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Bertha Garcia

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Professor/MDPATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE, Western UniversityWestern University

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Latest papers

Carbon monoxide releasing molecules inhibit cell death resulting from renal transplantation related stress.
The Journal of urology · 2013
Supplemental hydrogen sulphide protects transplant kidney function and prolongs recipient survival after prolonged cold ischaemia-reperfusion injury by mitigating renal graft apoptosis and inflammation.
BJU international · 2012
Anti-IL-2 receptor antibody decreases cytokine-induced apoptosis of human renal tubular epithelial cells (TEC).
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2011

All 46 publications

46 publications.

Carbon monoxide releasing molecules inhibit cell death resulting from renal transplantation related stress.

Sener A, Tran KC, Deng JP, Garcia B, Lan Z, Liu W, Sun T, Arp J, Salna M, Acott P, Cepinskas G, Jevnikar AM, Luke PP

The Journal of urology2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.12.020 PMID: 23246477

Supplemental hydrogen sulphide protects transplant kidney function and prolongs recipient survival after prolonged cold ischaemia-reperfusion injury by mitigating renal graft apoptosis and inflammation.

Lobb I, Mok A, Lan Z, Liu W, Garcia B, Sener A

BJU international2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2012.11526.x PMID: 23157304

Anti-IL-2 receptor antibody decreases cytokine-induced apoptosis of human renal tubular epithelial cells (TEC).

Wang S, Zhang ZX, Yin Z, Liu W, Garcia B, Huang X, Acott P, Jevnikar AM

Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association2011

DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq714 PMID: 21127133

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

Caumartin Y, Stephen J, Deng JP, Lian D, Lan Z, Liu W, Garcia B, Jevnikar AM, Wang H, Cepinskas G, Luke PP

Kidney international2011

DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.542 PMID: 21270767

Adoptive transfer of DNT cells induces long-term cardiac allograft survival and augments recipient CD4(+)Foxp3(+) Treg cell accumulation.

Zhang ZX, Lian D, Huang X, Wang S, Sun H, Liu W, Garcia B, Min WP, Jevnikar AM

Transplant immunology2011

DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2010.11.003 PMID: 21073952

Prevention of chronic renal allograft rejection by soluble CD83.

Lan Z, Lian D, Liu W, Arp J, Charlton B, Ge W, Brand S, Healey D, DeBenedette M, Nicolette C, Garcia B, Wang H

Transplantation2010

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e318200005c PMID: 21079552

Induction of kidney allograft tolerance by soluble CD83 associated with prevalence of tolerogenic dendritic cells and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase.

Lan Z, Ge W, Arp J, Jiang J, Liu W, Gordon D, Healey D, DeBenedette M, Nicolette C, Garcia B, Wang H

Transplantation2010

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e3182007bbf PMID: 21076370

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

Ge W, Jiang J, Arp J, Liu W, Garcia B, Wang H

Transplantation2010

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181fed001 PMID: 21042238

Immunosuppression involving soluble CD83 induces tolerogenic dendritic cells that prevent cardiac allograft rejection.

Ge W, Arp J, Lian D, Liu W, Baroja ML, Jiang J, Ramcharran S, Eldeen FZ, Zinser E, Steinkasserer A, Chou P, Brand S, Nicolette C, Garcia B, Wang H

Transplantation2010

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181f95718 PMID: 20861805

Osteopontin expressed in tubular epithelial cells regulates NK cell-mediated kidney ischemia reperfusion injury.

Zhang ZX, Shek K, Wang S, Huang X, Lau A, Yin Z, Sun H, Liu W, Garcia B, Rittling S, Jevnikar AM

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2010

DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903245 PMID: 20548025

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Bertha Garcia

Research

Latest papers

Carbon monoxide releasing molecules inhibit cell death resulting from renal transplantation related stress.

Supplemental hydrogen sulphide protects transplant kidney function and prolongs recipient survival after prolonged cold ischaemia-reperfusion injury by mitigating renal graft apoptosis and inflammation.

Anti-IL-2 receptor antibody decreases cytokine-induced apoptosis of human renal tubular epithelial cells (TEC).

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

Adoptive transfer of DNT cells induces long-term cardiac allograft survival and augments recipient CD4(+)Foxp3(+) Treg cell accumulation.

Prevention of chronic renal allograft rejection by soluble CD83.

Induction of kidney allograft tolerance by soluble CD83 associated with prevalence of tolerogenic dendritic cells and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase.

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

Immunosuppression involving soluble CD83 induces tolerogenic dendritic cells that prevent cardiac allograft rejection.

Osteopontin expressed in tubular epithelial cells regulates NK cell-mediated kidney ischemia reperfusion injury.

Frequent collaborators

Xiufen Zheng

Zhu-Xu Zhang

Weiping Min

Subrata Chakrabarti

Anthony Jevnikar

William Wall

Patrick Luke

Neil Parry

Tina Mele

Alp Sener

Gediminas Cepinskas

James Koropatnick

Albert Driedger

Hong Ling

Douglas Quan

Rennian Wang