Human Tissue Types Examined by GTEx Consortium (IMAGE)

Princeton University, Engineering School

Human Tissue Types Examined by GTEx Consortium

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An international team of researchers reached a major milestone in decoding the human genome by linking genes across all chromosome of many individual people to specific tissues and disease processes. Using tissue samples donated from 449 people, the researchers linked nearly 20,000 genes to 44 tissue types. In the illustration, each tissue type is followed by the number of genes whose level of activity is controlled by nearby genes on the same chromosome (cis); those whose activity is associated with genes on other chromosomes (trans); and the number of tissue samples studied.

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GTEx consortium

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