xQTLdownload_egene: Download eGenes (eQTL Genes) for a specified gene or a tissue

In xQTLbiolinks: An R Package for Integrative Analysis of Quantitative Trait Locus Data of 'xQTL'

Download eGenes (eQTL Genes) for a specified gene or a tissue

Description

eGenes are genes that have at least one significant cis-eQTL acting upon them. Results can be filtered by tissue.

Usage

xQTLdownload_egene(
  gene = "",
  geneType = "auto",
  tissueSiteDetail = "",
  recordPerChunk = 2000
)

Arguments

gene	(character) gene symbol or gencode id (versioned or unversioned are both supported).
geneType	(character) options: "auto","geneSymbol" or "gencodeId". Default: "auto".
tissueSiteDetail	(character) details of tissues in GTEx can be listed using tissueSiteDetailGTExv8 or tissueSiteDetailGTExv7
recordPerChunk	(integer) number of records fetched per request (default: 2000).

Value

A data.table object.

Examples

eGeneInfo <- xQTLdownload_egene("TP53")
eGeneInfo <- xQTLdownload_egene(tissueSiteDetail="Prostate", recordPerChunk=2000)

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