Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Immunology
Theron, AJ
MSc PhD(Pret) - Associate Professor
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 319 2623
Fax number: 012 323 0732
E-mail address: atheron@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
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:
Anderson R, Theron AJ, Gravett C, Steel HC, Tintinger G, Feldman C: 2009. Montelukast inhibits neutrophil pro-inflammatory activity by a cyclic AMP-dependent mechanisms. British Journal of Pharmacology, 156, pp 105-115.
Theron AJ, Gravett C, Steel HC, Tintinger GR, Feldman C, Anderson R: 2009. Leukotrines C4 and D4 sensitize human neutrophils for hyperreactivity to chemoattractants. Inflammation Research, 58 (5) / May, pp 263-268.
Steel HC, Theron AJ, Tintinger GR, Anderson R: 2009. Posaconazole attenuates leukotriene B4 release and uptake of calcium by chemoattractant-activated human neutrophils: a potential strategy to control neutrophil-mediated inflammation. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 64 (5) / Nov, pp 1008-1012.
Tintinger GR, Theron AJ, Steel HC, Cockeran R, Pretorius L, Anderson R: 2009. Protein kinase C promotes restoration of calcium homeostasis to platelet activating factor-stimulated human neutrophils by inhibition of phospholipase C. Journal of Inflammation-London, 6 (29), pp Online 1-9, Full Text
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