List of works - Lize van der Merwe

5-HTTLPR polymorphism: analysis in South African autistic individuals

scientific article published on June 2010

A Fas gene polymorphism influences herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in South African women

scientific article published in December 2010

A South African mixed ancestry family with Huntington disease-like 2: clinical and genetic features

scientific article

A linkage and family-based association analysis of a potential neurocognitive endophenotype of bipolar disorder

scientific article published in January 2007

A novel energy expenditure prediction equation for intermittent physical activity.

scientific article published in December 2005

A panel of ancestry informative markers for the complex five-way admixed South African coloured population

scientific article

A pathway-based approach investigating the genes encoding interleukin-1β, interleukin-6 and the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist provides new insight into the genetic susceptibility of Achilles tendinopathy

scientific article published on 10 May 2011

A prospective gait analysis study in patients with diplegic cerebral palsy 20 years after selective dorsal rhizotomy.

scientific article

A rapid method for detection of five known mutations associated with aminoglycoside-induced deafness

scientific article published on 13 January 2009

A study of meningiomas in South Africa: investigating a correlation between clinical presentation, histopathology and genetic markers

scientific article

AKAP9 is a genetic modifier of congenital long-QT syndrome type 1

scientific article

Abnormal blood pressure response to exercise occurs more frequently in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with the R92W troponin T mutation than in those with myosin mutations

scientific article published on September 2009

African HIV/AIDS trials are more likely to report adequate allocation concealment and random generation than North American trials

scientific article

Antiretroviral resistance patterns and factors associated with resistance in adult patients failing NNRTI-based regimens in the Western Cape, South Africa.

scientific article published in October 2011

Antiretrovirals for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection

scientific article (publication date: 24 January 2007)

Appetite regulation genes are associated with body mass index in black South African adolescents: a genetic association study

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Ascaris, co-infection and allergy: the importance of analysis based on immunological variables rather than egg excretion

scientific article published on 24 January 2007

Association analysis of two single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the RELN gene with autism in the South African population

scientific article published on 5 December 2012

Association of MB-COMT polymorphisms with schizophrenia-susceptibility and symptom severity in an African cohort.

scientific article

Association of cocaine- and amphetamine-related transcript, leptin and leptin receptor gene polymorphisms with anthropometric obesity phenotype indicators in South African learners

scientific article published on 14 September 2011

Associations between human leukocyte antigen class I variants and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis subtypes causing disease

scientific article published on 14 August 2013

BDNF Val66Met and DRD2 Taq1A polymorphisms interact to influence PTSD symptom severity: a preliminary investigation in a South African population

scientific article published on 26 October 2012

BDNF Val66Met modifies the risk of childhood trauma on obsessive-compulsive disorder

scientific article published on 2 September 2013

COX-2 promoter polymorphisms and the association with prostate cancer risk in South African men.

scientific article published on 28 October 2008

CYP2D6 genotyping and use of antidepressants in breast cancer patients: test development for clinical application

scientific article

Case/control studies with follow-up: Constructing the source population to estimate effects of risk factors on development, disease, and survival

scientific article published on December 2012

Comorbid obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): a marker of severity

scientific article published on 14 March 2011

Comparisons of body size, composition, and whole body bone mass between North American and South African children

scientific article

Complete deficiency of the sixth complement component (C6Q0), susceptibility to Neisseria meningitidis infections and analysis of the frequencies of C6Q0 gene defects in South Africans

scientific article published in March 2012

Design of surface electrode array for measuring conduction velocity in the human genioglossus muscle

scientific article published in February 2007

Double-blind randomised trial comparing 5-fluorouracil plus leucovorin to placebo for metastatic colorectal carcinoma

scientific article published in September 2005

Dysthymic and anxiety-related personality traits in bipolar spectrum illness

Estimating the conditional false-positive rate for semi-latent data

scientific article

Extracellular matrix proteins interact with cell-signaling pathways in modifying risk of achilles tendinopathy

scientific article published on 8 March 2015

Fas and FasL gene polymorphisms are not associated with cervical cancer but differ among Black and Mixed-ancestry South Africans

scientific article

Fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene polymorphisms are associated with physical activity, food intake, eating behaviors, psychological health, and modeled change in body mass index in overweight/obese Caucasian adults

scientific article

GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms as modifiers of age at diagnosis of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) in a homogeneous cohort of individuals carrying a single predisposing mutation

Gene-gene interaction between tuberculosis candidate genes in a South African population

scientific article

Genetic variation at selected SNPs in the leptin gene and association of alleles with markers of kidney disease in a Xhosa population of South Africa.

