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gtexr

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The goal of gtexr is to provide a convenient R interface to the GTEx Portal API V2.

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Installation

You can install this package from CRAN:

install.packages("gtexr")

Or you can install the development version of gtexr from GitHub with:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("rmgpanw/gtexr")

Examples

Get general information about the GTEx service:

library(gtexr)
get_service_info()
#> # A tibble: 1 × 9
#>   id     name  version organization_name organization_url description contactUrl
#>   <chr>  <chr> <chr>   <chr>             <chr>            <chr>       <chr>     
#> 1 org.g… GTEx… 2.0.0   GTEx Project      https://gtexpor… This servi… https://g…
#> # ℹ 2 more variables: documentationUrl <chr>, environment <chr>

Retrieve eQTL genes for whole blood tissue:

get_eqtl_genes("Whole_Blood")
#> Warning: ! Total number of items (12360) exceeds maximum page size (250).
#> ℹ Try increasing `itemsPerPage`.
#> 
#> ── Paging info ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> • numberOfPages = 50
#> • page = 0
#> • maxItemsPerPage = 250
#> • totalNumberOfItems = 12360
#> # A tibble: 250 × 10
#>    tissueSiteDetailId ontologyId  datasetId empiricalPValue gencodeId geneSymbol
#>    <chr>              <chr>       <chr>               <dbl> <chr>     <chr>     
#>  1 Whole_Blood        UBERON:001… gtex_v8          1.05e- 9 ENSG0000… WASH7P    
#>  2 Whole_Blood        UBERON:001… gtex_v8          1.06e-25 ENSG0000… RP11-34P1…
#>  3 Whole_Blood        UBERON:001… gtex_v8          6.31e- 2 ENSG0000… CICP27    
#>  4 Whole_Blood        UBERON:001… gtex_v8          8.71e- 9 ENSG0000… RP11-34P1…
#>  5 Whole_Blood        UBERON:001… gtex_v8          6.01e-20 ENSG0000… RP11-34P1…
#>  6 Whole_Blood        UBERON:001… gtex_v8          6.96e- 9 ENSG0000… RP11-34P1…
#>  7 Whole_Blood        UBERON:001… gtex_v8          3.10e- 4 ENSG0000… RP11-34P1…
#>  8 Whole_Blood        UBERON:001… gtex_v8          1.92e- 3 ENSG0000… ABC7-4304…
#>  9 Whole_Blood        UBERON:001… gtex_v8          1.58e- 3 ENSG0000… RP11-34P1…
#> 10 Whole_Blood        UBERON:001… gtex_v8          7.82e- 2 ENSG0000… AP006222.2
#> # ℹ 240 more rows
#> # ℹ 4 more variables: log2AllelicFoldChange <dbl>, pValue <dbl>,
#> #   pValueThreshold <dbl>, qValue <dbl>

Retrieve significant eQTLs for one or more genes:

get_significant_single_tissue_eqtls(gencodeId = c("ENSG00000132693.12",
                                                  "ENSG00000203782.5"))
#> 
#> ── Paging info ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> • numberOfPages = 1
#> • page = 0
#> • maxItemsPerPage = 250
#> • totalNumberOfItems = 249
#> # A tibble: 249 × 13
#>    snpId            pos snpIdUpper variantId  geneSymbol  pValue geneSymbolUpper
#>    <chr>          <int> <chr>      <chr>      <chr>        <dbl> <chr>          
#>  1 rs12128960 159343657 RS12128960 chr1_1593… CRP        8.52e-5 CRP            
#>  2 rs12132451 159344052 RS12132451 chr1_1593… CRP        7.92e-5 CRP            
#>  3 rs12136402 159347493 RS12136402 chr1_1593… CRP        7.92e-5 CRP            
#>  4 rs10908709 159350390 RS10908709 chr1_1593… CRP        7.92e-5 CRP            
#>  5 rs10908710 159351189 RS10908710 chr1_1593… CRP        7.92e-5 CRP            
#>  6 rs11265178 159359256 RS11265178 chr1_1593… CRP        9.62e-5 CRP            
#>  7 rs35532309 159360755 RS35532309 chr1_1593… CRP        6.11e-5 CRP            
#>  8 rs6692378  159369451 RS6692378  chr1_1593… CRP        1.17e-6 CRP            
#>  9 rs10908714 159370563 RS10908714 chr1_1593… CRP        1.80e-5 CRP            
#> 10 rs6656924  159372915 RS6656924  chr1_1593… CRP        1.00e-6 CRP            
#> # ℹ 239 more rows
#> # ℹ 6 more variables: datasetId <chr>, tissueSiteDetailId <chr>,
#> #   ontologyId <chr>, chromosome <chr>, gencodeId <chr>, nes <dbl>

These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.