Research Publications Under Review

Quillen EE, Foster J, Sheldrake A, Stainback M, Glenn J, Cox LA, Bredbenner TL. Circulating miRNAs associated with bone mineral density in healthy adult baboons. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.27.433170

Research Publications

Mainali R, Zabalwi M, Long D, Buechler N, Quillen EE, Key C-C, Zhu X, Martinez J, McCall C, Quinn MA. Dichloroacetate improves hepatic and systemic energy metabolism during polymicrobial infection. eLife 2021;10:e64611. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.64611

Housman G, Quillen EE, Stone AC. An evolutionary perspective of DNA methylation patterns in skeletal tissues using a nonhuman primate model of osteoarthritis. Journal of Orthopedic Research. 2020. DOI: 10.1002/jor.24957

White JD, Indencleef K, Naqvi S, Eller RJ, Roosenboom J, Lee MK, Li J, Mohammed J, Richmond S, Quillen EE, Norton HL, Feingold E, Swigut T, Marazita ML, Peeters H, Hens G, Shaffer JR, Wysoka J, Walsh S, Weinberg SM, Shriver MD, Claes P. Insights into the genetic architecture of the human face. Nature Genetics. DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.12.090555

Quillen EE, Beavers DP, O’Brien Cox A, Furdui C, Lee J, Miller P, Beavers, KM. Use of Metabolomic Profiling to Understand Variability in Adiposity Changes Following an Intentional Weight Loss Intervention in Older Adults. Nutrition. 12:3188. PMID: 33086512 PMCID: PMC7603124 DOI: 10.3390/nu12103188

Housman G, Quillen EE, Stone AC. Intra- and Inter-Specific Investigations of Skeletal DNA Methylation Patterns and Femur Morphology in Nonhuman Primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2020; 173: 34– 49. PMID: 32170728 PMCID: PMC7451158 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24041

Gokhman D, Nissim-Rafinia M, Agranat-Tamir L, Housman G, García-Pérez R, Liziano E, Cheronet O, Mallick S, Nieves-Colón MA, Slpaslan-Roodenberg SA, Novak M, Gu H, Osinski JM, Ferrando-Bernal M, Gelabert P, Lipend eI, Mjungu D, Kondova I, Bontrop R, Kullmer O, Weber G, Shahar T, Dvir-Ginzberg M, Faerman M, Quillen EE, Meissner A, Lahav Y, Kandel L, Liebergall M, Prada M, Vidal JM, Gronostajski RM, Stone AC, Yakir B, Lalueza-Fox C, Pinhasi R, Reich D, Marques-Bonet T, Meshorer E, Carmel L. Differential DNA methylation of vocal and facial anatomy genes in modern humans. Nature Communications. 2020. 11(1):1189. PMID: 32132541 PMCID: PMC7055320 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15020-6

Norton HL, Quillen EE, Bigham AW, Pearson LN, Dunsworth HM. Human Races Are Not Like Dog Breeds: Refuting a Racist Analogy. Evolution: Education and Outreach. 2019. 12(1):17. DOI: 10.1186/s12052-019-0109-y

Housman G, Havill LM, Quillen EE, Comuzzie AG, Stone AC. Assessment of DNA methylation patterns in the bone and cartilage of a nonhuman primate model of osteoarthritis. Cartilage. 2019 July; 10 (3):335-345. PMID: 29457464 PMCID: PMC6585300 DOI: 10.1177/1947603518759173

Quillen EE, Norton HL, Parra EJ, Lona-Durazo F, Ang KC, Iliescu FM, Pearson LN, Shriver MD, Lasisi T, Gokcumen O, Starr I, Lin Y-L, Martin AR, Jablonski NG. Shades of complexity: New perspectives on the evolution and genetic architecture of human skin. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. 2019. 168 Suppl 67:4-26. PMID: 30408154 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23737

Kos MZ, Carless MA, Peralta J, Curran JE, Quillen EE, Almeida MAA, Blackburn A, Blondell L, Roalf DR,  Pogue-Geile MF, Gur RC, Göring HHH, Nimgaonkar V, Gur RE, Almasy L. Exome sequences of multiplex, multigenerational families reveal schizophrenia risk loci with potential implications for neurocognitive performance. Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 2017; 174 (8): 817-827. PMID: 28902459 PMCID: PMC5760172 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32597

Quillen EE, Blangero J, Almasy L. A variance component method for integrated pathway analysis of gene expression data. BMC Proceedings. 2016; 10 (Suppl 7): 29. PMID: 27980659 PMCID: PMC5133490 DOI: 10.1186/s12919-016-0053-6

Quillen EE. The evolution of tanning needs its day in the sun. Human Biology. 2015; 87 (4), 360. PMID: 27737586 DOI: 10.13110/humanbiology.87.4.0352

Hodgson JA, Pickrell JK, Pearson LN, Quillen EE, Prista A, Rocha J, Soodyall H, Shriver MD, Perry GH.  Natural selection for the Duffy-null allele in the recently admixed people of Madagascar. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2014; 281 (1789): 20140930. PMID: 24990677 PMCID: PMC4100512 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0930

