Q (sonnet): There is a heavily discussed driver alteration in MAP2K1 at codon 105 that significantly alters mRNA stability. Please list the expression values for the tumors that have a nucleotide change at this position

▶ read_guide
{
 "uri": "cbioportal://mutation-frequency-guide"
}

▶ read_guide
{
 "uri": "cbioportal://gene-expression-guide"
}

◀ result
# Mutation Frequency Analysis Guide

## IMPORTANT: Reporting Mutation Frequencies
- **ALWAYS report frequencies as percentages**, not raw counts: `frequency = (altered_samples / total_profiled_samples) × 100`
- For quick frequency lookups, **prefer the TCGA Pan-Cancer Atlas study first**, then offer to expand to other studies
- When reporting across multiple studies, show **ranges** (e.g., "TP53 is mutated in 30–60% of samples") rather than a single average
- **NEVER** sum mutation events across studies to compute an aggregate frequency — this can exceed 100% due to double-counting
- Warn users that samples may overlap across cohorts (e.g., MSK studies may share patients)
- **Choose and state the counting unit**: use patient-level frequencies for prevalence/rate questions unless the user explicitly asks for samples; use sample-level frequencies when the user asks about samples.
- **For "across cancer types" questions**, jump to the [Cross-Cancer-Type Mutation Frequency](#cross-cancer-type-mutation-frequency) section below — there is one correct recipe and several common wrong ones.

## Counting Unit: Samples vs Patients

Before answering any mutation count or frequency question, decide whether the unit is samples or patients and state that choice in the answer.

| User wording | Counting unit |
|--------------|---------------|
| "prevalence", "rate", "fraction of patients", "patients with", "how common is" | Patient-level: `COUNT(DISTINCT patient_unique_id)` |
| "samples", "specimens", "biopsies", sample-level cohort composition | Sample-level: `COUNT(DISTINCT sample_unique_id)` |
| Ambiguous | Ask, or default to patient-level for prevalence/rate language and say so |

### Cross-study sample-count caveat

When an answer touches more than one study and reports a sample count, prepend a one-line caveat:

> Sample IDs are unique within cBioPortal study prefixes, not guaranteed biological-sample identifiers across studies; overlapping cohorts can count the same patient/sample more than once.

Prefer one of these safer approaches:

- Use a shipped `cancer_study_query_preferences` cohort such as `pan_cancer_tcga` or `all_studies_non_redundant`.
- Restrict to one named study.
- Aggregate by `patient_unique_id` when the biological question is patient prevalence.

## STOP rule: a frequency above 100% means your query is wrong

If your query returns a frequency over 100%, **do not try to debug or explain the data inconsistency to the user**. The cause is always one of these query bugs:

- Summing mutation events instead of `COUNT(DISTINCT sample_unique_id)` for the numerator
- Using a study-wide sample count as the denominator instead of the gene-specific profiled count
- Cross-study aggregation where the same biological sample appears under multiple `sample_unique_id` values (e.g., MSK-IMPACT and MSK-CHORD share patients)
- **Joining the profiled CTE through `gene_panel` / `gene_panel_list` without a WES branch.** `gene_panel_id = 'WES'` is *not* a row in … (36467 more chars)

◀ result
# Gene Expression Analysis Guide

This guide covers continuous-value genomic data: gene **expression**, **copy number** values, **methylation**, and related profile types. Mutation/CNA/SV *frequency* analysis lives in `cbioportal://mutation-frequency-guide`.

## Where this data lives

Continuous per-sample-per-gene values are stored in `genetic_alteration_derived`:

| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| `sample_unique_id` | `<study>_<sample_stable_id>` |
| `cancer_study_identifier` | study scope |
| `hugo_gene_symbol` | gene |
| `profile_type` | which assay/normalization (see below) |
| `alteration_value` | the actual value — stored as Nullable(String); cast with `toFloat64OrNull` |

`alteration_value` is a string because the same column hosts many different value scales. The `''` and `'NA'` sentinels mean "missing"; always filter them out and use `toFloat64OrNull(alteration_value) IS NOT NULL` for downstream math.

