Establishment of mitochondrion localization

Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, RNA activity of the Establishment of mitochondrion localization pathway differs between tumor and matched normal tissue in 12 of the 18 cancer types tested.

The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where pathway activity is higher in tumor tissue than in matched normal tissue. In most cancer types, this pathway shows higher activity in tumors, although a few cancer types, such as ESCA and LIHC, show the opposite pattern, with lower activity in tumor tissue.

HNSC, KIRP, and KIRC show the most reproducible tumor–normal differences in pathway activity.

Tumor vs normal pathway activity by lineage

Ranked by sampling consensus. Activity change represents the tumor-versus-normal difference in pathway activity on a log₂ scale. Positive values indicate higher pathway activity in tumor tissue. The reported p-values are derived from the corresponding differential activity tests.

Lineage	Gender	Stage	Activity change	p	Sampling consensus
HNSC	All	III,IV	+0.055	<.001	12	view →
KIRP	All	IV	+0.077	<.001	11	view →
KIRC	Female	All	+0.034	<.001	11	view →
LUSC	Female	All	+0.054	<.001	6	view →
COAD	All	II,III,IV	+0.035	<.001	6	view →
UCEC	All	All	+0.033	.033	6	view →
CHOL	All	All	+0.054	<.001	3	view →
BLCA	Female	All	+0.042	.049	2	view →
LUAD	All	All	+0.020	.015	2	view →
ESCA	Female	All	−0.066	.013	1	view →
LIHC	Male	III,IV	−0.028	.008	1	view →
BRCA	All	All	−0.010	.049	1	view →

Pink = more active in tumor, green = less active in tumor. Showing the 12 strongest of 12 lineages.

GO:0051654–HNSC

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