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Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Immunology
Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Steel HC, Cockeran R, Anderson R: 2002. Platelet-activating factor and lyso-PAF possess direct antimicrobial properties in vitro. Acta Pathologica Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica Section C - Immunology, 110, pp 158-164.

van Rensburg CEJ, Kreft E, Swarts JS, Dalrymple SR, MacDonald DM, Cooke MW, Aquino MA: 2002. Cytotoxicity of a series of water-soluble mixed valent diruthenium tetracarboxylates. Anticancer Research, 22, pp 889-892.

Steel HC, Anderson R: 2002. Dissociation of the PAF-receptor from NADPH oxidase and adenylate cyclase in human neutrophils results in accelerated influx and delayed clearance of cytosolic calcium. British Journal of Pharmacology, 136, pp 81-89.

Anderson R, Tintinger G, Feldman C: 2002. Regulation of calcium homeostasis in activated neutrophils and its relevance to inflammatory airway disorders. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine, 9, pp 159-165.

Cockeran R, Anderson R, Feldman C: 2002. The role of pneumolysin in the pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 15, pp 235-239.

Snyman JR, Dekker J, Malfeld SCK, van Rensburg (Medlen) CEJ: 2002. Pilot study to evaluate the safety and therapeutic efficacy of topical oxifulvic acid in atopic volunteers. Drug Development Research, 57 (1), pp 40-43.

Theron AJ, Steel HC, Tintinger GR, Anderson R: 2002. Endogenous adenosine regulates neutrophil pro-inflammatory activities by cyclic AMP-dependent accelerated clearance of cytosolic calcium. Inflammation Research, 51, pp 594-602.

Cockeran R, Durandt C, Feldman C, Mitchell TJ, Anderson R: 2002. Pneumolysin activates the synthesis and release of interleukin-8 by human neutrophils in vitro. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 186, pp 562-565.

Bowen RS, Moodley J, Dutton MF, Fickl H: 2002. Antibodies to oxidised low-density lipoproteins and cardiolipin in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 22 (2), pp 123-126.

Feldman C, Anderson R, Cockeran R, Mitchell TJ, Cole PJ, Wilson R: 2002. The effects of pneumolysin and hydrogen peroxide, alone and in combination, on human ciliated epithelium in vitro. Respiratory Medicine, 96, pp 580-585.

Tintinger GR, Anderson R, Ker JA: 2002. Regulation of calcium homeostasis in activated human neutrophils - potential targets for anti-inflammatory therapeutic strategies. South African Medical Journal, 92 (12), pp 990-996.