PUBLICATIONS SINCE
1980
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AUTHORED BY
MEMBERS OF THE UCT PORPHYRIA LABORATORY
SINCE 1980
As recorded
on the PubMed
database
Davids
LM, Corrigall AV, Meissner PN. Mitochondrial
targeting of human protoporphyrinogen
oxidase. Cell Biol Int. 2006 May;30(5):416-26.
Corradi
HR, Corrigall AV, Boix E, Mohan
CG, Sturrock ED, Meissner PN, Acharya
KR. Crystal structure of protoporphyrinogen
oxidase from Myxococcus xanthus
and its complex with the inhibitor
acifluorfen. J Biol Chem. 2006 Dec
15;281(50):38625-33.
Hift RJ, Meissner PN. An analysis
of 112 acute porphyric attacks in cape
town, South Africa: evidence that acute
intermittent porphyria and variegate porphyria
differ in susceptibility and severity.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2005 Jan;84(1):48-60.
Hift
RJ, Meissner D, Meissner PN.
A systematic study of the clinical
and biochemical expression of variegate
porphyria in a large South African
family. Br J Dermatol. 2004 Aug;151(2):465-71.
Hift
RJ, Davidson BP, van der Hooft C, Meissner
DM, Meissner PN. Plasma fluorescence
scanning and fecal porphyrin analysis
for the diagnosis of variegate porphyria:
precise determination of sensitivity and
specificity with detection of protoporphyrinogen
oxidase mutations as a reference standard.
Clin Chem. 2004 May;50(5):915-23. Epub
2004 Feb 19.
Hift
RJ, Todd G, Meissner PN, Kirsch RE.
Administration of oral activated charcoal
in variegate porphyria results in a paradoxical
clinical and biochemical deterioration.
Br J Dermatol. 2003 Dec;149(6):1266-9.
Maneli
MH, Corrigall AV, Klump HH, Davids
LM, Kirsch RE, Meissner PN.
Kinetic and physical characterisation
of recombinant wild-type and mutant
human protoporphyrinogen oxidases.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2003 Aug 21;1650(1-2):10-21.
Hift
RJ, Corrigall AV, Hancock V, Kannemeyer
J, Kirsch RE, Meissner PN. Porphyria
cutanea tarda: the etiological importance
of mutations in the HFE gene and
viral infection is population-dependent.
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand).
2002 Dec;48(8):853-9.
Medlock
AE, Meissner PN, Davidson BP, Corrigall
AV, Dailey HA. A mouse model
for South African (R59W) variegate
porphyria: construction and initial
characterization. Cell Mol Biol
(Noisy-le-grand). 2002 Feb;48(1):71-8.
Elder
GH, Hift RJ. Treatment of acute
porphyria. Hosp Med. 2001 Jul;62(7):422-5.
Review.
Corrigall
AV, Hift RJ, Davids LM, Hancock
V, Meissner D, Kirsch RE, Meissner
PN. Identification of the first
variegate porphyria mutation in
an indigenous black South African
and further evidence for heterogeneity
in variegate porphyria. Mol Genet
Metab. 2001 May;73(1):91-6.
James
MF, Hift RJ. Porphyrias. Br
J Anaesth. 2000 Jul;85(1):143-53.
Review. No abstract available.
Corrigall
AV, Hift RJ, Davids LM, Hancock
V, Meissner D, Kirsch RE, Meissner
PN. Homozygous variegate porphyria
in South Africa: genotypic analysis
in two cases. Mol Genet Metab. 2000
Apr;69(4):323-30.
Hift
RJ. The diagnosis of porphyria.
S Afr Med J. 1999 Jun;89(6):611-4.
No abstract available.
Ong
PM, Lanyon WG, Hift RJ, Halkett
J, Cramp CE, Moore MR, Connor JM.
Identification of two novel mutations
in the hydroxymethylbilane synthase
gene in three patients from two
unrelated families with acute intermittent
porphyria. Hum Hered. 1998 Jan-Feb;48(1):24-9.
Corrigall
AV, Hift RJ, Hancock V, Meissner
D, Davids L, Kirsch RE, Meissner
PN. Identification and characterisation
of a deletion (537delAT) in the
protoporphyrinogen oxidase gene
in a South African variegate porphyria
family. Hum Mutat. 1998;12(6):403-7.
