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. 2024 Feb 15;14(2):e075981. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075981

Table 6.

Estimated sample sizes (N) available for measurements of gene expression in tissues at each anatomical site of interest obtained from the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) version 8 dataset (https://www.gtexportal.org/home/tissue/)

Tissue site GTEx tissue name N
Breast Breast—mammary tissue 396
Colorectal Colon—sigmoid 318
Colon—transverse 368
Total 686
Head and neck Minor salivary gland 144
Lung Lung 515
Melanoma Skin—not sun exposed (suprapubic) 517
Skin—sun exposed (lower leg) 605
Ovarian Ovary 167
Prostate Prostate 221