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Erika Esquinca

Colorado School of Public Health

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Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1

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Katerina J. KechrisiD· 2 shared Randi K. JohnsoniD· 2 shared Sarah Danielle SlackiD· 2 shared Abraham A. PalmeriD· 1 shared Alex Romero· 1 shared Ana ViñuelaiD· 1 shared Andrew BrowniD· 1 shared Andrew H. LiuiD· 1 shared

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MetaboXcan: A multiomic framework linking genetically predicted metabolites, gene expression, and complex traits

Festus M. Nyasimi, Sarah Sumner, Yanyu Liang, Xianyong Yin, YoSon Park, Andrew Brown, Sulaiman A. Lawal, Ana Viñuela, Lilian Fernandes Silva, Chunyu Liu, Sarah Danielle Slack, Erika Esquinca, Randi K. Johnson, Katerina J. Kechris, Markku Laakso, , Hae Kyung Im

MetaboXcan predicts plasma metabolites from genetic data and associates them with complex traits, identifying disease risk genes and metabolites in chronic kidney disease.

bioRxiv · Jul 17, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

Prediction and Characterization of Genetically Regulated Expression of Target Tissues in Asthma

Sarah Danielle Slack, Erika Esquinca, Christopher H. Arehart, Meher P. Boorgula, Brooke Szczesny, Alex Romero, Monica Campbell, Sameer Chavan, Nicholas M. Rafaels, Harold Watson, R. Clive Landis, Nadia N. Hansel, Charles N. Rotimi, Christopher Olusola Olopade, Camila Alexandrina Figueiredo, , Randi K. Johnson

The paper develops gene expression prediction models for asthma-related tissues in African-ancestry populations and identifies 17 candidate causal asthma genes using transcriptome-wide association study.

medRxiv · Feb 6, 2025 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine