Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SPRR4 RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 2 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of SPRR4’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC), where SPRR4 RNA is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types SPRR4 is over-expressed in tumor.
LUSC and BRCA are the cancer types where SPRR4 tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.