Uterine Corpus Endometrioid Carcinoma: Correlation between gene mutation status and selected clinical features
Maintained by TCGA GDAC Team (Broad Institute/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School)
Overview
Introduction

This pipeline computes the correlation between significantly recurrent gene mutations and selected clinical features.

Summary

Testing the association between mutation status of 63 genes and 5 clinical features across 248 patients, 6 significant findings detected with Q value < 0.25.

  • OR10X1 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • ZNF69 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • TREM2 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • ZMYND10 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • CEACAM4 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • PPP2CA mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

Results
Overview of the results

Table 1.  Get Full Table Overview of the association between mutation status of 63 genes and 5 clinical features. Shown in the table are P values (Q values). Thresholded by Q value < 0.25, 6 significant findings detected.

Clinical
Features
Time
to
Death
AGE HISTOLOGICAL
TYPE
RADIATIONS
RADIATION
REGIMENINDICATION
NEOADJUVANT
THERAPY
nMutated (%) nWild-Type logrank test t-test Chi-square test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test
OR10X1 7 (3%) 241 0.646
(1.00)
0.036
(1.00)
0.000147
(0.0458)
0.428
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
ZNF69 7 (3%) 241 0.514
(1.00)
0.0163
(1.00)
0.000147
(0.0458)
1
(1.00)
0.396
(1.00)
TREM2 7 (3%) 241 0.361
(1.00)
0.197
(1.00)
0.000147
(0.0458)
0.236
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
ZMYND10 7 (3%) 241 0.384
(1.00)
0.956
(1.00)
2.1e-11
(6.62e-09)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
CEACAM4 6 (2%) 242 0.554
(1.00)
0.0488
(1.00)
2.07e-05
(0.0065)
0.667
(1.00)
0.667
(1.00)
PPP2CA 6 (2%) 242 0.494
(1.00)
0.0624
(1.00)
2.77e-05
(0.00868)
0.667
(1.00)
0.35
(1.00)
TNFAIP6 12 (5%) 236 0.819
(1.00)
0.302
(1.00)
0.6
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.741
(1.00)
RPL14 7 (3%) 241 0.532
(1.00)
0.677
(1.00)
0.991
(1.00)
0.428
(1.00)
0.396
(1.00)
IK 8 (3%) 240 0.734
(1.00)
0.629
(1.00)
0.809
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.22
(1.00)
CCDC160 11 (4%) 237 0.271
(1.00)
0.34
(1.00)
0.00658
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.732
(1.00)
PRPF38B 11 (4%) 237 0.39
(1.00)
0.482
(1.00)
0.623
(1.00)
0.753
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
NKTR 18 (7%) 230 0.194
(1.00)
0.263
(1.00)
0.0375
(1.00)
0.616
(1.00)
0.786
(1.00)
SARNP 5 (2%) 243 0.496
(1.00)
0.656
(1.00)
0.461
(1.00)
0.663
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
C1ORF189 4 (2%) 244 0.652
(1.00)
0.2
(1.00)
0.078
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0639
(1.00)
ZNF564 9 (4%) 239 0.32
(1.00)
0.44
(1.00)
0.00167
(0.515)
0.497
(1.00)
0.451
(1.00)
USP48 13 (5%) 235 0.257
(1.00)
0.0295
(1.00)
0.4
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.524
(1.00)
LGI2 9 (4%) 239 0.467
(1.00)
0.882
(1.00)
0.0573
(1.00)
0.281
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
LINGO4 10 (4%) 238 0.407
(1.00)
0.0353
(1.00)
0.707
(1.00)
0.739
(1.00)
0.468
(1.00)
SERPINB9 8 (3%) 240 0.464
(1.00)
0.0216
(1.00)
0.628
(1.00)
0.451
(1.00)
0.111
(1.00)
FRMD6 11 (4%) 237 0.357
(1.00)
0.501
(1.00)
0.653
(1.00)
0.518
(1.00)
0.499
(1.00)
TRIM46 9 (4%) 239 0.546
(1.00)
0.413
(1.00)
0.987
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
SEPT5 8 (3%) 240 0.585
(1.00)
0.743
(1.00)
0.833
(1.00)
0.719
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
ABCB6 10 (4%) 238 0.316
(1.00)
0.913
(1.00)
0.315
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.293
(1.00)
KRT32 10 (4%) 238 0.834
(1.00)
0.822
(1.00)
0.00363
(1.00)
0.739
(1.00)
0.468
(1.00)
VSIG1 7 (3%) 241 0.442
