Table 1 Summary of important terms defined in the study.

From: Demographic and genetic factors influence the abundance of infiltrating immune cells in human tissues

Term

Definition

Infiltration phenotype

Estimated quantity of an immune cell type in a tissue

iQTL

A genetic variant associated with an infiltration phenotype

eQTL

A genetic variant associated with gene expression

ieQTL

A genetic variant that is both an eQTL & an iQTL in the same tissue