TABLE 1

Donor information

Human total RNAs from breast, adrenal, cerebellum, and stomach were derived from a single donor. Others samples were of pooled human total RNAs derived from three donors who are described in the table.

Source	Sex	Race	Age	Cause of Death/Other
			years
Liver	M	White	37	Suicide/36-foot fall
	F	White	70	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
	M	White	64	Intracranial hemorrhage
Heart	F	White	70	Sepsis
	M	White	57	Intracranial hemorrhage
	M	White	74	Stroke
Adipose tissue	F	White	68	Breast cancer with metastases to lungs and lymph nodes
	M	White	42	Alzheimer's disease
	F	White	65	Myocardial infarction
Thyroid	F	White	60	Renal failure
	M	White	87	Lung cancer
	F	White	68	Gallbladder cancer
Small intestine	M	White	46	Cerebrovascular accident
	F	White	40	Hemorrhagic stroke
	M	White	15	Anoxia
Bladder	M	White	80	Cardiopulmonary arrest
	F	White	55	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
	M	White	79	Cardiac arrest
Lung	M	White	46	Intracranial hemorrhage
	M	White	65	Myocardial infarction
	F	White	94	Cardiac arrest
Testes	M	White	19	Anoxic encephalopathy
	M	White	53	Colon cancer
	M	White	60	Cerebral vascular accident
Spleen	M	White	17	Motor vehicle accident
	M	African American	39	Motor vehicle accident
	M	White	50	Cerebrovascular accident
Cervix	F	White	61	Hysterectomy
	F	White	59	Hysterectomy
	F	White	34	Hysterectomy
Brain	F	White	59	Congestive heart failure
	M	White	23	Cardiac arrest
	M	Unknown	61	Cardiopulmonary arrest
Kidney	F	White	55	Intracranial bleed
	M	White	66	Cerebrovascular accident
	F	Unknown	23	Head trauma
Ovary	F	African American	42	Hysterectomy
	F	White	49	Hysterectomy
	F	White	53	Hysterectomy
Thymus	F	White	54	Subarachnoid hematoma
	M	White	42	Trauma
	M	White	21	Trauma
Trachea	M	White	59	Lung cancer
	M	White	72	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
	M	African American	20	Suicide
Colon	M	White	23	Blunt force trauma
	M	White	18	Head trauma
	F	White	68	Breast cancer with metastases to lungs and lymph nodes
Esophagus	F	White	85	Cardiomyopathy
	F	White	74	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
	F	White	68	Myocardial infarction
Prostate	M	White	79	Alzheimer's disease
	M	White	85	Congestive heart failure
	M	White	60	Myocardial infarction
Placenta	F	White	33	Childbirth
	F	White	19	Childbirth
	F	White	Unknown	Childbirth
Adrenal gland	F	White	91	Failure to thrive
Breast	F	White	62	Lung cancer
Cerebellum/brain	M	White	68	Coronary atherosclerosis/thrombosis
Stomach	M	White	50	Trauma

M, male; F, female.