(1.00)
0.279
(1.00)
0.856
(1.00)
0.694
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
ZBTB33 15 (6%) 233 0.327
(1.00)
0.231
(1.00)
0.827
(1.00)
0.589
(1.00)
0.766
(1.00)
CIC 17 (7%) 231 0.285
(1.00)
0.647
(1.00)
0.0741
(1.00)
0.599
(1.00)
0.166
(1.00)
ERBB3 17 (7%) 231 0.311
(1.00)
0.653
(1.00)
0.0843
(1.00)
0.599
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
HFE 6 (2%) 242 0.547
(1.00)
0.832
(1.00)
0.996
(1.00)
0.415
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
MTSS1 11 (4%) 237 0.457
(1.00)
0.272
(1.00)
0.404
(1.00)
0.194
(1.00)
0.732
(1.00)
OR4L1 10 (4%) 238 0.93
(1.00)
0.11
(1.00)
0.456
(1.00)
0.0959
(1.00)
0.732
(1.00)
RDH8 8 (3%) 240 0.507
(1.00)
0.272
(1.00)
0.518
(1.00)
0.451
(1.00)
0.452
(1.00)
BTG4 7 (3%) 241 0.46
(1.00)
0.855
(1.00)
0.294
(1.00)
0.694
(1.00)
0.677
(1.00)
MLN 6 (2%) 242 0.498
(1.00)
0.539
(1.00)
0.897
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
RAP2C 5 (2%) 243 0.616
(1.00)
0.797
(1.00)
0.933
(1.00)
0.0483
(1.00)
0.327
(1.00)
PITRM1 13 (5%) 235 0.702
(1.00)
0.775
(1.00)
0.015
(1.00)
0.039
(1.00)
0.756
(1.00)
OR6B1 6 (2%) 242 0.524
(1.00)
0.654
(1.00)
0.897
(1.00)
0.415
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
BCL7C 5 (2%) 243 0.369
(1.00)
0.251
(1.00)
0.149
(1.00)
0.663
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
CPA5 7 (3%) 241 0.399
(1.00)
0.0488
(1.00)
0.294
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.396
(1.00)
CFHR5 8 (3%) 240 0.39
(1.00)
0.958
(1.00)
0.343
(1.00)
0.719
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
RGL2 7 (3%) 241 0.636
(1.00)
0.762
(1.00)
0.856
(1.00)
0.428
(1.00)
0.677
(1.00)
PSG9 5 (2%) 243 0.515
(1.00)
0.508
(1.00)
0.193
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.617
(1.00)
CD4 6 (2%) 242 0.496
(1.00)
0.517
(1.00)
0.897
(1.00)
0.667
(1.00)
0.667
(1.00)
IL27 4 (2%) 244 0.612
(1.00)
0.919
(1.00)
0.961
(1.00)
0.302
(1.00)
0.577
(1.00)
HOXA1 7 (3%) 241 0.505
(1.00)
0.457
(1.00)
0.785
(1.00)
0.236
(1.00)
0.195
(1.00)
SLCO2A1 9 (4%) 239 0.81
(1.00)
0.983
(1.00)
0.376
(1.00)
0.722
(1.00)
0.451
(1.00)
C20ORF112 6 (2%) 242 0.165
(1.00)
0.785
(1.00)
0.897
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
PRKRA 4 (2%) 244 0.512
(1.00)
0.498
(1.00)
0.998
(1.00)
0.608
(1.00)
0.577
(1.00)
LIMA1 8 (3%) 240 0.452
(1.00)
0.821
(1.00)
0.343
(1.00)
0.719
(1.00)
0.452
(1.00)
MS4A6A 4 (2%) 244 0.497
(1.00)
0.39
(1.00)
0.0702
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
PREB 5 (2%) 243 0.496
(1.00)
0.252
(1.00)
0.933
(1.00)
0.342
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
ATP6AP1 8 (3%) 240 0.444
(1.00)
0.74
(1.00)
0.343
(1.00)
0.451
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
C20ORF4 5 (2%) 243 0.482
(1.00)
0.864
(1.00)
0.933
(1.00)
0.342
(1.00)
0.617
(1.00)
GTSF1 3 (1%) 245 0.648
(1.00)
0.547
(1.00)
0.981
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.564
(1.00)
SEMG2 11 (4%) 237 0.337
(1.00)
0.111
(1.00)
0.354
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
CHST10 5 (2%) 243 0.47
(1.00)
0.985
(1.00)
0.933
(1.00)
0.342
(1.00)
0.327
(1.00)
HINT3 4 (2%) 244 0.67
(1.00)
0.518
(1.00)
0.328
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.577
(1.00)
OIP5 3 (1%) 245 0.848
(1.00)
0.642
(1.00)
0.981
(1.00)
0.271
(1.00)
0.564
(1.00)
TMEM212 3 (1%) 245 0.655
(1.00)
0.396
(1.00)
0.0134
(1.00)
0.553
(1.00)
0.564
(1.00)
NDUFB7 3 (1%) 245 0.648
(1.00)
0.811
(1.00)
0.159
(1.00)
0.0393
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
NDUFAF1 9 (4%) 239 0.351
(1.00)
0.83
(1.00)
0.376
(1.00)
0.497
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
CASP10 7 (3%) 241 0.478
(1.00)
0.416
(1.00)
0.294
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.677
(1.00)
PLAC8L1 5 (2%) 243 0.45
(1.00)
0.545
(1.00)
0.149
(1.00)
0.342
(1.00)
0.617
(1.00)
'OR10X1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 0.000147 (Chi-square test), Q value = 0.046

