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
HIV-1 mucosal pathogenesis
HIV-1 drug resistance/clinical trials/efficacy of novel antiretrovirals
Investigation of the interactions of pneumolysin with human neutrophils in vitro
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Kwofie L, Rapoport BL, Fickl H, Meyer PWA, Rheeder P, Hlope H, Anderson R, Tintinger GR: 2011. Evaluation of circulating soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) to predict risk profile, response to antimicrobial therapy, and development of complications in patients with chemotherapy-associated febrile neutropenia: A pilot. Annals of Hematology, Online (Online) / Oct, p. Online, Full Text
Meyer PWA, Hodkinson B, Ally MMTM, Musenge E, Wadee AA, Fickl H, Tikly M, Anderson R: 2011. HLA-DRB1 shared epitope genotyping using the revised classification and its association with circulating autoantibodies, acute phase reactants, cytokines and clinical indices of disease activity in a cohort of South African rheumatoid arthritis patients. ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY, 13 (5) / Oct, p. R160, Full Text
Feldman C, Anderson R: 2011. Bacteraemic Pneumococcal Pneumonia. Current therapeutic options. Drugs, 71 (2), pp 131-153, Full Text
Tintinger GR, van der Merwe JJ, Fickl H, Rheeder P, Feldman C, Anderson R: 2011. Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells in sputum of patients with community acquired pneumonia or pulmonary tuberculosis: a pilot study. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Online (Online) / May, p. Online.
Cockeran R, Mutepe M D, Theron AJ, Tintinger GR, Steel HC, Stivaktas PI, Richards GA, Feldman C, Anderson R: 2011. Calcium-dependent potentiation of the pro-inflammatory functions of human neutrophils by tigecycline in vitro. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Online (Online) / Oct, p. Online, Full Text
Cholo MC, Steel HC, Fourie PB, Germishuizen WA, Anderson R: 2011. Clofazimine: Current status and future prospects. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Online (Online) / Oct, pp Online 1-9, Full Text
Anderson R, Feldman C: 2011. Key virulence factors of Streptococcus pneumoniae and non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae: Roles in host defence and immunisation. Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, 26 (1), pp 6-12, Full Text
Cockeran R, Steel HC, Theron AJ, Mitchell TJ, Feldman C, Anderson R: 2011. Characterization of the interactions of the pneumolysoid, delta 6 PLY, with human neutrophils in vitro.. Vaccine, 29, pp 8780-8782, Full Text
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