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:
Smit T, Neuse EW, Becker P J, Anderson R, Van Rensburg-Medlen CEJ: 2006. Comparison of the effects of cisplatin and a novel platinum polymer conjugate on the production of reactive oxygen species in human neutrophils in vitro. Drug Development Research, 66, pp 204-209.
Fickl H, Theron AJ, Grimmer H, Oommen J, Ramafi GJ, Steel HC, Visser SS, Anderson R: 2006. Vanadium promotes hydroxyl radical formation by activated human neutrophils. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 40, pp 146-155.
Feldman C, Anderson R: 2006. Controversies in the treatment of pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia. Future Microbiology, 1 (3), pp 271-281.
Cholo MC, Boshoff HI, Steel HC, Cockeran R, Matlola NM, Downing KJ, Mizrahi V, Anderson R: 2006. Effects of clofazimine on potassium uptake by a TRK-deletion mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 57, pp 79-84.
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