Postdoctoral Fellow
Nutritional Genomics Laboratory
Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
711 Washington St.
Boston, MA 02111-1524
Phone: 617-556-3286
Fax: 617-556-3344
E-mail: jian.shen@tufts.edu

Ph.D., Biochemical & Molecular Nutrition, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
M.D., Anhui Medical University, China

Nutrition and genetics, population genetics, and risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

American Society of Nutrition
American Heart Association

Jian Shen, Donna Arnett, James Peacock, Laurence Parnell, Aldi Kraja, James Hixson, Michael Y. Tsai, Chao-Qiang Lai, Edmond Kabagambe, Robert Straka, Jose M. Ordovas. Interleukin1beta genetic polymorphisms interact with polyunsaturated fatty acids to modulate risk of the metabolic syndrome. J Nutri. 2007;137(8):1846-51.

Jian Shen, Donna Arnett, Laurence Parnell, James Peacock, Chao-Qiang Lai, James Hixson, Michael Y. Tsai, Michael Province, Robert Straka, Jose M. Ordovas. Association of common C-reactive protein (CRP) gene polymorphisms with baseline plasma CRP levels and fenofibrate response: The GOLDN Study. Diabetes Care. 2008;31(5):910-5.

Jian Shen, Donna Arnett, Pablo Perez-Martinez, Laurence Parnell, Chao-Qiang Lai, James Peacock, James Hixson, Michael Y. Tsai, Robert Straka, Paul Hopkins, Jose M. Ordovas. The effect of IL6-174C/G polymorphism on postprandial triglycerides metabolism in the GOLDN study. J Lipid Res. 2008;49(8):1839-45.

Jian Shen,Jose M. Ordovas.Gene-environment interactions and susceptibility to metabolic syndrome and other chronic diseases J Periodontol.2008 Aug;79(8 Suppl):1508-13. Review.

Pablo Perez-Martinez, Dolores Corella, Jian Shen, Donna K Arnett, Nikos Yiannakouris, E Syong Tai, Marju Orho-Melander, Katherine L Tucker, Michael Tsai, Robert J Straka, Michael Province, Chew Suok Kai, Francisco Perez-Jimenez, Chao-Qiang Lai, Jose Lopez-Miranda, Marisa Guillen, Laurence D Parnell, Ingrid Borecki, Sekar Kathiresan and Jose M Ordovas. Association between glucokinase regulatory protein (GCKR) and apolipoprotein A5 (APOA5) gene polymorphisms and triacylglycerol concentrations in fasting, postprandial, and fenofibrate-treated states. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Jan;89(1):391-9.

Toshiko Tanaka, Jian Shen, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Aliaksei Kisialiou, Jose M. Ordovas, Jack M. Guralnik, Andrew Singleton, Stefania Bandinelli, Antonio Cherubini, Donna Arnett, Michael Y. Tsai, Luigi Ferrucci.Genome-wide association study of plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids in the InCHIANTI Study. PLoS Genet. 2009 Jan;5(1)

Jian Shen, Jose M. Ordovas.Impact of genetic and environmental factors on hsCRP concentrations and response to therapeutic agents. Clin Chem. 2009 Feb;55(2):256-64.

Daruneewan Warodomwichit, Jian Shen, Donna K. Arnett, Michael Y. Tsai, Edmond K. Kabagambe, James M. Peacock, James E. Hixson, Robert J. Straka, Michael A. Province, Ping An, Chao-Qiang Lai, Laurence D. Parnell, Ingrid B. Borecki and Jose M. Ordovas.ADIPOQ polymorphisms, monounsaturated fatty acids, and obesity risk: the GOLDN study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Mar;17(3):510-7.