scientific article

Genetic variation in angiotensin II type 2 receptor gene influences extent of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy independent of blood pressure

article

Genetic variation in angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 gene is associated with extent of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 17 June 2008

Genotype and childhood sexual trauma moderate neurocognitive performance: a possible role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor and apolipoprotein E variants

scientific article published on 8 January 2007

Glucocorticoid administration and brief occlusion of the main pancreatic duct are likely to increase islet mass by a similar mechanism

scientific article published in August 2005

Hypomanic, cyclothymic and hostile personality traits in bipolar spectrum illness: a family-based study

scientific article published on 21 December 2007

Identification of a novel functional deletion variant in the 5'-UTR of the DJ-1 gene

scientific article

Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphisms are associated with disease severity in Black South Africans with rheumatoid arthritis

article

Interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms, dietary fat intake, obesity and serum lipid concentrations in black and white South African women

scientific article

Investigating SAPAP3 variants in the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania in the South African white population

scientific article published on July 2010

Investigating the Role of Gene-Gene Interactions in TB Susceptibility

scientific article published on January 2014

Investigating the role of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) val66met variant in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

scientific article published in January 2008

Investigation of glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms in relation to metabolic parameters in Addison's disease

scientific article published on 15 February 2013

Investigation of variants within the COL27A1 and TNC genes and Achilles tendinopathy in two populations

scientific article

Lateralization of hand skill in bipolar affective disorder.

scientific article published on 16 February 2007

Les polymorphismes génétiques du gène de l’antagoniste du récepteur de l’IL-1 sont associés à la sévérité de la maladie chez les noirs d’Afrique du Sud atteints de polyarthrite rhumatoïde

article

Lifestyle questionnaire to evaluate risk for reduced bone mineral density in women

scientific article published in September 2005

Low lopinavir plasma or hair concentrations explain second-line protease inhibitor failures in a resource-limited setting

scientific article

Lynch syndrome: the influence of environmental factors on extracolonic cancer risk in hMLH1 c.C1528T mutation carriers and their mutation-negative sisters.

scientific article

Maternal and early life influences on calcaneal ultrasound parameters and metacarpal morphometry in 7- to 9-year-old children

Mycotoxin contamination of dietary and medicinal wild plants in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

scientific article published in July 2006

N-acetyltransferase genotypes and the pharmacokinetics and tolerability of para-aminosalicylic acid in patients with drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

Neuropsychological status of bipolar I disorder: impact of psychosis

scientific article published in March 2009

Neuropsychological task performance in bipolar spectrum illness: genetics, alcohol abuse, medication and childhood trauma

scientific article published in June 2008

Patient-control association study of the Leucine-Rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene in South African Parkinson's disease patients

scientific article published on 06 September 2013

Patterns of variation influencing antipsychotic treatment outcomes in South African first-episode schizophrenia patients

scientific article

Personality endophenotypes for bipolar affective disorder: a family-based genetic association analysis

scientific article published on 24 September 2008

Polymorphisms in MC3R promoter and CTSZ 3'UTR are associated with tuberculosis susceptibility

scientific article

Pre-treatment mycobacterial sputum load influences individual on-treatment measurements

scholarly article by Andreas H. Diacon et al published December 2014 in Tuberculosis

Prediction of energy expenditure from heart rate monitoring during submaximal exercise.

scientific article published in March 2005

Prospective hospital-based surveillance to estimate rotavirus disease burden in the Gauteng and North West Province of South Africa during 2003-2005.

scientific article published in September 2010

Protease inhibitor resistance in South African children with virologic failure.

scientific article published in December 2009

Recall of intestinal helminthiasis by HIV-infected South Africans and avoidance of possible misinterpretation of egg excretion in worm/HIV co-infection analyses

scientific article

Reduced DNA methylation at the PEG3 DMR and KvDMR1 loci in children exposed to alcohol in utero: a South African Fetal Alcohol Syndrome cohort study

scientific article

Significance of dietary folate intake, homocysteine levels and MTHFR 677 C>T genotyping in South African patients diagnosed with depression: test development for clinical application

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

The -308 G/A polymorphism of the tumour necrosis factor-α gene modifies the association between saturated fat intake and serum total cholesterol levels in white South African women

scientific article

The COL12A1 and COL14A1 genes and Achilles tendon injuries.

scientific article published on 25 October 2007

The COL5A1 genotype is associated with range of motion measurements

scientific article published on 14 April 2009

The Frequency of the H402 Allele of CFH and Its Involvement with Age-Related Maculopathy in an Aged Black African Xhosa Population

The R563Q mutation of the epithelial sodium channel beta-subunit is associated with hypertension.

