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Table 1 Breakdown of tissues, assigned groups, abbreviations used, and sample sizes

From: Tissue-aware RNA-Seq processing and normalization for heterogeneous and sparse data

Tissue

Abbreviation

Subtissue

Sample size

Adipose subcutaneous

ADS

Adipose - Subcutaneous

380

Adipose visceral

ADV

Adipose - Visceral (Omentum)

234

Adrenal gland

ARG

Adrenal Gland

159

Artery aorta

ATA

Artery - Aorta

247

Artery coronary

ATC

Artery - Coronary

140

Artery tibial

ATT

Artery - Tibial

357

Brain other

BRO

Brain - Amygdala

779

  

Brain - Anterior cingulate cortex (BA24)

 
  

Brain - Cortex

 
  

Brain - Frontal Cortex (BA9)

 
  

Brain - Hippocampus

 
  

Brain - Hypothalamus

 
  

Brain - Spinal cord (cervical c-1)

 
  

Brain - Substantia nigra

 

Brain cerebellum

BRC

Brain - Cerebellar Hemisphere

254

  

Brain - Cerebellum

 

Brain basal ganglia

BRB

Brain - Caudate (basal ganglia)

360

  

Brain - Nucleus accumbens (basal ganglia)

 
  

Brain - Putamen (basal ganglia)

 

Breast

BST

Breast - Mammary Tissue

217

Lymphoblastoid cell line

LCL

Cells - EBV-transformed lymphocytes

132

Fibroblast cell line

FIB

Cells - Transformed fibroblasts

305

Colon sigmoid

CLS

Colon - Sigmoid

173

Colon transverse

CLT

Colon - Transverse

203

Gastroesophageal junction

GEJ

Esophagus - Gastroesophageal Junction

176

Esophagus mucosa

EMC

Esophagus - Mucosa

330

Esophagus muscularis

EMS

Esophagus - Muscularis

283

Heart atrial appendage

HRA

Heart - Atrial Appendage

217

Heart left ventricle

HRV

Heart - Left Ventricle

267

Kidney cortex

KDN

Kidney Cortex

36

Liver

LVR

Liver

137

Lung

LNG

Lung

360

Minor salivary gland

MSG

Minor Salivary Gland

70

Skeletal muscle

SMU

Muscle - Skeletal

469

Tibial nerve

TNV

Nerve - Tibial

334

Ovary

OVR

Ovary

108

Pancreas

PNC

Pancreas

193

Pituitary

PIT

Pituitary

124

Prostate

PRS

Prostate

119

Skin

SKN

Skin - Not Sun Exposed (Suprapubic)

661

  

Skin - Sun Exposed (Lower leg)

 

Intestine terminal ileum

ITI

Small Intestine - Terminal Ileum

104

Spleen

SPL

Spleen

118

Stomach

STM

Stomach

204

Testis

TST

Testis

199

Thyroid

THY

Thyroid

355

Uterus

UTR

Uterus

90

Vagina

VGN

Vagina

97

Whole blood

WBL

Whole Blood

444