Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, TMEM126A mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated TMEM126A data layer compared with 24 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in colon adenocarcinoma (COAD), where higher TMEM126A mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated TMEM126A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as COAD and HNSC show a favorable association.
COAD, CCRCC, and HNSC are the cancer types where TMEM126A mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.