scientific article published on 09 September 2010

The apoptosis pathway and the genetic predisposition to Achilles tendinopathy

scientific article

The association of interleukin-18 genotype and serum levels with metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease

scientific article published in November 2007

The fat mass and obesity-associated FTO rs9939609 polymorphism is associated with elevated homocysteine levels in patients with multiple sclerosis screened for vascular risk factors

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

The relationship between childhood abuse and dissociation. Is it influenced by catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity?

scientific article

The role of ancestry in TB susceptibility of an admixed South African population

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

The tumor necrosis factor-α gene -238G>A polymorphism, dietary fat intake, obesity risk and serum lipid concentrations in black and white South African women

scientific article published on 17 October 2012

Time to positivity in liquid culture predicts colony forming unit counts of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens

scientific article

Troponin T and beta-myosin mutations have distinct cardiac functional effects in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients without hypertrophy

scientific article published on 20 November 2007

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene -308 G/A polymorphism modulates the relationship between dietary fat intake, serum lipids, and obesity risk in black South African women

scientific article published on 24 March 2010

Using multi-way admixture mapping to elucidate TB susceptibility in the South African Coloured population

scientific article

Variants within the COL5A1 gene are associated with Achilles tendinopathy in two populations

scientific article published on 28 April 2008

Variants within the COMP and THBS2 genes are not associated with Achilles tendinopathy in a case-control study of South African and Australian populations

scientific article published on 23 July 2013

Variants within the MMP3 gene are associated with Achilles tendinopathy: possible interaction with the COL5A1 gene.

scientific article published on 28 November 2008

Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and sputum conversion time in pulmonary tuberculosis patients

article

List of works by Lize van der Merwe

5-HTTLPR polymorphism: analysis in South African autistic individuals

A Fas gene polymorphism influences herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in South African women

A South African mixed ancestry family with Huntington disease-like 2: clinical and genetic features

A linkage and family-based association analysis of a potential neurocognitive endophenotype of bipolar disorder

A novel energy expenditure prediction equation for intermittent physical activity.

A panel of ancestry informative markers for the complex five-way admixed South African coloured population

A pathway-based approach investigating the genes encoding interleukin-1β, interleukin-6 and the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist provides new insight into the genetic susceptibility of Achilles tendinopathy

A prospective gait analysis study in patients with diplegic cerebral palsy 20 years after selective dorsal rhizotomy.

A rapid method for detection of five known mutations associated with aminoglycoside-induced deafness

A study of meningiomas in South Africa: investigating a correlation between clinical presentation, histopathology and genetic markers

AKAP9 is a genetic modifier of congenital long-QT syndrome type 1

Abnormal blood pressure response to exercise occurs more frequently in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with the R92W troponin T mutation than in those with myosin mutations

African HIV/AIDS trials are more likely to report adequate allocation concealment and random generation than North American trials

Antiretroviral resistance patterns and factors associated with resistance in adult patients failing NNRTI-based regimens in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Antiretrovirals for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection

Appetite regulation genes are associated with body mass index in black South African adolescents: a genetic association study

Ascaris, co-infection and allergy: the importance of analysis based on immunological variables rather than egg excretion

Association analysis of two single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the RELN gene with autism in the South African population

Association of MB-COMT polymorphisms with schizophrenia-susceptibility and symptom severity in an African cohort.

Association of cocaine- and amphetamine-related transcript, leptin and leptin receptor gene polymorphisms with anthropometric obesity phenotype indicators in South African learners

Associations between human leukocyte antigen class I variants and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis subtypes causing disease

BDNF Val66Met and DRD2 Taq1A polymorphisms interact to influence PTSD symptom severity: a preliminary investigation in a South African population

BDNF Val66Met modifies the risk of childhood trauma on obsessive-compulsive disorder

COX-2 promoter polymorphisms and the association with prostate cancer risk in South African men.

CYP2D6 genotyping and use of antidepressants in breast cancer patients: test development for clinical application

Case/control studies with follow-up: Constructing the source population to estimate effects of risk factors on development, disease, and survival

Comorbid obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): a marker of severity

Comparisons of body size, composition, and whole body bone mass between North American and South African children

Complete deficiency of the sixth complement component (C6Q0), susceptibility to Neisseria meningitidis infections and analysis of the frequencies of C6Q0 gene defects in South Africans

Design of surface electrode array for measuring conduction velocity in the human genioglossus muscle

Double-blind randomised trial comparing 5-fluorouracil plus leucovorin to placebo for metastatic colorectal carcinoma

