Regulation of smooth muscle contraction

Across TCGA patient cohorts, RNA activity of the Regulation of smooth muscle contraction pathway is significantly associated with the RNA expression of multiple genes, with the LSCC cohort showing a particularly strong set of associations.

The most reproducible pathway-associated genes across cancer lineages are ACTA2, C1orf54, and VENTX, each associated with the pathway in up to 5 cancer types. Since the analysis shows associations rather than directional relationships, both pathway-to-partner and partner-to-pathway views are reported.

Each partner is linked to its corresponding Q-omics profile. The scatter plot shows the strongest association, Regulation of smooth muscle contraction activity versus ACTA2 in LSCC (Pearson r = 0.29).

Pathway-associated genes by consensus

Ranked by combined sampling and lineage consensus. X-score (pathway→partner) and Y-score (partner→pathway) are standardized regression coefficients; both directions are reported because the association is undirected. The reported p-values are derived from the association test.

Lineage	Partner gene	X-score	Y-score	p(X)	p(Y)	Sampling consensus	Lineage consensus
LSCC	ACTA2 →	+0.669	+0.222	.001	.004	3	4
LSCC	C1orf54 →	+0.306	+0.124	.005	.002	3	4
OV	VENTX →	+0.532	+0.512	<.001	.006	3	4
OV	FBXO32 →	+1.397	+0.543	.001	.006	2	5
BRCA	RAD51C →	-0.489	-0.576	.004	.001	3	4
LUAD	CELSR3 →	-0.707	-0.168	.004	<.001	3	4

Each partner links to its Q-omics profile. Showing the 6 strongest associations by consensus.

GO:0006940 vs ACTA2 — LSCC

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