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List of works by Etheresia Pretorius

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Microbes and Alzheimer's Disease

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Serum ferritin is an important inflammatory disease marker, as it is mainly a leakage product from damaged cells

scientific article published on 01 April 2014

The dormant blood microbiome in chronic, inflammatory diseases

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Liver tumor characterization: comparison between liver-specific gadoxetic acid disodium-enhanced MRI and biphasic CT--a multicenter trial

scientific article published in May 2006

Changes in red blood cell membrane structure in type 2 diabetes: a scanning electron and atomic force microscopy study.

scientific article published on 28 January 2013

Activated intestinal macrophages in patients with cirrhosis release NO and IL-6 that may disrupt intestinal barrier function

scientific article published on 9 February 2013

On the translocation of bacteria and their lipopolysaccharides between blood and peripheral locations in chronic, inflammatory diseases: the central roles of LPS and LPS-induced cell death

scientific article published on 8 September 2015

Diagnostic morphology: biophysical indicators for iron-driven inflammatory diseases

scientific article published on May 1, 2014

Direct and indirect cellular effects of aspartame on the brain.

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Effects of IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 on erythrocytes, platelets and clot viscoelasticity.

scientific article published on 26 August 2016

The simultaneous occurrence of both hypercoagulability and hypofibrinolysis in blood and serum during systemic inflammation, and the roles of iron and fibrin(ogen)

scientific article published on January 1, 2015

Eryptosis as a marker of Parkinson's disease

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Individuality, phenotypic differentiation, dormancy and 'persistence' in culturable bacterial systems: commonalities shared by environmental, laboratory, and clinical microbiology

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The role of therapeutic drug monitoring in the management of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

scientific article published on June 2011

Investigation into the usability of geometric morphometric analysis in assessment of sexual dimorphism.

scientific article published in January 2006

Acute induction of anomalous and amyloidogenic blood clotting by molecular amplification of highly substoichiometric levels of bacterial lipopolysaccharide

scientific article published on September 2016

Profound morphological changes in the erythrocytes and fibrin networks of patients with hemochromatosis or with hyperferritinemia, and their normalization by iron chelators and other agents.

scientific article published on 09 January 2014

A Bacterial Component to Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia Seen via a Systems Biology Approach that Links Iron Dysregulation and Inflammagen Shedding to Disease

scientific article (publication date: 8 August 2016)

High ferritin levels have major effects on the morphology of erythrocytes in Alzheimer's disease.

scientific article published on 06 December 2013

Viscoelastic and ultrastructural characteristics of whole blood and plasma in Alzheimer-type dementia, and the possible role of bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS)

scientific article published on 10 October 2015

A novel method for assessing the role of iron and its functional chelation in fibrin fibril formation: the use of scanning electron microscopy

scientific article published on 19 April 2013

Obesity, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia as risk factors for atherosclerosis leading to ischemic events

scientific article published on January 2014

Proteins behaving badly. Substoichiometric molecular control and amplification of the initiation and nature of amyloid fibril formation: lessons from and for blood clotting

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Novel pathway of iron‑induced blood coagulation: implications for diabetes mellitus and its complications

scientific article published in 2012

A Comprehensive Review on Eryptosis.

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Iron-induced fibrin in cardiovascular disease

scientific article published on August 2013

Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes is accompanied by significant morphological and ultrastructural changes in both erythrocytes and in thrombin-generated fibrin: implications for diagnostics

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Primary and secondary coenzyme Q10 deficiency: the role of therapeutic supplementation.

scientific article published on 30 January 2013

Major involvement of bacterial components in rheumatoid arthritis and its accompanying oxidative stress, systemic inflammation and hypercoagulability

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Metabolic syndrome, platelet activation and the development of transient ischemic attack or thromboembolic stroke

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Interplay between ultrastructural findings and atherothrombotic complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Smoking and fluidity of erythrocyte membranes: a high resolution scanning electron and atomic force microscopy investigation.

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The adaptability of red blood cells

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Erythrocytes and their role as health indicator: Using structure in a patient-orientated precision medicine approach.

scientific article published on 02 February 2016

Interaction of fibrin with red blood cells: the role of iron

scientific article published on April 2012

Ultrastructural changes in platelet aggregates of HIV patients: a scanning electron microscopy study

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No effects without causes: the Iron Dysregulation and Dormant Microbes hypothesis for chronic, inflammatory diseases

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Platelets in rheumatic diseases: friend or foe?

scientific article published on January 2014

Iron alters red blood cell morphology

scientific article published on January 3, 2013

Oxidation inhibits iron-induced blood coagulation.

scientific article published on January 2013

Smoking and coagulation: the sticky fibrin phenomenon

scientific article published in August 2010

The role of iron-induced fibrin in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and the protective role of magnesium

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Qualitative scanning electron microscopy analysis of fibrin networks and platelet abnormalities in diabetes

scientific article published in September 2011

A descriptive investigation of the ultrastructure of fibrin networks in thrombo-embolic ischemic stroke

scientific article published in May 2011

Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) reverses the amyloid state of fibrin seen in plasma of type 2 diabetics with cardiovascular co-morbidities.

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

The role of platelet and fibrin ultrastructure in identifying disease patterns

scientific article published in January 2008

Both lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acids potently induce anomalous fibrin amyloid formation: assessment with novel Amytracker™ stains

scientific article published in February 2018

Flow cytometric analysis of platelets type 2 diabetes mellitus reveals 'angry' platelets

scientific article published on 31 March 2016

Substantial fibrin amyloidogenesis in type 2 diabetes assessed using amyloid-selective fluorescent stains

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Geometric morphometric analysis of mandibular ramus flexure.

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