YBX1 Expression Marks Proliferative Tumour States with Context-Dependent Genomic Instability: A Pan-Cancer Analysis. (PubMed, Int J Mol Sci)
Here, we performed an integrative pan-cancer analysis across 53 independent datasets spanning 33 tumour types, incorporating transcriptomic (YBX1 mRNA), proteomic (RPPA), genomic, and clinical data...Elevated YB-1 protein levels were also associated with advanced disease stage and poorer survival outcomes and demonstrated a similar, although non-significant, directional trend with histologic grade. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that elevated YBX1 expression marks proliferative and clinically aggressive tumour states within which genomic instability-related features arise in a context-dependent manner, providing a clarified pan-cancer framework for interpreting YB-1-associated tumour biology.