Table 1.

Keyword-Based Classification of EST Libraries into Organ Systems

Organ system Main tissue names or keywords used # Libraries Total ESTs
Homo Mus Total Homo Mus Total
Cell linesCell-line, HeLa,…1985525413159032389163979
Central nervous systembrain, ear, eye, olfactive, retina26775342282448227876510324
Connective tissues and  smooth muscleadipose, connective, fibroblast, smooth-muscle72108228119630134420
Digestive systembuccal, colon, esophagus, gallbladder, intestine, liver, omentum, pancreas, parotid, stomach86436900291371128301419672
Endocrine glandsadrenal, parathyroid, pineal, thyroid39645442401417058410
Exocrine glandsbreast, ductal, mammary98013993116127152046268173
Immune system and  blood elementsBcell, blood, bone-marrow, hemopoietic, leukocyte, lymphatic, macrophage, monocyte, spleen, T-cell, thymus, tonsil21445269151749194848346597
Mixed and unknownchromosomes, whole embryo, mediastinum, metastase, mixed, unknown132108240353749425154778903
Peripheral nervous systemchord, nervous, oblongata, spinal302123144381165047108858
Respiratory systembronchi, larynx, lung, pharynx, trachea1381114913583128324164155
Bone and skeletic musclebone, cartilage, muscle, synovial301343524993703989538
Skincornea, derm744875212678948074174863
Urogenital systembladder, endometrium, epididym, germinal, gonad, kidney, ovary, oviduct, placenta, prostate, testis, urogenital, uterus, vagina937651002604173246046850219
Vascular systemaorta, endothelium, heart, vein4312559039651952142348
4960 468 4886 2,452,892 1,657,567 4,110,459