RECENT PUBLICATIONS : 
 

2008

van der Watt G, Haarburger D, Berman P.
Euthyroid patient with elevated serum free thyroxine.
Clin Chem. 2008 Jul;54(7):1239-41.

Omar F, van der Watt GF, Pillay TS.
Reference change values: how useful are they?
J Clin Pathol. 2008 Apr;61(4):426-7.

Latif ML, Pillay TS.
Differential detection of phosphorylated glycogen synthase kinase 3 alpha and beta depending on blocking conditions.
Anal Biochem. 2008 Aug 1;379(1):136-7.

Clausen JD, McIntosh DB, Woolley DG, Andersen JP.
Critical interaction of actuator domain residues arginine 174, isoleucine 188, and lysine 205 with modulatory nucleotide in sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase.
J Biol Chem. 2008 Dec 19;283(51):35703-14.

McIntosh DB, Montigny C, Champeil P.
Unexpected phosphoryl transfer from Asp351 to fluorescein attached to Lys515 in sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase.
Biochemistry. 2008 Jun 17;47(24):6386-93.

Mcbee AD, Wegner DJ, Carlson CS, Wambach JA, Yang P, Heins HB, Saugstad OD, Trusgnich MA, Watkins-Torry, Nogee LM, Henderson HE, Cole S, Aaron H.
Recombination as a mechanism for sporadic mutation in the surfactant protein-C gene.
Pediatric Pulmonology 2008 May;43(5):443-50.

Garmany TH, Wambach JA, Heins HB, Watkins-Torry JM, Wegner DI, Bennet K, An P,  Land G, Henderson HE, Nogee LM, Cole F, Aaron H.
Population and disease-based prevalence of the common mutations associated with surfactant deficiency.
Pediatric Research 2008 Jun;63(6):645-9.

Pouwels ED, Blom DJ, Firth JC, Henderson HE, Marais AD.
Severe hypertriglyceridemia as a result of familial hyperchylomicronaemia: the Cape Town experience.
S Afr Med J 2008 Feb;98(2):105-8

 

2009

Haarburger D, Hoffman M, Erasmus RT, Pillay TS.
Relationship between vitamin D, calcium and parathyroid hormone in Cape Town.
J.Clin.Pathol 2009 Jun;62(6):567-9

Williams EL, Acqauviva C, Amoroso A, Chevalier F, Coulter-Mackie M, Monico C G, Giachino D, Owen T, Robbiano A, Salido E, Waterham H, Rumsby G.
Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1: Update and Additional Mutation Analysis of the AGXT Gene.
Human Mutation 2009 Jun;30(6):910-7

Smith JM, Maas JA, Garnsworthy PC, Owen MR, Coombes S, Pillay TS, Barrett DA, Symonds ME.   Mathematical modeling of glucose homeostasis and its relationship with energy balance and body fat.
Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 Apr;17(4):632-9.

Stanfliet JC, Macauley J, Pillay TS. 
Quality of teaching in chemical pathology: ability of interns to order and interpret laboratory tests.  
J Clin Pathol
2009 Jul;62(7):664-6

Stanfliet JS, King JA, Pillay TS
Inadequacy of primary health care test request guidelines-lack of an evidence base.
S Afr Med J. 2009 Aug;99(8):569-71

Ismail WIW, King JA, Pillay TS
Insulin resistance induced by antiretroviral drugs: Current understanding of molecular mechanisms.
Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa 2009; 14(3): 129

Berman P, Collins M, Baumgarten I, Seoighe C, Jennings CL, Joffe Y, Lambert EV,  Levitt NS, Faulenbach MV, Kahn SE, Goedecke JH.
Association between the 4 bp Proinsulin Gene Insertion Polymorphism (IVS-69) and Body Composition in Black South African Women.
Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 Jun;17(6):1298-300

 

2010

Gammon DW, Steenkamp DJ, Mavumengwana V, Marakalala MJ, Mudzunga TT, Hunter R, Munyololo M.
Conjugates of plumbagin and phenyl-2-amino-1-thioglucoside inhibit MshB, a deacetylase involved in the biosynthesis of mycothiol.
Bioorg Med Chem. 2010 Apr 1;18(7):2501-14.

Stanfliet JS, King JA, Pillay TS
Pathology request guidelines: Haematology questioned.
S Afr Med J. 2010 May 4;100(5):262-264

Haarburger D, Pillay TS
Discovery proteomics: application to HIV infection.
J Clin Pathol. 2010;63:285-287

Omar F, van der Watt G, November V, Pillay TS.
Plasma free fatty acid reference interval in South African neonates in the first week of life.
Ann Clin Biochem. 2010 Jul;47(Pt 4):381-382

van der Watt G, Owen EP, Berman P, Meldau S, Watermeyer N, Olpin SE, Manning NJ, Baumgarten I, Leisegang F, Henderson H.
Glutaric aciduria type 1 in South Africa-high incidence of glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency in black South Africans.
Mol Genet Metab. 2010 Oct-Nov;101(2-3):178-82.

Samia P, Wieselthaler N, van der Watt GF, Wilmshurst JM.
Hemiatrophy of the spinal cord in a patient with mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB.
J Child Neurol. 2010 Oct;25(10):1288-91.

