Ketone body metabolic process

Across TCGA patient cohorts, RNA activity of the Ketone body metabolic process pathway is significantly associated with the RNA expression of multiple genes, with the BRCA cohort showing a particularly strong set of associations.

The most reproducible pathway-associated genes across cancer lineages are ACSS3, SLIT3, and DLG2, each associated with the pathway in up to 6 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, Ketone body metabolic process activity versus ACSS3 in BRCA (Pearson r = 0.69).

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
BRCA	ACSS3 →	+1.333	+0.178	<.001	<.001	3	6
BRCA	SLIT3 →	+0.977	+0.121	<.001	<.001	3	6
LSCC	DLG2 →	+0.612	+0.121	.001	<.001	3	5
BRCA	MFAP4 →	+1.221	+0.117	.001	.005	3	5
HNSC	FAT4 →	+0.622	+0.082	.002	.006	3	5
LSCC	ACKR1 →	+0.971	+0.078	<.001	<.001	3	5

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

GO:1902224 vs ACSS3 — BRCA

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