Table S1.  Gene #9: 'OR10X1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1 OR 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 3) MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 182 3 8 2 5 4 44
OR10X1 MUTATED 5 0 0 0 2 0 0
OR10X1 WILD-TYPE 177 3 8 2 3 4 44

Figure S1.  Get High-res Image Gene #9: 'OR10X1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'ZNF69 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 0.000147 (Chi-square test), Q value = 0.046

Table S2.  Gene #22: 'ZNF69 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1 OR 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 3) MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 182 3 8 2 5 4 44
ZNF69 MUTATED 5 0 0 0 2 0 0
ZNF69 WILD-TYPE 177 3 8 2 3 4 44

Figure S2.  Get High-res Image Gene #22: 'ZNF69 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'TREM2 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 0.000147 (Chi-square test), Q value = 0.046

Table S3.  Gene #29: 'TREM2 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1 OR 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 3) MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 182 3 8 2 5 4 44
TREM2 MUTATED 5 0 0 0 2 0 0
TREM2 WILD-TYPE 177 3 8 2 3 4 44

Figure S3.  Get High-res Image Gene #29: 'TREM2 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'ZMYND10 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 2.1e-11 (Chi-square test), Q value = 6.6e-09

Table S4.  Gene #37: 'ZMYND10 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1 OR 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 3) MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 182 3 8 2 5 4 44
ZMYND10 MUTATED 4 0 0 0 3 0 0
ZMYND10 WILD-TYPE 178 3 8 2 2 4 44

Figure S4.  Get High-res Image Gene #37: 'ZMYND10 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'CEACAM4 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 2.07e-05 (Chi-square test), Q value = 0.0065

Table S5.  Gene #57: 'CEACAM4 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1 OR 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 3) MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 182 3 8 2 5 4 44
CEACAM4 MUTATED 4 0 0 0 2 0 0
CEACAM4 WILD-TYPE 178 3 8 2 3 4 44

Figure S5.  Get High-res Image Gene #57: 'CEACAM4 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'PPP2CA MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 2.77e-05 (Chi-square test), Q value = 0.0087

Table S6.  Gene #63: 'PPP2CA MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1 OR 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 1) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 2) ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA (GRADE 3) MIXED SEROUS AND ENDOMETRIOID SEROUS ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA
ALL 182 3 8 2 5 4 44
PPP2CA MUTATED 3 0 0 0 2 0 1
PPP2CA WILD-TYPE 179 3 8 2 3 4 43

Figure S6.  Get High-res Image Gene #63: 'PPP2CA MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

Methods & Data
Input
  • Mutation data file = UCEC.mutsig.cluster.txt

  • Clinical data file = UCEC.clin.merged.picked.txt

  • Number of patients = 248

  • Number of significantly mutated genes = 63

  • Number of selected clinical features = 5

  • Exclude genes that fewer than K tumors have mutations, K = 3

Survival analysis

For survival clinical features, the Kaplan-Meier survival curves of tumors with and without gene mutations were plotted and the statistical significance P values were estimated by logrank test (Bland and Altman 2004) using the 'survdiff' function in R

Student's t-test analysis

For continuous numerical clinical features, two-tailed Student's t test with unequal variance (Lehmann and Romano 2005) was applied to compare the clinical values between tumors with and without gene mutations using 't.test' function in R

Chi-square test

For multi-class clinical features (nominal or ordinal), Chi-square tests (Greenwood and Nikulin 1996) were used to estimate the P values using the 'chisq.test' function in R

Fisher's exact test

For binary or multi-class clinical features (nominal or ordinal), two-tailed Fisher's exact tests (Fisher 1922) were used to estimate the P values using the 'fisher.test' function in R

Q value calculation

For multiple hypothesis correction, Q value is the False Discovery Rate (FDR) analogue of the P value (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995), defined as the minimum FDR at which the test may be called significant. We used the 'Benjamini and Hochberg' method of 'p.adjust' function in R to convert P values into Q values.

Download Results

This is an experimental feature. The full results of the analysis summarized in this report can be downloaded from the TCGA Data Coordination Center.

References
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