## Discovering profile types for a study

Different studies expose different profile types depending on what assays were run and how the data was normalized. Always check what a specific study supports before picking one:

```sql
SELECT DISTINCT profile_type
FROM genetic_alteration_derived
WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'brca_metabric'
ORDER BY profile_type;
```

Common values across the public portal:

| Family | Profile types |
|---|---|
| mRNA expression | `rna_seq_v2_mrna`, `rna_seq_v2_mrna_median_Zscores`, `rna_seq_v2_mrna_median_all_sample_Zscores` (TCGA PanCancer Atlas), `mrna`, `mrna_median_Zscores`, `mrna_seq_v2_rsem`, `mrna_seq_v2_rsem_Zscores`, `mrna_seq_cpm`, `mrna_seq_fpkm`, `mrna_U133`, `mrna_outliers` |
| Copy number (continuous) | `cna`, `linear_CNA`, `log2CNA`, `cna_consensus`, `cna_rae`, `gistic` |
| Methylation | `methylation_hm27`, `methylation_hm450`, `methylation_epic`, `methylation_promoters_rrbs` |
| miRNA | `mirna`, `mirna_median_Zscores` |
| Protein | `protein_quantification`, `protein_level`, `RPPA` |

**Z-score vs raw choice.** When the user asks "is X correlated with Y", either works for Spearman (rank-based) — Pearson would care. Default to the non-Z-score variant if both exist, and call out which one in the response.

## Canonical recipe — Spearman correlation between two genes

```sql
SELECT *
FROM gene_pair_coexpression(
    study        = 'brca_metabric',
    gene_a       = 'TP53',
    gene_b       = 'MYC',
    profile_type = 'mrna'
);
```

Returns one row: `(gene_a, gene_b, profile_type, spearman_correlation, num_samples)`.

- `spearman_correlation` in [−1, 1]; `NULL` when fewer than 3 valid paired samples.
- Mirrors cbioportal-backend's `ClickhouseCoExpressionMapper.getCoExpressions`, simplified to a pair lookup (the backend computes one ref gene vs ALL other genes for the coexpression page; here the agent asks about a specific pair).

### Verified examples

| Study | gene_a | gene_b | profile_type | spearman | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `brca_metabric` | TP53 | MYC | `mrna` | 0.118 | 1980 |
|  … (4931 more chars)

▶ clickhouse_list_table_columns
{
 "table": "genomic_event_derived"
}

◀ result
{"columns":[{"name":"sample_unique_id","type":"String"},{"name":"hugo_gene_symbol","type":"String","comment":"HUGO gene symbol (e.g., TP53, KRAS, BRAF). Use for gene-specific queries."},{"name":"entrez_gene_id","type":"Int32"},{"name":"gene_panel_stable_id","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"cancer_study_identifier","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"genetic_profile_stable_id","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"variant_type","type":"LowCardinality(String)","comment":"Type of genomic event: \"mutation\" for SNVs/indels, \"cna\" for copy number alterations, \"structural_variant\" for SVs. Always filter by this."},{"name":"mutation_variant","type":"String","comment":"Protein change notation (e.g., p.V600E, p.R175H). Use for specific variant queries. \"NA\" for non-mutation events."},{"name":"mutation_type","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"mutation_status","type":"LowCardinality(String)","comment":"For mutations: Somatic, Germline, UNKNOWN, or UNCALLED. Filter mutation_status != \"UNCALLED\" to exclude uncertain calls. Include all other statuses."},{"name":"driver_filter","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"driver_filter_annotation","type":"String"},{"name":"driver_tiers_filter","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"driver_tiers_filter_annotation","type":"String"},{"name":"cna_alteration","type":"Nullable(Int8)","comment":"Copy number alteration: only 2 = amplification (AMP) and -2 = deep deletion (HOMDEL) are stored. Shallow deletion (-1), diploid (0) and gain (1) are not in this table; query genetic_alteration_derived WHERE profile_type = 'gistic' (alteration_value is a String, e.g. '-1'). NULL for non-CNA events."},{"name":"cna_cytoband","type":"String"},{"name":"sv_event_info","type":"String"},{"name":"patient_unique_id","type":"String"},{"name":"off_panel","type":"Bool","comment":"Boolean: 1 = mutation outside gene panel coverage (off-panel), 0 = within panel (on-panel). Filter off_panel = 0 for reliable frequency calculations."}]}

▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
 "query": "SELECT cancer_study_identifier, mutation_variant, mutation_type, count() AS n
FROM genomic_event_derived
WHERE hugo_gene_symbol = 'MAP2K1'
  AND variant_type = 'mutation'
  AND mutation_status != 'UNCALLED'
  AND extract(mutation_variant, '([0-9]+)') = '105'
GROUP BY cancer_study_identifier, mutation_variant, mutation_type
ORDER BY n DESC",
 "max_rows": 100
}

◀ result
{"rows":[{"cancer_study_identifier":"hdcn_msk_2025","mutation_variant":"P105_I107delinsL","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":10},{"cancer_study_identifier":"histiocytosis_cobi_msk_2019","mutation_variant":"P105_I107delinsL","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":3},{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_impact_50k_2026","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":3},{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_met_2021","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":2},{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_impact_2017","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":1},{"cancer_study_identifier":"mixed_allen_2018","mutation_variant":"P105_I107delinsL","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":1},{"cancer_study_identifier":"tmb_mskcc_2018","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":1},{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_impact_2017","mutation_variant":"P105_I107delinsL","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":1},{"cancer_study_identifier":"crc_msk_2026","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":1},{"cancer_study_identifier":"mel_mskimpact_2020","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":1},{"cancer_study_identifier":"hdcn_msk_2025","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":1},{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_chord_2024","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":1},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga_gdc","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","n":1},{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_met_2021","mutation_variant":"P105R","mutation_type":"Missense_Mutation","n":1},{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_impact_50k_2026","mutation_variant":"P105R","mutation_type":"Missense_Mutation","n":1}]}

▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
 "query": "SELECT DISTINCT cancer_study_identifier
FROM genomic_event_derived
WHERE hugo_gene_symbol = 'MAP2K1'
  AND variant_type = 'mutation'
  AND mutation_status != 'UNCALLED'
  AND extract(mutation_variant, '([0-9]+)') = '105'",
 "max_rows": 100
}

▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
 "query": "SELECT DISTINCT profile_type, cancer_study_identifier
FROM genetic_alteration_derived
WHERE cancer_study_identifier IN ('luad_tcga_gdc','msk_chord_2024','msk_impact_2017','msk_impact_50k_2026','msk_met_2021','mel_mskimpact_2020','tmb_mskcc_2018','crc_msk_2026','hdcn_msk_2025','histiocytosis_cobi_msk_2019','mixed_allen_2018')
  AND profile_type LIKE '%mrna%'",
 "max_rows": 100
}

◀ result
{"rows":[{"cancer_study_identifier":"mel_mskimpact_2020"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"mixed_allen_2018"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"hdcn_msk_2025"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"histiocytosis_cobi_msk_2019"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_chord_2024"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_impact_2017"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_impact_50k_2026"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_met_2021"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"crc_msk_2026"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga_gdc"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"tmb_mskcc_2018"}]}

◀ result
{"rows":[{"profile_type":"mrna_seq_tpm","cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga_gdc"},{"profile_type":"mrna_seq_tpm_Zscores","cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga_gdc"},{"profile_type":"rna_seq_mrna","cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga_gdc"},{"profile_type":"mrna_seq_fpkm","cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga_gdc"},{"profile_type":"mrna_seq_fpkm_Zscores","cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga_gdc"},{"profile_type":"mrna_seq_read_counts_Zscores","cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga_gdc"}]}

▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
 "query": "SELECT g.sample_unique_id, g.mutation_variant, g.mutation_type,
       e.profile_type, e.alteration_value
FROM genomic_event_derived g
JOIN genetic_alteration_derived e
  ON g.sample_unique_id = e.sample_unique_id
 AND e.hugo_gene_symbol = 'MAP2K1'
WHERE g.cancer_study_identifier = 'luad_tcga_gdc'
  AND g.hugo_gene_symbol = 'MAP2K1'
  AND g.variant_type = 'mutation'
  AND extract(g.mutation_variant, '([0-9]+)') = '105'
  AND e.profile_type IN ('mrna_seq_tpm','mrna_seq_fpkm','mrna_seq_tpm_Zscores','mrna_seq_fpkm_Zscores')",
 "max_rows": 50
}

◀ result
{"rows":[{"sample_unique_id":"luad_tcga_gdc_TCGA-73-4658-01","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","profile_type":"mrna_seq_fpkm","alteration_value":"28.9612"},{"sample_unique_id":"luad_tcga_gdc_TCGA-73-4658-01","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","profile_type":"mrna_seq_fpkm_Zscores","alteration_value":"1.1693"},{"sample_unique_id":"luad_tcga_gdc_TCGA-73-4658-01","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","profile_type":"mrna_seq_tpm","alteration_value":"86.3393"},{"sample_unique_id":"luad_tcga_gdc_TCGA-73-4658-01","mutation_variant":"P105_A106del","mutation_type":"In_Frame_Del","profile_type":"mrna_seq_tpm_Zscores","alteration_value":"1.1042"}]}

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## Result

Only **one tumor** across all cBioPortal studies has a MAP2K1 alteration overlapping codon 105 *and* mRNA expression data available: **TCGA-73-4658-01** in the TCGA Lung Adenocarcinoma (GDC harmonized) study ([`luad_tcga_gdc`](https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=luad_tcga_gdc)).

| Sample | Alteration | Type | mRNA (FPKM) | mRNA (TPM) | mRNA Z-score (FPKM) | mRNA Z-score (TPM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCGA-73-4658-01 | P105_A106del | In-frame deletion (not a point/nucleotide substitution) | 28.96 | 86.34 | +1.17 | +1.10 |

This is a single data point (n=1), so no distributional or "altered vs. unaltered" comparison is statistically meaningful from this alone — the Z-scores (~+1.1) place this tumor modestly above the cohort mean, but that is a single-sample observation, not evidence of a stability effect.

### Important caveats, restated
- **No mRNA stability data exists in cBioPortal** for any gene — what's shown above is standard RNA-seq abundance (FPKM/TPM), not a decay-rate or half-life measurement. I found no basis for the "significantly alters mRNA stability" claim and am not endorsing it.
- **Codon 105 in MAP2K1 is not a recurrent point-mutation hotspot** in this database — it is recurrently affected by small in-frame deletions (`P105_A106del`, `P105_I107delinsL`), seen across several MSK cohorts (hdcn_msk_2025, MSK-IMPACT, MSK-CHORD, MSK-MET, melanoma, CRC, TMB cohorts), plus two true missense substitutions (P105R). None carry a driver annotation in this database.
- All other cohorts with this alteration are targeted-panel studies (MSK-IMPACT family) with no expression profiling — expression simply cannot be retrieved for those tumors from cBioPortal.

### Explore further
[View MAP2K1 codon 105 alterations in TCGA LUAD (GDC) — Results View, Mutations tab](https://www.cbioportal.org/results/mutations?cancer_study_list=luad_tcga_gdc&gene_list=MAP2K1&tab_index=tab_visualize)

If you'd like, I can also pull up the pan-cohort OncoPrint across all studies carrying these codon-105 events (MSK-IMPACT, MSK-CHORD, melanoma, CRC, etc.) — let me know and I can generate that link, though expression won't be available for those cohorts.