Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, UCHL1-AS1 RNA differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 5 of 18 cancer types tested, making tumor–normal expression one of UCHL1-AS1’s most consistent transcriptional readouts.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where UCHL1-AS1 RNA is more highly expressed in tumor relative to normal tissue. In most cancer types UCHL1-AS1 is over-expressed in tumor, although a few such as KIRC show the opposite, repressed pattern.
HNSC, LUAD, and KIRC are the cancer types where UCHL1-AS1 tumor–normal differential expression is most reproducible.