Lewyt College of Veterinary Medicine

ABOUT

Blanca Esparza, DVM, MSc

Assistant Professor of Veterinary Histology

Email: Blanca.Esparza@liu.edu

Dr. Blanca Esparza received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1992 from the University of Nuevo Leon in Mexico. After two years in private practice, she joined, as a small animal clinician and surgeon,  the Teaching Hospital of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nuevo Leon. Afterwards, Dr. Esparza moved to Canada to pursue graduate studies in veterinary pathology. She received her MSc from the University of Western Ontario, Canada in 2004. In 2006, Dr. Esparza joined the Comparative Orthopaedic Research Laboratory at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) UPEI, Canada where she studied equine and canine mesenchymal stem cells and their therapeutic potential in the field of regenerative medicine. In addition, Dr Esparza, as a member of the AVC Department of Biomedical Sciences, collaborated in studies on the role of specific genes in the kidney development of knockout mice and in the identification of genetic disease risk genes in pure breed dogs. From 2017 to 2022 she participated as an instructor in the Microscopic Anatomy Laboratory sessions offered to first year veterinary students at the AVC. Dr. Esparza’s main research interest is tissue engineering to test the potential beneficial effects of mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of bone and cartilage injury.

Publications - (selected manuscripts)

  • McDuffee L, Montelpare W, Enwright D, Cote E, Esparza, B. The Use Of Heart Rate Variability to Understand Affective State of Horses: Validation of Heart Rate Monitors. AAEP Proceedings 2023, 69: 131-134
  • Angela L. Riveroll, Sabrina Skyba-Lewin, K. Devon Lynn, Glady’s Mubyeyi, Ahmad Abd-El-Aziz,Frederick S. T. Kibenge, Molly J. T. Kibenge, Alejandro M. Cohen, Blanca Esparza-Gonsalez, Laurie McDuffee and William J. Montelpare. Selection and Validation of Reference Genes for Gene Expression Studies in an Equine Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation Model by Proteome Analysis and Reverse-Transcriptase Quantitative Real-Time PCR. Accepted for publication 7 March 2023. Genes
  • Ahmad Abd-El-Aziz *, Angela Riveroll, Blanca Esparza-Gonsalez, Laurie Anne McDuffee, Alejandro M. Cohen, Adam L Fenech, William J Montelpare. Heat Shock Alters the Proteomic Profile of Equine Mesenchymal Stem. Accepted for publication 30 April 2022. Proteomics and Its Applications in Disease
  • Nino-Fong, R.; Esparza Gonzalez BP; Rodriguez-Lecompte, JC; Montelpare, W; McDuffee, LA. (2021). Development of a biologically immortalized equine stem cell line (2021). Can J of Vet Res. October; 85 (4): 293-301.
  • O'Hara RE, Arsenault MG, Esparza Gonzalez BP, Patriquen A, Hartwig S. Three Optimized Methods for In Situ Quantification of Progenitor Cell Proliferation in Embryonic Kidneys Using BrdU, EdU, and PCNA. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2019 Sep 9;6:2054358119871936. doi: 10.1177/2054358119871936. eCollection 2019.
  • Nino-Fong, R.; Esparza Gonzalez BP; Aburto,E.; Desmarchelier, M; Rodriguez-Lecompte, JC; McDuffee, LA (2018). Evaluation of two populations of equine stem cells in promotion of bone healing in a nude rat fracture model. Jacobs Journal of Veterinary Science Research 5 (1) pp33.
  • Nino-Fong, R.; Esparza Gonzalez BP; Aburto,E.; McDuffee, LA. (2017). In vivo comparison of the osteogenic properties of equine mesenchymal stem cells from perioteum. Muscle, and bone marrow with and without demineralized bone matrix. Jacobs Journal of Veterinary Science Research, 4(1) pp25.
  • Radtke CL, Nino-Fong R, Rodriguez-Lecompte JC, Esparza Gonzalez BP, Stryhn H, McDuffee, LA. (2015). Osteogenic Potential of Sorted Equine Mesenchymal Stem Cell Subpopulations. Can J Vet Res Vol 79 (2) pp 101- 108.
  • Radtke CL, Nino-Fong R, Esparza Gonzalez BP, McDuffee, LA. (2014) Application of a novel sorting system for equine mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Can J Vet Res 78 (4): pp290-296.
  • McDuffee,L.A.; Esparza Gonzalez,B.P.; Nino-Fong,R.; Aburto,E. (2014) Evaluation of an in vivo heterotopic model of osteogenic differentiation of equine bone marrow and muscle mesenchymal stem cells in fibrin glue scaffold. Cell Tissue Res. Vol. 355 (2) pp327-335
  • Radtke CL, Nino-Fong R, Esparza Gonzalez BP, Henrik S., McDuffee, L.A.(21013) Characterization and Osteogenic Potential of Equine Muscle Tissue and Periosteal Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Comparison with Bone Marrow and Fat Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Am J Vet Res Vol 74 (5) pp790-800.
  • Nino-Fong,R.; McDuffee,L.A.; Esparza Gonzalez,B.P.; Kumar,M.R.; Merschrod S EF; Poduska,K.M. (2012) Scaffold Effects on Osteogenic Differentiation of Equine Mesenchymal Stem Cells: An In Vitro Comparative Study. Macromol. Biosc. Online publication.
  • McDuffee,L.A.; Pack,L.; Lores,M.; Wright,G.M.; Esparza-Gonzalez,B.; Masaoud,E. (2012) Osteoprogenitor cell therapy in an equine fracture model. Vet Surg;41(7):773-783.
  • Agatha H. Kisiel; Laurie A. McDuffee; Elmabrok Masaoud; Trina R, Bailey; Blanca P. Esparza Gonzalez; Rodolfo Nino Fong (2012). Characterization, and  In Vitro Proliferation of Canine Bone Marrow, Adipose Tissue, Muscle, and Periosteum-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Am J of Veterinary Research  Vol 73 (8) pp 1305-1317
  • Blanca P Esparza Gonzalez, Rodolfo Niño Fong, Candace J. Gibson, I Carmen Fuentealba, and M George Cherian.  Zinc Supplementation May Decrease Hepatic Copper Accumulation In Lec Rat; A Model Of Wilson's Disease. (2005) Biological Trace Element Research Vol 105: 117 – 134.
  • Rodolfo Nino-Fong, Blanca P. Esparza Gonzalez, I. Carmen Fuentealba, M. George Cherian.(2004). Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor-a in the development of spontaneous hepatic toxicity in Long Evans Cinnamon (LEC). Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 2004: 121-130.