Quintanilla Aguado, Raquel

Head of Programme / Researcher in statistical genetics and pig breeding and genetics

Latest
Publications

  • Genetic determinism of fatty acid composition in liver, muscle, backfat and plasma and its link to immunocompetence and performance in pigs

    Hernández-Banqué, C; Liu, JH; Jové-Juncà, T; González-Rodríguez, O; Portero-Otín, M; Folch, JM; Quintanilla, R; Ballester, M

    Scientific Reports. 2025 10.1038/s41598-025-27713-3
  • Temporal evolution of Sow herd age structure and its impact on the performance of Spanish commercial farms

    Sanz-Fernández, S; Díaz-Gaona, C; Simoes, J; Casas-Rosal, JC; Alòs, N; Tusell, L; Quintanilla, R; Rodríguez-Estévez, V

    Porcine Health Management. 2025 10.1186/s40813-025-00451-8
  • Unveiling regulatory variants in the blood transcriptome and their association with immunity traits in pigs

    Jové-Juncà, T; Crespo-Piazuelo, D; Hernández-Banqué, C; González-Rodríguez, O; Fang, LZ; Quintanilla, R; Ballester, M

    Frontiers In Immunology. 2025 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1582982
  • Co-occurring microbial guilds in pig fecal microbiota: key drivers and effects on host performance

    Vourlaki, Ioanna-Theoni; Rio-Lopez, Raquel; Clavell-Sansalvador, Adria; Ramirez-Ayala, Lino C; Ballester, Maria; Sanchez, Juan P; Piles, Miriam;...

    Genetics Selection Evolution. 2025 10.1186/s12711-025-00979-x
  • Insights into genetic determinants of piglet survival during a PRRSV outbreak

    Tarrés, J; Jové-Juncà, T; Hernández-Banqué, C; González-Rodríguez, O; Ganges, L; Gol, S; Díaz, M; Reixach, J; Pena, RN; Quintanilla, R;...

    Veterinary Research. 2024 10.1186/s13567-024-01421-8
  • Evolution of Sow Productivity and Evaluation Parameters: Spanish Farms as a Benchmark

    Sanz-Fernandez, Santos; Rodriguez-Hernandez, Pablo; Diaz-Gaona, Cipriano; Tusell, Llibertat; Quintanilla, Raquel; Rodriguez-Estevez, Vicente

    Veterinary Sciences . 2024 10.3390/vetsci11120626
  • The impact of herd age structure on the performance of commercial sow-breeding farms

    Sanz-Fernández, S; Díaz-Gaona, C; Simoes, J; Casas-Rosal, JC; Alòs, N; Tusell, L; Quintanilla, R; Rodríguez-Estévez, V

    Porcine Health Management. 2024 10.1186/s40813-024-00406-5
  • Long-Term Effects of Early Low-Phosphorous Nutritional Conditioning on Broiler Chicken Performance, Bone Mineralization, and Gut Health Under Adequate or Phosphorous-Deficient Diets

    Tous, N; Francesch, M; Tarradas, J; Badiola, I; de Rozas, AMP; Fabrega, E; Ballester, M; Quintanilla, R; Torrallardona, D

    Animals. 2024 10.3390/ani14223218
  • Identification of genomic regions associated with fatty acid metabolism across blood, liver, backfat and muscle in pigs

    Liu, JH; Sebastià, C; Jové-Juncà, T; Quintanilla, R; Gonzàlez-Rodrìguez, O; Passols, M; Castelló, A; Sánchez, A; Ballester, M; Folch, JM

    Genetics Selection Evolution. 2024 10.1186/s12711-024-00933-3
  • High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity Increases Brain Mitochondrial Complex I and Lipoxidation-Derived Protein Damage

    Berdún, R; Obis, E; Mota-Martorell, N; Bassols, A; Valent, D; Serrano, JCE; Martin-Gari, M; Rodríguez-Palmero, M; Moreno-Muñoz, JA; Tibau, J;...

    Antioxidants. 2024 10.3390/antiox13020161
  • Preweaning piglet survival on commercial farms

    Sanz-Fernández, S; Díaz-Gaona, C; Casas-Rosal, JC; Alòs, N; Tusell, L; Quintanilla, R; Rodríguez-Estévez, V

    Journal Of Animal Science. 2024 10.1093/jas/skad408
  • A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues

    Teng, JY; Gao, YH; Yin, HW; Bai, ZH; Liu, SL; Zeng, HN; Bai, LJ; Cai, ZX; Zhao, BR; Li, XJ; Xu, ZT; Lin, Q; Pan, ZY; Yang, WJ; Yu, XS; Guan, DL; Hou,...

    Nature Genetics. 2024 10.1038/s41588-023-01585-7
  • Genomic architecture of carcass and pork traits and their association with immune capacity

    Jové-Juncà, T; Crespo-Piazuelo, D; González-Rodríguez, O; Pascual, M; Hernández-Banqué, C; Reixach, J; Quintanilla, R; Ballester, M

  • A meta-analysis of genetic and phenotypic diversity of European local pig breeds reveals genomic regions associated with breed differentiation for production traits

    Poklukar, K; Mestre, C; Skrlep, M; Candek-Potokar, M; Ovilo, C; Fontanesi, L; Riquet, J; Bovo, S; Schiavo, G; Ribani, A; Munoz, M; Gallo, M; Bozzi,...