Van der Watt GF, Eley B, Henderson H.
Whole blood mitochondrial DNA depletion in South African HIV-infected children.
Journal of Paed Biochem. 2010; in press.

Jones ESW, Owen EP, Davidson JS, van der Merwe L, Rayner Bl.
The R563Q Mutation of the Epithelial sodium channel beta subunit is associated with Hypertension.
CardioVascular Journal of Africa 2011 Sep-Oct;22(5):241-4

Joska JA, Combrinck M, Valcour VG, Hoare J, Leisegang F, Mahne AC, Myer L, Stein DJ.
Association between apolipoprotein E4 genotype and human immunodeficiency virus-associated dementia in younger adults starting antiretroviral therapy in South Africa.
J Neurovirol. 2010 Oct;16(5):377-83.

Wilmshurst JM, Lillis S, Zhou H, Pillay K, Henderson H, Kress W, Müller CR, Ndondo A, Cloke V, Cullup T, Bertini E, Boennemann C, Straub V, Quinlivan R, Dowling JJ, Al-Sarraj S, Treves S, Abbs S, Manzur AY, Sewry CA, Muntoni F, Jungbluth H.
RYR1 mutations are a common cause of congenital myopathies with central nuclei.
Ann Neurol. 2010 Nov;68(5):717-26.

Naidoo R, Ungerer L, Cooper M, Pienaar S, Eley BS.
Primary immunodeficiencies: a 27-year review at a tertiary paediatric hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
J Clin Immunol. 2011 Feb;31(1):99-105. Epub 2010 Sep 22.

 

2011

Fortgens P, Pillay TS.
Pseudohyponatremia revisited: a modern-day pitfall.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011 Apr;135(4):516-9.

Haarburger D, Pillay TS.
Historical perspectives in diagnostic clinical pathology: development of the pregnancy test.
J Clin Pathol. 2011 Jun;64(6):546-8. Epub 2011 Apr 2.

Clausen JD, McIntosh DB, Woolley DG, Andersen JP.
Modulatory ATP binding affinity in intermediate states of E2P dephosphorylation of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase.
J Biol Chem. 2011 Apr 1;286(13):11792-802. Epub 2011 Feb 2.

Blakemore R, Nabeta P, Davidow AL, VAdwai V, Tahirli R, Munsamy V, Nicol M, Jones M, Persing DH, Hillen Ruesch-Gerdes S, Leisegang F, Zamudio C, Rodrigues C, Boehme CC, Perkins MD, Alland D. A multi-Site Assessment of the Quantitative Capabilities of the Xpert ® MTB Assay.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med.
2011 Nov 1;184(9):1076-84.

 

2012

Barbara Huisamen, Daneel Dietrich, Nicole Bezuidenhout, John Lopes, Brian Flepisi, Dee Blackhurst, Amanda Lochner.
Early cardiovascular changes occurring in diet-induced, obese insulin-resistant rats.
Mol Cell Biochem (2012) 368:37–45

Macharia M, Hassan MS, Blackhurst DM, Erasmus RT, Matsha TE.
The growing importance of PON1 in cardiovascular health: a review.
Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2012, volume 13(7), 443-453.

V Davids, DM Blackhurst, AA Katz, EH Harley.
Origins and function of 3-ribosylurate in bovid erythrocytes.
The Veterinary Journal, 2012, volume 192, 326-332.

Lamont K, Blackhurst D, Albertyn Z, Marais D, Lecour S.
Lowering the alcohol content of red wine does not alter its cardioprotective properties.
SAMJ, 2012, volume 102(6), 565-567.

Klug EQ, Raal FJ, Marais AD, Taskinen M-R, Dalby AJ, Schamroth C, Rapeport N, Jankelow D, Blom DJ, Catsicas R, Webb DA.
South African dyslipidaemia guideline consensus statement.
SA Heart 2012;9(2):106-117.

Fierdoz Omar
Essential laboratory knowledge for the clinician.
CME July 2012, Vol 30, 7:244-248

Karen Sliwa, Jasmine G Lyons, Melinda J Carrington, Sandrine Lecour, David Marais, Frederick j Raal, Simon Stewart.
Different lipid profiles according to ethnicity in the Heart of Soweto study cohort of the de novo presentations of heart disease.
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 2012, Vol 23, No7: 389-395.

EP Owen, F Leisegang, A Whitelaw, J Simpson, S Baker, R Wurzner, P Potter, A Orren.
Complement component C5 and C6 mutation screening indicated in meningococcal disease in South Africa.
S Afri Medical J 2012;102 (6):525-527.

L Bohm, AM Serafin, P Fernandez, G van der Watt, PJD Bouic, J Harvey.
Plasma Sarcosin does not distinguish early and advanced stages of prostate cancer.
S Afri Medical J 2012;102 (8):677-679.

Adrian Stephen Wolferstan Tordiff, George van der Watt, Fred Reyers.
Cystine urolithiasis in a caracal (caracal caracal).
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 2012; 43(3): 649-651.

A Orren, EP Owen, HE Henderson, L van der Merwe, F Leisegang, C Stassen, and PC Potter.
Complete deficiency of the sixth complement component (C6Q0), susceptibility to Neisseria meningitides infections and analysis of the frequencies of C6Q0 gene defects in South Africans.
Clinical & Experimental Immunology 2011;167 :459-471.

 



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