Reverse cholesterol transport

Across TCGA patient cohorts, RNA activity of the Reverse cholesterol transport pathway is significantly associated with the protein abundance of multiple proteins, with the PDAC cohort showing a particularly strong set of associations.

The most reproducible pathway-associated proteins across cancer lineages are APOA1, SERPINA7, and SERPIND1, each associated with the pathway in up to 10 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, Reverse cholesterol transport activity versus APOA1 in PDAC (Pearson r = 0.41).

Pathway-associated proteins 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 protein	X-score	Y-score	p(X)	p(Y)	Sampling consensus	Lineage consensus
PDAC	APOA1 →	+0.746	+0.166	<.001	<.001	3	10
BRCA	SERPINA7 →	+0.614	+0.149	<.001	<.001	3	9
BRCA	SERPIND1 →	+0.629	+0.129	<.001	<.001	3	9
BRCA	SERPINF2 →	+0.519	+0.128	<.001	<.001	3	9
GBM	CFH →	+0.638	+0.101	<.001	<.001	3	9
OV	GPLD1 →	+0.963	+0.271	<.001	<.001	3	9

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

GO:0043691 vs APOA1 — PDAC

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