This function retrieves all tissues in the eQTL database.

get_eqtl_tissues(
  species_name = "homo_sapiens",
  verbose = FALSE,
  warnings = TRUE,
  progress_bar = TRUE
)

Arguments

species_name

The species name, i.e., the scientific name, all letters lowercase and space replaced by underscore. Currently, only human 'homo_sapiens' is available.

verbose

Whether to be verbose about the http requests and respective responses' status.

warnings

Whether to show warnings.

progress_bar

Whether to show a progress bar.

Ensembl REST API endpoints

get_eqtl_tissues() makes GET requests to /eqtl/tissue/:species/.

Examples

get_eqtl_tissues()
#> # A tibble: 44 × 2 #> species_name tissue #> <chr> <chr> #> 1 homo_sapiens Adipose_Subcutaneous #> 2 homo_sapiens Adipose_Visceral_Omentum #> 3 homo_sapiens Adrenal_Gland #> 4 homo_sapiens Artery_Aorta #> 5 homo_sapiens Artery_Coronary #> 6 homo_sapiens Artery_Tibial #> 7 homo_sapiens Brain_Anterior_cingulate_cortex_BA24 #> 8 homo_sapiens Brain_Caudate_basal_ganglia #> 9 homo_sapiens Brain_Cerebellar_Hemisphere #> 10 homo_sapiens Brain_Cerebellum #> # … with 34 more rows