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Table 1 Summary of 53 eQTL datasets, their origins and original reported parameters

From: Synthesis of 53 tissue and cell line expression QTL datasets reveals master eQTLs

Author (PMID)

Tissues (Sample size)

cis analysis

trans analysis

Imputation (SNPs tested)*

Genes analyzed

Brain tissues

     

Emilsson (23622250)

DLPFC, VC, CR versus: All samples (n = 742), Alzheimer’s (n = 376), Huntington’s (n = 193), Normal (n = 173)

<1 Mb

Yes (diff. chr)

No (838,958)

39,579

Kleinman (22031444)

PFC_EA + AA + others (n = 269), PFC_AA (n = 147), PFC_EA (n = 112)

n/a

Yes (all)

No (625,439)

30,176

Liu (20351726)

PFC (n = 127)

<1 Mb

Yes

No (366,140)

6,968

Webster (19361613)

Cortex (n = 364), Cortex:Alzh (n = 176)

<1 Mb

Yes (≥1 Mb)

No (502,627)

24,357

Myers (17982457)

Cortex (n = 193)

<1 Mb

Yes (≥1 Mb)

No (366,140)

14,078

Heinzen (19222302)

Cortex (n = 93)

<100 kb

No

No (~550,000)

~22,000

Gibbs (20485568)

Temporal cortex (n = 144), Frontal cortex (n = 143), Cerebellum (n = 143), Pons (n = 142)

<1 Mb

Yes

Yes (~1,655,958)

~9,372||

Blood tissues/cells

     

Zeller (20502693)

Monocytes (n = 1,490)

<1 Mb

Yes (≥1 Mb)

No (675,350)

12,808

Fehrmann (21829388)

Whole peripheral blood (n = 1,469)

≤250 kb

Yes (>5 Mb)

No (290,211)

19,609

Goring (17873875)

Lymphocytes (n = 1,240)

≤1 Mb

Yes

No (~500,000)

18,519

Dixon (17873877)

LCL (n ~ 400)

<100 kb

Yes (diff. chr)

No (408,273)

20,599

Stranger (17873874)

LCL (n = 210)

≤1 Mb

Yes (>1 Mb)

Yes (2.2 million)

13,643

Murphy (20833654)

CD4 + lymph (n = 200)

<50 kb

No

No (516,512)

19,904

Idaghdour (19966804)

Leukocytes (n = 194)

<50 kb

Yes (diff. chr)

No (516,972)

16,738

Emilsson (18344981)

Blood (n = 150)

<1 Mb

Yes (≥1 Mb)

No (317,503)

20,210

Heap (19128478)

PaxGene whole blood (n = 110)

<250 kb

No

No (257,013)

19,867

Grundberg (19654370)

Osteoblasts (n = 95)

<250 kb

Yes (diff. chr)

No (383,547)

18,144

Dimas (19644074)

Tcells (n = 85), Fibroblasts (n = 85), LCL (n = 85)

<1 Mb

No

No (394,651)

17,945

Heinzen (19222302)

PBMC (n = 80)

<100 kb

No

No (~550,000)

~22,000

Other tissues/cells

     

Greenawalt (21602305)

Liver (n = 651), Subcutaneous Adipose (n = 701), Omentum (n = 848), Stomach (n = 118)

<1 Mb

Yes (>1 Mb)

No (~650,000)

39,303

Schadt (18462017)

Liver (n = 427)

<1 Mb

Yes (≥1 Mb)

No (782,476)

34,266

Innocenti (21637794)

Liver (n = 206), Liver (n = 60)

<250 kb

Yes

HapMap (rel.27)

14,703||

Schroder (22006096)

Liver (n = 149)

<1 Mb

Yes (>1 Mb)

No (299,352)

15,439

Kim

Kidney (cortex) (n = 81)

<1 Mb

No

No (906,600)

44,692

Emilsson

Peripheral artery plaque (n = 202)

<1 Mb

Yes (>1 Mb)

No (224,698)

37,582

Emilsson (18344981)

Subcutaneous Adipose (n = 150)

<1 Mb

Yes (≥1 Mb)

No (317,503)

20,210

Ding (21129726)

Normal Skin (n = 57), Psoriasis Lesional Skin (n = 53), Psoriasis UninvolvedSkin (n = 53)

<1 Mb

No

HapMap(rel.21)

~54,000

Kompass (21226949)

Endometrial Tumor (n = 52)

5 Mb

Yes (>5 Mb)

No (68,523)

8,543

  1. “n/a” = not applicable. *Number of SNPs reported as being tested when specified. dataset which has not previously been published separately. no trans-eQTL results given in the publication. ||# of snps and/or genes varied among datasets in this paper. The maximum is given. kb = kilobase. Mb = megabase. PBMC = peripheral blood mononuclear cells. LCL = Epstein-Barr transformed B-lymphoblastoid cell line. PFC = prefrontal cortex. DLPFC = dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex. VC = visual cortex. CR = cerebellum.