Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, TMEM176B mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 3 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated TMEM176B data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 4 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher TMEM176B mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated TMEM176B expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC and PDAC show a favorable association.
LSCC, PDAC, and CCRCC are the cancer types where TMEM176B mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.