Quintanilla Aguado, Raquel

Statistical genetics and pig breeding and genetics researcher

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  • Exploring genomic regions regulating the liver transcriptome and energy homeostasis in pigs

    Llobet-Cabau, F; Liu, J; Jové-Juncà, T; Castelló, A; Quintanilla, R; Sánchez, A; Ballester, M; Folch, JM

  • Feeding patterns as proxies of production performance and feed efficiency in growing pigs from different genetic backgrounds

    Arrazola, Aitor; Sanchez, Juan Pablo; Quintanilla, Raquel

    Frontiers in Animal Science. 2026 10.3389/fanim.2026.1938801
  • Unravelling the Potential Regulatory Role of Blood lncRNA on Swine Immunity

    Jove-Junca, Teodor; Hernandez-Banque, Carles; Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Olga; Quintanilla, Raquel; Ballester, Maria

    Cells. 2026 10.3390/cells15181681
  • Porcine genetic markers of immunocompetence shape the immune response to a classical swine fever virus subunit vaccine

    Tarrés, J; Hernández-Banqué, C; Ganges, L; Jové-Juncà, T; González-Rodríguez, O; Coronado, L; Sordo-Puga, Y; Gol, S; Reixach, J; Quintanilla,...

    Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2026 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1803004
  • Integrative metagenomic and metabolomic profiling identifies faecal biomarkers of prolonged social stress in pigs

    Rio-Lopez, R; Vourlaki, I -T; Clavell-Sansalvador, A; Valdes, A; Padilla, L; Garcia-Gil, L J; Xifro, X; Ballester, M; Quintanilla, R;...

  • Incorporating genomic and transcriptomic effects in joint linear and non-linear structural models for predicting complex traits in pigs

    Vourlaki, I -T; Piles, M; Jove-Junca, T; Ramayo-Caldas, Y; Quintanilla, R; Ballester, M

  • Using transcriptomic data to improve the prediction of immunity traits in pigs

    Jove-Junca, T; Haas, V P; Calus, M P L; Ballester, M; Quintanilla, R

  • Blood lipidome profiling reveals potential biomarkers linked to health and carcass quality traits in pigs

    Hernandez-Banque, Carles; Jove-Junca, Teodor; Portero-Otin, Manel; Obis, Elia; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Olga; Ballester, Maria; Quintanilla, Raquel

    Genetics Selection Evolution. 2026 10.1186/s12711-026-01030-3
  • Ruminosignatures associated with methane emissions and feed efficiency across geographies and cattle breeds

    Vourlaki, IT; Furman, O; Tapio, I; Guan, LL; Waters, SM; Kenny, D; Smith, P; Kirwan, SF; Kelly, D; Evans, R; Quintanilla, R; Piles, M; Reverter, A;...

    The ISME Journal. 2026 10.1093/ismejo/wrag185
  • Genetic determinism of fatty acid composition in liver, muscle, backfat and plasma and its link to immunocompetence and performance in pigs

    Hernandez-Banque, Carles; Liu, Junhui; Jove-Junca, Teodor; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Olga; Portero-Otin, Manuel; Folch, Josep Maria; Quintanilla, Raquel;...

    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

    Berdun, Rebeca; Obis, Elia; Mota-Martorell, Natalia; Bassols, Anna; Valent, Daniel; Serrano, Jose C E; Martin-Gari, Meritxell; Rodriguez-Palmero,...

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

    Sanz-Fernandez, Santos; Diaz-Gaona, Cipriano; Casas-Rosal, Jose C; Alos, Nuria; Tusell, Llibertat; Quintanilla, Raquel; Rodriguez-Estevez, Vicente

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

    Teng, Jinyan; Gao, Yahui; Yin, Hongwei; Bai, Zhonghao; Liu, Shuli; Zeng, Haonan; Bai, Lijing; Cai, Zexi; Zhao, Bingru; Li, Xiujin; Xu, Zhiting; Lin,...

    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, Klavdija; Mestre, Camille; Skrlep, Martin; Candek-Potokar, Marjeta; Ovilo, Cristina; Fontanesi, Luca; Riquet, Juliette; Bovo, Samuele;...

    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-Fernandez, Santos; Diaz-Gaona, Cipriano; Borge, Carmen; Quintanilla, Raquel; Rodriguez-Estevez, Vicente

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

    Hernandez-Banque, Carles; Jove-Junca, Teodor; Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Olga; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; Esteve-Codina, Anna;...

    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

    Gonzalez-Prendes, Rayner; Derks, Martijn F L; Groenen, Martien A M; Quintanilla, Raquel; Amills, Marcel

  • Genetic architecture of innate and adaptive immune cells in pigs

    Ballester, Maria; Jove-Junca, Teodor; Pascual, Afra; Lopez-Serrano, Sergi; Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Hernandez-Banque, Carles; Gonzalez-Rodriguez,...

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

    Sanz-Fernandez, S; Diaz-Gaona, C; Casas-Rosal, J C; Quintanilla, R; Lopez, P; Alos, N; Rodriguez-Estevez, 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, Christos; Munoz, Maria; Ovilo, Cristina; Fabbri, Maria Chiara; Araujo, Jose Pedro; Bovo, Samuele; Potokar, Marjeta Candek; Charneca, Rui;...

    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, Daniel; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Olga; Pascual, Mariam; Quintanilla, Raquel; Ballester, Maria

    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; Munoz, M; Ribani, A; Alves, E; Araujo, J P; Bozzi, R; Candek-Potokar, M; Charneca, R; Fernandez, A, I; Gallo, M; Garcia, 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, Samuele; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Ribani, Anisa; Utzeri, Valerio J; Taurisano, Valeria; Ballan, Mohamad; Munoz, Maria; Alves, Estefania; Araujo,...

    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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