 RNA is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types SNORD115-4 is over-expressed in tumor.
BRCA are the cancer types where SNORD115-4 tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.