Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Immunology
Anderson, R
BSc(Hons)(Glasgow) MSc PhD(Witwatersrand) - Professor and Head
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 319 2425
Fax number: 012 323 0732
E-mail address: ronald.anderson@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Tuberculosis: Development of novel anti-tuberculosis chemotherapeutic agents
Pharmacological regulation of phagocyte activation in chronic inflammatory disorders
Oxidative stress
Investigation of the interactions of pneumolysin with human neutrophils in vitro
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Cockeran R, Anderson R, Feldman C: 2005. Pneumolysin as a vaccine and drug target in the prevention and treatment of invasive pneumococcal disease. Archivum Immunologiae Et Therapiae Experimentalis, 53 (3) / May/Jun, pp 189-198.
Anderson R, Steel HC, Tintinger GR: 2005. Inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate-mediated shuttling between intracellular stores and the cytosol contributes to the sustained elevation in cytosolic calcium in FMLP-activated human neutrophils. Biochemical Pharmacology, 69, pp 1567-1575.
Tintinger GR, Steel HC, Anderson R: 2005. Taming the neutrophil: calcium clearance and influx mechanisms as novel targets for pharmacological control. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 141, pp 191-200.
Fickl H, Cockeran R, Steel HC, Feldman C, Cowan GI, Mitchell TJ, Anderson R: 2005. Pneumolysin-mediated activation of NFkB in human neutrophils is antagonized by docosahexaenoic acid. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 140, pp 274-281.
Feldman C, Theron AJ, Anderson R: 2005. Neutrophils potentiate platinum-mediated injury to human ciliated epithelium in vitro. Inhalation Toxicology, 17, pp 297-301.
Swart L, Anderson R, Swart JG, Sharp CAE, Meyer PWA, Steenkamp KJ, Becker PJ: 2005. Partial immunoglobulin deficiency and hearing loss. South African Journal of Science, 101 / Mar/Apr, pp 180-182.
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