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Overview

Bertha Garcia is a researcher affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their work spans multiple fields within Medicine and Dentistry, with a particular focus on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Oncology, Radiation, Oral Surgery, and Emergency Medical Services.

Their research topics include:

  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Effects of Radiation Exposure
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Radiology practices and education
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Garcia has contributed to several recent scientific papers. These include:

  • Low-dose radiotherapy for COVID-19 pneumonia treatment: case report, procedure, and literature review (2020) published in Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
  • Impact of a SBRT/SRS longitudinal telehealth training pilot course in Latin America (2020) published in Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
  • Exploring the Cost of Radiation Therapy Delivery for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer in a Public and a Private Center in Latin America Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (2023) published in International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION FROM ADHESIVE LAYERS FOR DIRECT PULP COATING PROTECTION IN-VITRO STUDY (2023) published in International journal of Engineering Technology and scientific Innovation

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Garcia include:

  • Gustavo R. Sarria
  • Benjamin Li
  • Gustavo J. Sarria
  • Rubén Del-Castillo-Pacora
  • David R. Martinez

Publication venues where Garcia has published range across multiple journals, illustrating their engagement with oncology, radiology, and engineering fields. These venues include:

  • Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
  • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • International journal of Engineering Technology and scientific Innovation

The scientific work carried out by Garcia involves exploring COVID-19 treatment through low-dose radiotherapy, examining telehealth education in radiotherapy techniques for Latin America, and analyzing the costs and methods of radiation therapy delivery in different healthcare settings. Their scope also encompasses dental-related studies focused on adhesive materials used in direct pulp coating protection.

Best Publications

  • Successful small-bowel/liver transplantation

    D Grant;W Wall;R Mimeault;R Zhong

  • Regulatory T-cell generation and kidney allograft tolerance induced by mesenchymal stem cells associated with indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase expression.

    Wei Ge;Jifu Jiang;Jacqueline Arp;Weihua Liu

  • Acute rejection is associated with antibodies to non-Gal antigens in baboons using Gal-knockout pig kidneys.

    Gang Chen;Hua Qian;Thomas Starzl;Hongtao Sun

  • Inhibitory Feedback Loop Between Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells and Regulatory T Cells in Transplant Tolerance

    Wei-Ping Min;Dejun Zhou;Thomas E. Ichim;Gill H. Strejan

  • Infusion of mesenchymal stem cells and rapamycin synergize to attenuate alloimmune responses and promote cardiac allograft tolerance

    W. Ge;J. Jiang;M. L. Baroja;J. Arp

  • NK Cells Induce Apoptosis in Tubular Epithelial Cells and Contribute to Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

    Zhu-Xu Zhang;Shuang Wang;Shuang Wang;Xuyan Huang;Xuyan Huang;Wei-Ping Min

  • Prevention and reversal of renal allograft rejection by antibody against CD45RB

    Andrew I. Lazarovits;Andrew I. Lazarovits;Sibrand Poppema;Sibrand Poppema;Zheng Zhang;Zheng Zhang;Masud Khandaker;Masud Khandaker

  • Immune Modulation and Tolerance Induction by RelB-Silenced Dendritic Cells through RNA Interference

    Mu Li;Xusheng Zhang;Xiufen Zheng;Dameng Lian

  • Recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after transplantation: Use of a pathological score on explanted livers to predict recurrence

    Jeremy R. Parfitt;Paul Marotta;Mohammed AlGhamdi;William Wall

  • THE INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE AND ACTIVATION OF COAGULATION IN α1,3-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE GENE-KNOCKOUT XENOGRAFT RECIPIENTS

    Mohamed Ezzelarab;Bertha Garcia;Agnes Azimzadeh;Hongtao Sun

  • Inhibition of Terminal Complement Components in Presensitized Transplant Recipients Prevents Antibody-Mediated Rejection Leading to Long-Term Graft Survival and Accommodation

    Hao Wang;Jacqueline Arp;Weihua Liu;Susan J. Faas

  • Reinstalling Antitumor Immunity by Inhibiting Tumor-Derived Immunosuppressive Molecule IDO through RNA Interference

    Xiufen Zheng;James Koropatnick;Mu Li;Xusheng Zhang

  • Gene silencing of complement C5a receptor using siRNA for preventing ischemia/reperfusion injury.

    Xiufen Zheng;Xusheng Zhang;Biao Feng;Hongtao Sun

  • Preventing renal ischemia-reperfusion injury using small interfering RNA by targeting complement 3 gene.

    X. Zheng;B. Feng;G. Chen;X. Zhang

  • Intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation following small bowel transplantation in the rat.

    David Grant;David Hurlbut;Robert Zhong;Pengzhi Wang

  • Carbon monoxide-releasing molecules protect against ischemia–reperfusion injury during kidney transplantation

    Yves Caumartin;Jancy Stephen;Jian P. Deng;Dameng Lian

  • A novel in vivo siRNA delivery system specifically targeting dendritic cells and silencing CD40 genes for immunomodulation

    Xiufen Zheng;Xiufen Zheng;Costin Vladau;Xusheng Zhang;Xusheng Zhang;Motohiko Suzuki

  • Protection of renal ischemia injury using combination gene silencing of complement 3 and caspase 3 genes.

    Xiufen Zheng;Xusheng Zhang;Hongtao Sun;Biao Feng

  • The role of anti-non-Gal antibodies in the development of acute humoral xenograft rejection of hDAF transgenic porcine kidneys in baboons receiving anti-Gal antibody neutralization therapy.

    Gang Chen;Hongtao Sun;Hongji Yang;Dalibor Kubelik

  • Double-Negative T Cells, Activated by Xenoantigen, Lyse Autologous B and T Cells Using a Perforin/Granzyme-Dependent, Fas-Fas Ligand-Independent Pathway

    Zhu-Xu Zhang;Yuexia Ma;Hao Wang;Jacqueline Arp

  • Preventing autoimmune arthritis using antigen-specific immature dendritic cells: a novel tolerogenic vaccine

    Igor Popov;Mu Li;Xiufen Zheng;Hongtao San

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Zhong
Robert Zhong University of Western Ontario
Wei-Ping Min
Wei-Ping Min Lawson Health Research Institute
Anthony M. Jevnikar
Anthony M. Jevnikar University of Western Ontario
Weihua Liu
Weihua Liu Tianjin University
Thomas E. Ichim
Thomas E. Ichim University of Western Ontario
Subrata Chakrabarti
Subrata Chakrabarti University of Western Ontario
David J. Kelvin
David J. Kelvin Dalhousie University
David M. Grant
David M. Grant University of Nottingham
Sibrand Poppema
Sibrand Poppema Sunway University
Gary A. Levy
Gary A. Levy University of Toronto

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