To promote the analysis of eQTL results across a wide range of human tissues, the NIH funded five centers to develop improved methods for statistical analysis. Investigators funded through this RFA form an analysis consortium that will provide innovative approaches to analyses of GTEx data and other similar datasets. Investigators also collaborate with the LDACC to perform data quality assessment/quality control before release into dbGaP. The initial GTEx Consortium publications, anticipated in 2013, will include genome-wide analysis of cis- and trans-eQTLs, allele-specific expression, splicing quantitative trait loci, and a comparison of array and RNA-Seq based gene expression results.