Quillen EE, Voruganti VS, Chittoor G, Rubicz R, Peralta JM, Almeida MAA, Kent JW, Diego VP, Dyer TD, Comuzzi AG, Gӧring HHH, Duggirala R, Almasy L, Blangero J. Evaluation of estimated genetic values and their application to genome-wide investigation of systolic blood pressure. BMC Proceedings. 2014; 8 (Supp 1): S66-70. PMID: 25519398; PMCID: PMC4143678 DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-8-S1-S66

Kos MZ, Glahn DC, Carless MA, Olvera R, McKay DR, Quillen EE, Gelernter J, Kent JW, Dyer TD, Gӧring HHH, Curran JE, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Almasy L. Novel QTL at chromosome 6p22 for alcohol consumption, Implications for the genetic liability of alcohol use disorders. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B, Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 2014; 165 (4): 294-302. PMID: 24692236 PMCID: PMC4172449 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32231

Claes P, Liberton DK, Daniels K, Rosana K, Quillen EE, Pearson LN, McEvoy B, Bauchet M, Zaidi AA, Yao W, Tang H, Barsh GS, Absher DM, Puts DA, Rocha J, Beleza S, Pereira RW, Baynum G, Suetens P, Vandermeulen D, Wagner JK, Boster JS, Shriver MD. Modeling 3D facial shape from DNA. PLoS Genetics. 2014; 10 (3): e1004224. PMID: 24651127 PMCID: PMC3961191 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004224

Quillen EE, Chen X-D, Almasy L, Yang F, He H, Li X, Wang X-Y, Liu T-Q, Deng H-W, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J. ALDH2 is the major genetic determinant of “daily maximum drinks” in a GWAS study of an isolated rural Chinese sample. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B, Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 2014; 165 (2): 103-110. PMID: 24277619; PMCID: PMC4149216 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32213

Swiatoniowski AK, Quillen EE, Shriver MD, Jablonski NG. Comparing von Luschan skin color tiles and modern spectrophotometry for measuring human skin pigmentation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2013; 151 (20): 325-330. PMID: 23633083 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22274

Quillen EE, Bauchet M, Bigham AW, Delgado-Burbano ME, Faust FX, Klimentidis YC, Mao X, Stoneking M, and Shriver MD. OPRM1 and EGFR contribute to skin pigmentation differences between Indigenous Americans and Europeans. Human Genetics. 2012; 131 (7):1073-1080. PMID: 22198722 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-011-1135-1

Quillen EE, Rainwater DL, Dyer TD, Carless MA, Curran JE, Johnson MP, Gӧring HHH, Cole SA, Rutherford S, MacCluer JW, Moses EK, Blangero J, Almasy L, Mahaney MC. Novel associations of nonstructural loci with paraoxonase activity. Journal of Lipids. 2012; 2012:189681. PMID: 22577559 PMCID: PMC3345224 DOI: 10.1155/2012/189681

Quillen EE, Guiltinan JS, Beleza S, Rocha J, Pereira RW, Shriver MD. Iris texture traits show associations with iris color and genomic ancestry. American Journal of Human Biology. 2011; 23 (4): 567-569. PMID: 21630365 DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21183

Bauchet M, McEvoy B, Pearson LN, Quillen EE, Sarkisian T, Hovhannesyan K, Deka R, Bradley DG, Shriver MD. Measuring European population stratification with microarray genotype data. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2007; 80 (5): 948-56. PMID: 17436249 PMCID: PMC1852743 DOI: 10.1086/513477

Quillen EE, Haslam GC, Samra HS, Amani-Taleshi D, Knight JA, Wyatt DE, Bishop SC, Colvert KK, Richter ML, Kitos PA. Ecto-adenylate kinase and plasma membrane ATP synthase activities of human vascular endothelial cells. Journal of Biochemistry. 2006; 281 (3): 20728-20737. PMID: 16714292 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M513042200

Contributed Articles

Quillen EE. Genetic code. The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. Trevathan W, ed.  Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons; 2018.

Quillen EE. Dominance and recessivity. The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. Trevathan W, ed.  Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons; 2018.

Quillen EE, Glahn DC, Almasy L. The strategy and utility of the endophenotype approach to psychiatric genetics. In: Cognitive and Behavioral Phenotypes: New Trends for Research, Classification and Diagnosis in Neuropsychology and Psychiatry. Santangelo SL, Jagaroo V, eds. New York, NY: Springer; 2016: 81-102.

Quillen EE and Shriver MD. Unpacking human evolution to find the genetic determinants of human skin pigmentation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 2011; 131: E5–E7. PMID: 22094403 DOI: 10.1038/skinbio.2011.3

Quillen EE and Shriver MD. SLC24A5: exchanging genetic and biochemical knowledge. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research. 2008; 21: 344-5. PMID: 18397209 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00456.x