Dysthymic and anxiety-related personality traits in bipolar spectrum illness

Estimating the conditional false-positive rate for semi-latent data

Extracellular matrix proteins interact with cell-signaling pathways in modifying risk of achilles tendinopathy

Fas and FasL gene polymorphisms are not associated with cervical cancer but differ among Black and Mixed-ancestry South Africans

Fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene polymorphisms are associated with physical activity, food intake, eating behaviors, psychological health, and modeled change in body mass index in overweight/obese Caucasian adults

GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms as modifiers of age at diagnosis of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) in a homogeneous cohort of individuals carrying a single predisposing mutation

Gene-gene interaction between tuberculosis candidate genes in a South African population

Genetic variation at selected SNPs in the leptin gene and association of alleles with markers of kidney disease in a Xhosa population of South Africa.

Genetic variation in angiotensin II type 2 receptor gene influences extent of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy independent of blood pressure

Genetic variation in angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 gene is associated with extent of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Genotype and childhood sexual trauma moderate neurocognitive performance: a possible role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor and apolipoprotein E variants

Glucocorticoid administration and brief occlusion of the main pancreatic duct are likely to increase islet mass by a similar mechanism

Hypomanic, cyclothymic and hostile personality traits in bipolar spectrum illness: a family-based study

Identification of a novel functional deletion variant in the 5'-UTR of the DJ-1 gene

Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphisms are associated with disease severity in Black South Africans with rheumatoid arthritis

Interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms, dietary fat intake, obesity and serum lipid concentrations in black and white South African women

Investigating SAPAP3 variants in the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania in the South African white population

Investigating the Role of Gene-Gene Interactions in TB Susceptibility

Investigating the role of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) val66met variant in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Investigation of glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms in relation to metabolic parameters in Addison's disease

Investigation of variants within the COL27A1 and TNC genes and Achilles tendinopathy in two populations

Lateralization of hand skill in bipolar affective disorder.

Les polymorphismes génétiques du gène de l’antagoniste du récepteur de l’IL-1 sont associés à la sévérité de la maladie chez les noirs d’Afrique du Sud atteints de polyarthrite rhumatoïde

Lifestyle questionnaire to evaluate risk for reduced bone mineral density in women

Low lopinavir plasma or hair concentrations explain second-line protease inhibitor failures in a resource-limited setting

Lynch syndrome: the influence of environmental factors on extracolonic cancer risk in hMLH1 c.C1528T mutation carriers and their mutation-negative sisters.

Maternal and early life influences on calcaneal ultrasound parameters and metacarpal morphometry in 7- to 9-year-old children

Mycotoxin contamination of dietary and medicinal wild plants in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

N-acetyltransferase genotypes and the pharmacokinetics and tolerability of para-aminosalicylic acid in patients with drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

Neuropsychological status of bipolar I disorder: impact of psychosis

Neuropsychological task performance in bipolar spectrum illness: genetics, alcohol abuse, medication and childhood trauma

Patient-control association study of the Leucine-Rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene in South African Parkinson's disease patients

Patterns of variation influencing antipsychotic treatment outcomes in South African first-episode schizophrenia patients

Personality endophenotypes for bipolar affective disorder: a family-based genetic association analysis

Polymorphisms in MC3R promoter and CTSZ 3'UTR are associated with tuberculosis susceptibility

Pre-treatment mycobacterial sputum load influences individual on-treatment measurements

Prediction of energy expenditure from heart rate monitoring during submaximal exercise.

Prospective hospital-based surveillance to estimate rotavirus disease burden in the Gauteng and North West Province of South Africa during 2003-2005.

Protease inhibitor resistance in South African children with virologic failure.

Recall of intestinal helminthiasis by HIV-infected South Africans and avoidance of possible misinterpretation of egg excretion in worm/HIV co-infection analyses

Reduced DNA methylation at the PEG3 DMR and KvDMR1 loci in children exposed to alcohol in utero: a South African Fetal Alcohol Syndrome cohort study

Significance of dietary folate intake, homocysteine levels and MTHFR 677 C>T genotyping in South African patients diagnosed with depression: test development for clinical application

The -308 G/A polymorphism of the tumour necrosis factor-α gene modifies the association between saturated fat intake and serum total cholesterol levels in white South African women

The COL12A1 and COL14A1 genes and Achilles tendon injuries.

The COL5A1 genotype is associated with range of motion measurements

The Frequency of the H402 Allele of CFH and Its Involvement with Age-Related Maculopathy in an Aged Black African Xhosa Population

The R563Q mutation of the epithelial sodium channel beta-subunit is associated with hypertension.

The apoptosis pathway and the genetic predisposition to Achilles tendinopathy