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Overview

Robert Zhong was affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spanned multiple fields including Medicine and Computer Science, with a focus on several specialized subfields.

The main fields of study in Robert Zhong's work were Medicine, covering six publications, and Computer Science with four publications. Notable subfields included Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition with three publications, Epidemiology with two, and additional work in Cancer Research, Hepatology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research topics involved diverse areas, prominently featuring Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, which appeared in four publications. Other significant topics included Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism as well as Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, both represented in two works. In the area of technology, they addressed subjects such as Power Systems and Technologies, Power Line Inspection Robots, and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems.

Robert Zhong frequently published in a variety of scholarly venues, with one publication each in these journals:

  • PeerJ
  • Journal of Food Biochemistry
  • Current Analytical Chemistry
  • Joint Diseases and Related Surgery
  • BMC Veterinary Research

Their recent published papers included:

  • "Analysis of the optimal patterns of serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP), AFP-L3% and protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist-II (PIVKA-II) detection in the diagnosis of liver cancers," 2025, PeerJ
  • "Betulinic Acid-Mediated NR1D1 Alleviates Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis in Mice by Modulating VDAC1/NF-κВ," 2025, Journal of Food Biochemistry
  • "From Synthesis and Structural Characterization to Anti-inflammatory Activity Evaluation and Network Pharmacology Analysis: Revealing the Potential Anti-inflammatory Mechanisms of Andrographolide Sulfonated Derivative Mixture," 2025, Current Analytical Chemistry
  • "Hidden blood loss in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus single-level anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion with adjacent discectomy for two-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy," 2025, Joint Diseases and Related Surgery
  • "Lysosome dysfunction alters intestinal morphology and lipid metabolism in early neonatal piglets," 2025, BMC Veterinary Research

Throughout their career, Robert Zhong collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable coauthors included Yangyang Wu, Ling Luo, Xiaochen Wang, Xi Peng, and Xing Xuan.

Best Publications

  • Successful small-bowel/liver transplantation

    D Grant;W Wall;R Mimeault;R Zhong

  • 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

  • Immune Modulation by Silencing IL-12 Production in Dendritic Cells Using Small Interfering RNA

    Jonathan A. Hill;Thomas E. Ichim;Thomas E. Ichim;Kornel P. Kusznieruk;Mu Li;Mu Li

  • 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

  • Mitogen-activated protein kinases regulate HO-1 gene transcription after ischemia-reperfusion lung injury.

    Xuchen Zhang;Eric L. Bedard;Richard Potter;Robert Zhong

  • RNA interference: a potent tool for gene-specific therapeutics.

    Thomas E. Ichim;Mu Li;Mu Li;Hua Qian;Hua Qian;Igor A. Popov;Igor A. Popov

  • Nephrotoxicity in rats following liver transplantation from cadmium-exposed rats.

    Hing Man Chan;Lin-Fu Zhu;R. Zhong;D. Grant

  • 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

  • Endothelial Induction of fgl2 Contributes to Thrombosis during Acute Vascular Xenograft Rejection

    Anand Ghanekar;Michael Mendicino;Hao Liu;Wei He

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

    Xiufen Zheng;James Koropatnick;Mu Li;Xusheng Zhang

  • Improved techniques for kidney transplantation in mice

    Zheng Zhang;Christopher Schlachta;John Duff;Calvin Stiller

  • Vascular smooth muscle cells of recipient origin mediate intimal expansion after aortic allotransplantation in mice.

    Jing Li;Xiaozhou Han;Jifu Jiang;Robert Zhong

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

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

  • α5β1 Integrin Expression and Luminal Edge Fibronectin Matrix Assembly by Smooth Muscle Cells after Arterial Injury

    J. Geoffrey Pickering;J. Geoffrey Pickering;Lawrence H. Chow;Shaohua Li;Kem A. Rogers;Kem A. Rogers

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

    David Grant;David Hurlbut;Robert Zhong;Pengzhi Wang

  • LF15-0195 generates tolerogenic dendritic cells by suppression of NF-κB signaling through inhibition of IKK activity

    Jinming Yang;Suzanne M. Bernier;Thomas E. Ichim;Mu Li

  • 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

  • CD40-deficient dendritic cells producing interleukin-10, but not interleukin-12, induce T-cell hyporesponsiveness in vitro and prevent acute allograft rejection.

    J X Gao;J Madrenas;W Zeng;M J Cameron

Frequent Co-Authors

Bertha Garcia
Bertha Garcia University of Western Ontario
Anthony M. Jevnikar
Anthony M. Jevnikar University of Western Ontario
Wei-Ping Min
Wei-Ping Min Lawson Health Research Institute
Weihua Liu
Weihua Liu Tianjin University
David J. Kelvin
David J. Kelvin Dalhousie University
Subrata Chakrabarti
Subrata Chakrabarti University of Western Ontario
Thomas E. Ichim
Thomas E. Ichim University of Western Ontario
Sibrand Poppema
Sibrand Poppema Sunway University
Xian Chang Li
Xian Chang Li Cornell University
David M. Grant
David M. Grant University of Nottingham

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