    Genetics Selection Evolution. 2023 10.1186/s12711-023-00858-3
  • Multi-Criteria Evaluation Model of Management for Weaned Piglets and Its Relations with Farm Performance and Veterinary Medicine Consumption

    Sanz-Fernández, S; Díaz-Gaona, C; Borge, C; Quintanilla, R; Rodríguez-Estévez, V

    Animals. 2023 10.3390/ani13223508
  • Mutations on a conserved distal enhancer in the porcine C-reactive protein gene impair its expression in liver

    Hernández-Banqué, C; Jové-Juncà, T; Crespo-Piazuelo, D; González-Rodríguez, O; Ramayo-Caldas, Y; Esteve-Codina, A; Mercat, MJ; Bink, MCAM;...

    Frontiers In Immunology. 2023 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1250942
  • Copy Number Variation on ABCC2-DNMBP Loci Affects the Diversity and Composition of the Fecal Microbiota in Pigs

    Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Morata, Jordi; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Olga; Sebastia, Cristina; Castello, Anna; Dalmau, Antoni;...

    Microbiology Spectrum. 2023 10.1128/spectrum.05271-22
  • On the holobiont 'predictome' of immunocompetence in pigs

    Calle-García, J; Ramayo-Caldas, Y; Zingaretti, LM; Quintanilla, R; Ballester, M; Pérez-Enciso, M

    Genetics Selection Evolution. 2023 10.1186/s12711-023-00803-4
  • Assessing the relationship between the in silico predicted consequences of 97 missense mutations mapping to 68 genes related to lipid metabolism and their association with porcine fatness traits

    González-Prendes, R; Derks, MFL; Groenen, MAM; Quintanilla, R; Amills, M

  • Genetic architecture of innate and adaptive immune cells in pigs

    Ballester, M; Jové-Juncà, T; Pascual, A; López-Serrano, S; Crespo-Piazuelo, D; Hernández-Banqué, C; González-Rodríguez, O; Ramayo-Caldas, Y;...

    Frontiers In Immunology. 2023 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1058346
  • Second litter syndrome in Iberian pig breed: factors influencing the performance

    Sanz-Fernández, S; Díaz-Gaona, C; Casas-Rosal, JC; Quintanilla, R; López, P; Alòs, N; Rodríguez-Estévez, V

  • Modeling microRNA-driven post-transcriptional regulation using exon-intron split analysis in pigs

    Marmol-Sanchez, Emilio; Cirera, Susanna; Zingaretti, Laura M; Jacobsen, Mette Juul; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; Jorgensen, Claus B; Fredholm, Merete;...

    Animal Genetics. 2022 10.1111/age.13238
  • Admixture and breed traceability in European indigenous pig breeds and wild boar using genome-wide SNP data

    Dadousis, C; Muñoz, M; Ovilo, C; Fabbri, MC; Araújo, JP; Bovo, S; Potokar, MC; Charneca, R; Crovetti, A; Gallo, M; García-Casco, JM; Karolyi, D;...

    Scientific Reports. 2022 10.1038/s41598-022-10698-8
  • A Co-Association Network Analysis Reveals Putative Regulators for Health-Related Traits in Pigs

    Crespo-Piazuelo, D; Ramayo-Caldas, Y; González-Rodríguez, O; Pascual, M; Quintanilla, R; Ballester, M

    Frontiers In Immunology. 2021 10.3389/fimmu.2021.784978
  • Variability in porcine microRNA genes and its association with mRNA expression and lipid phenotypes

    Marmol-Sanchez, Emilio; Luigi-Sierra, Maria Gracia; Castello, Anna; Guan, Dailu; Quintanilla, Raquel; Tonda, Raul; Amills, Marcel

    Genetics Selection Evolution. 2021 10.1186/s12711-021-00632-3
  • Runs of homozygosity provide a genome landscape picture of inbreeding and genetic history of European autochthonous and commercial pig breeds

    Schiavo, G; Bovo, S; Muñoz, M; Ribani, A; Alves, E; Araújo, JP; Bozzi, R; Candek-Potokar, M; Charneca, R; Fernandez, A; Gallo, M; García, F;...

    Animal Genetics. 2021 10.1111/age.13045
  • A gene co-association network regulating gut microbial communities in a Duroc pig population

    Reverter, Antonio; Ballester, Maria; Alexandre, Pamela A; Marmol-Sanchez, Emilio; Dalmau, Antoni; Quintanilla, Raquel; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis

    Microbiome. 2021 10.1186/s40168-020-00994-8
  • Describing variability in pig genes involved in coronavirus infections for a One Health perspective in conservation of animal genetic resources

    Bovo, S; Schiavo, G; Ribani, A; Utzeri, VJ; Taurisano, V; Ballan, M; Muñoz, M; Alves, E; Araujo, JP; Bozzi, R; Charneca, R; Di Palma, F; Kusec, ID;...

    Scientific Reports. 2021 10.1038/s41598-021-82956-0
  • kernInt: A Kernel Framework for Integrating Supervised and Unsupervised Analyses in Spatio-Temporal Metagenomic Datasets

    Ramon, Elies; Belanche-Munoz, Lluis; Molist, Francesc; Quintanilla, Raquel; Perez-Enciso, Miguel; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis

    Frontiers In Microbiology. 2021 10.3389/fmicb.2021.609048
  • An association analysis between a polymorphism in the SEC24A gene and lipid traits recorded in Duroc pigs

    Marmol-Sanchez, Emilio; Quintanilla, Raquel; Gracia Luigi-Sierra, Maria; Amills, Marcel

    Italian Journal Of Animal Science. 2021 10.1080/1828051X.2021.1951129
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