Anderson, R
BSc(Hons)(Glasgow) MSc PhD(Witwatersrand) - Professor and Head
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Research interests
Research output
Telephone number: 012 319 2425
Fax number: 012 323 0732
E-mail address: randerso@medic.up.ac.za
Development of novel anti-tuberculosis chemotherapeutic agents
Development of novel anti-malaria chemotherapeutic agents
Novel derivatives with direct anti-cancer and multidrug-resistance neutralising properties
Pharmacological regulation of phagocyte activation in chronic inflammatory disorders
Oxidative stress
Tuberculosis
Investigation of the interactions of pneumolysin with human neutrophils in vitro
Research articles in refereed specialist journals
Cockeran R, Steel HC, Mitchell TJ, Feldman C, Anderson R: 2001. Pneumolysin potentiates production of prostaglandin E2 and leukotriene B4 by human neutrophils. Infection and Immunity, 69(5)/May, pp 3494-3496.
Cockeran R, Theron AJ, Steel HC, Matlola NM, Mitchell TJ, Feldman C, Anderson R: 2001. Proinflammatory interactions of pneumolysin with human neutrophils. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 183/Feb, pp 604-611.
Feldman C, Anderson R, Theron AJ, Steel HC, Van Rensburg (Medlen) CEJ, Cole PJ, Wilson R: 2001. Vitamin E attenuates the injurious effects of bioactive phospholipids on human ciliated epithelium in vitro. European Respiratory Journal, 18, pp 122-129.
Matlola NM, Steel HC, Anderson R: 2001. Antimycobacterial action of B4128, a novel tetramethylpiperidyl-substituted phenazine. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 47, pp 199-202.
Peters EM, Anderson R, Nieman DC, Fickl H, Jogessar V: 2001. Vitamin C supplementation attenuates the increases in circulating cortisol, adrenaline and anti-inflammatory polypeptides following ultramarathon running. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 22, pp 537-543.
Peters EM, Anderson R, Theron AJ: 2001. Attenuation of increase in circulating cortisol and enhancement of the acute phase protein response in vitamin C-supplemented ultramarathoners. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 22, pp 120-126.
Tintinger GR, Theron AJ, Anderson R, Ker JA: 2001. The anti-inflammatory interactions of epinephrine with human neutrophils in vitro are achieved by cyclic AMP-mediated accelerated resequestration of cytosolic calcium. Biochemical Pharmacology, 61, pp 1319-1328.
Tintinger GR, Theron AJ, Steel HC, Anderson R: 2001. Accelerated calcium influx and hyperactivation of neutrophils in chronic granulomatous disease. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 123, pp 254-263.
Chapters in books
Anderson R: 2001. Mechanisms of vitamin-mediated anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity. , pp 135-147.
Feldman C, Anderson R, Theron AJ, Cole PJ, Wilson R: 2001. The Cytoprotective Effects of Macrolides, Azalides, and Ketolides on Human Ciliated Epithelium In Vitro. (14), pp 145-153.
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