Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Immunology
Cockeran, R
BSc(Hons)(RAU) MSc(Pret) - Scientific Officer
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 319 2624
Fax number: 012 323 0732
E-mail address: rcockera@medic.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Pharmacological regulation of phagocyte activation in chronic inflammatory disorders
Research Output:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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