Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

LEBRIS SMITH QUINN PHD
Research Associate Professor
University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Medicine
Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Seattle WA

Research Biologist
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center
VA Puget Sound Health Care System, American Lake Division, Tacoma WA

VA Puget Sound Health Care System
American Lake Division
Tacoma WA 98493

Phone: (253) 582-8440 ext 76724
Fax: (253) 589-4004

1976	BA Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA
1982	PhD University of Washington, Seattle WA

1983-1986

Postdoctoral Research: University of Washington, Departments of Pathology and Biological Structure, Seattle WA

	Quinn LS, Holtzer H, Nameroff M. Generation of chick skeletal muscle cells in groups of 16 from stem cells. Nature 313:692, 1985.
	Quinn LS, Steinmetz B, Maas A, Ong LD, Kaleko M. Type-1 insulin-like growth factor receptor overexpression produces dual effects on myoblast proliferation and differentiation. J Cell Physiol 159:387-398, 1994.
	Damon SE, Haugk KL, Birnbaum RS, Quinn LS. Retrovirally mediated overexpression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein 4: evidence that insulin-like growth factor is required for skeletal muscle differentiation. J Cell Physiol 175:109-120, 1998.
	Haugk KL, Wilson HM, Swisshelm K, Quinn LS. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein-related protein-1: an autocrine/paracrine factor that inhibits skeletal myoblast differentiation but permits proliferation in response to IGF. Endocrinology 141:100, 2000.
	Quinn LS, Anderson BG, Drivdahl RH, Alvarez B, Argiles JM. Overexpression of interleukin-15 induces skeletal muscle hypertrophy in vitro: implications for treatment of muscle wasting disorders. Exp Cell Res 280:55, 2002.