Kirsch
RE, Meissner PN, Hift RJ. Variegate
porphyria. Semin Liver Dis. 1998;18(1):33-41.
Review.
Ong
PM, Lanyon WG, Graham G, Hift RJ,
Halkett J, Moore MR, Connor JM.
Acute intermittent porphyria: the
in vitro expression of mutant hydroxymethylbilane
synthase. Mol Cell Probes. 1997
Aug;11(4):293-6.
Pretorius
C, du Toit JJ, du Preez JC, Meissner
PN. Diagnosis of variegate porphyria
at birth by demonstration of the
R59W mutation. S Afr Med J. 1997
Jun;87(6):763, 765. No abstract
available.
Hift
RJ, Meissner PN, Corrigall AV, Ziman
MR, Petersen LA, Meissner DM, Davidson
BP, Sutherland J, Dailey HA, Kirsch
RE. Variegate porphyria in South
Africa, 1688-1996--new developments
in an old disease. S Afr Med J.
1997 Jun;87(6):722-31. Review.
Elder
GH, Hift RJ, Meissner PN. The
acute porphyrias. Lancet. 1997 May
31;349(9065):1613-7. Review. No
abstract available.
Hift
RJ, Meissner PN, Kirsch RE.
The clinical diagnosis, prevention
and management of the hepatic porphyrias.
Trop Gastroenterol. 1997 Apr-Jun;18(2):41-4.
Review. No abstract available.
Moore
MR, Hift RJ. Drugs in the acute
porphyrias--toxicogenetic diseases.
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand).
1997 Feb;43(1):89-94.
Warnich
L, Meissner PN, Hift RJ, Louw JH,
van Heerden CJ, Retief AE. Mapping
of the variegate porphyria (VP)
gene: contradictory evidence for
linkage between VP and microsatellite
markers at chromosome 14q32. Hum
Genet. 1996 May;97(5):690-2.
Meissner
PN, Dailey TA, Hift RJ, Ziman M,
Corrigall AV, Roberts AG, Meissner
DM, Kirsch RE, Dailey HA. A
R59W mutation in human protoporphyrinogen
oxidase results in decreased enzyme
activity and is prevalent in South
Africans with variegate porphyria.
Nat Genet. 1996 May;13(1):95-7.
Ong
PM, Lanyon WG, Hift RJ, Halkett
J, Moore MR, Mgone CS, Connor JM.
Detection of four mutations in six
unrelated South African patients
with acute intermittent porphyria.
Mol Cell Probes. 1996 Feb;10(1):57-61.
Dailey
TA, Dailey HA, Meissner P, Prasad
AR. Cloning, sequence, and expression
of mouse protoporphyrinogen oxidase.
Arch Biochem Biophys. 1995 Dec 20;324(2):379-84.
Bensidhoum
M, Ged C, Hombrados I, Moreau-Gaudry
F, Hift RS, Meissner P, Sturrock
ED, de Verneuil H. Identification
of two new mutations in congenital
erythropoietic porphyria. Eur J
Hum Genet. 1995;3(2):102-7.
Corrigall
AV, Hift RJ, Adams PA, Kirsch RE.
Inhibition of mammalian protoporphyrinogen
oxidase by acifluorfen. Biochem
Mol Biol Int. 1994 Dec;34(6):1283-9.
Hift
RJ, Meissner PN, Todd G. Hepatoerythropoietic
porphyria precipitated by viral
hepatitis. Gut. 1993 Nov;34(11):1632-4.
Hift
RJ, Meissner PN, Todd G, Kirby P,
Bilsland D, Collins P, Ferguson
J, Moore MR. Homozygous variegate
porphyria: an evolving clinical
syndrome. Postgrad Med J. 1993 Oct;69(816):781-6.
Review. Erratum in: Postgrad Med
J 1994 Nov;70(829):855.
Hift
RJ, Meissner PN, Kirsch RE.
The effect of oral activated charcoal
on the course of congenital erythropoietic
porphyria. Br J Dermatol. 1993 Jul;129(1):14-7.
Harrison
GG, Meissner PN, Hift RJ. Anaesthesia
for the porphyric patient. Anaesthesia.
1993 May;48(5):417-21. Review. No
abstract available.
Meissner
P, Adams P, Kirsch R. Allosteric
inhibition of human lymphoblast
and purified porphobilinogen deaminase
by protoporphyrinogen and coproporphyrinogen.
A possible mechanism for the acute
attack of variegate porphyria. J
Clin Invest. 1993 Apr;91(4):1436-44.
Thunell
S, Floderus Y, Henrichson A, Moore
MR, Meissner P, Sinclair J.
Alcoholic beverages in acute porphyria.
J Stud Alcohol. 1992 May;53(3):272-6.
Meissner
PN, Harrison GG, Hift RJ. Propofol
as an i.v. anaesthetic induction
agent in variegate porphyria. Br
J Anaesth. 1991 Jan;66(1):60-5.
Hift
R, Sohnius U, Meissner PN. Safety
of vancomycin in acute porphyria.
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1990 Feb;29(2):273-5.
Sturrock
ED, Meissner PN, Maeder DL, Kirsch
RE. Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
and protoporphyrinogen oxidase in
dual porphyria. S Afr Med J. 1989
Oct 21;76(8):405-8.
Hift
RJ, Meissner PN. Acute intermittent
porphyria--an underdiagnosed cause
of abdominal pain. S Afr Med J.
1989 Jul 15;76(2):44-5. No abstract
available.
Hift
RJ, Meissner PN, Straughan J.
Prophylaxis and treatment of malaria
in people with the acute porphyrias.
S Afr Med J. 1988 Oct 1;74(7):321-2.
No abstract available.
Meissner
PN, Meissner DM, Sturrock ED, Davidson
B, Kirsch RE. Porphyria--the
UCT experience. S Afr Med J. 1987
Dec 5;72(11):755-61. Review.
Meissner
PN, Day RS, Moore MR, Disler PB,
Harley E. Protoporphyrinogen
oxidase and porphobilinogen deaminase
in variegate porphyria. Eur J Clin
Invest. 1986 Jun;16(3):257-61.
Harrison
GG, Moore MR, Meissner PN. Porphyrinogenicity
of etomidate and ketamine as continuous
infusions. Screening in the DDC-primed
rat model. Br J Anaesth. 1985 Apr;57(4):420-3.
[No
authors listed] Porphyria. Festschrift
to Professor Lennox Eales. Clin
Dermatol. 1985 Apr-Jun;3(2):1-163.
No abstract available.
Moore
MR, Disler PB. Chemistry and
biochemistry of the porphyrins and
porphyrias. Clin Dermatol. 1985
Apr-Jun;3(2):7-23. No abstract available.
Moore
MR, Disler PB. Biochemical diagnosis
of the porphyrias. Clin Dermatol.
1985 Apr-Jun;3(2):24-40. No abstract
available.
Disler
PB, Moore MR. Drug therapy in
the acute porphyrias. Clin Dermatol.
1985 Apr-Jun;3(2):112-24. No abstract
available.
Disler
PB, Moore MR. The acute attack
of porphyria. Clin Dermatol. 1985
Apr-Jun;3(2):103-11. No abstract
available.
Day
RS. Diagnosing porphyria using
magnetic circular dichroism. S Afr
Med J. 1984 May 5;65(18):713-4.
No abstract available.
Day
RS. Use of magnetic circular
dichroism in the diagnosis of porphyria.
Clin Chem. 1984 May;30(5):811-3.
No abstract available.
Disler
PB, Lee GK, Blekkenhorst GH, Jacobs
P, Graves J. Serum ferritin
levels in patients with porphyria
cutanea tarda. Dermatologica. 1984;168(1):16-8.
Disler
PB, Blekkenhorst GH, Eales L. The
biochemical diagnosis of the porphyrias.
Int J Dermatol. 1984 Jan-Feb;23(1):2-10.
Review. No abstract available.
King
J, Day RS, Milne FJ, Bezwoda WR,
Viljoen JD, Kramer S. Delayed
onset of overt porphyria cutanea
tarda in a patient on long-term
haemodialysis. A case report. S
Afr Med J. 1983 May 7;63(19):743-6.
Day
RS, Strauss PC. Severe cutaneous
porphyria in a 12-year-old boy:
hepatoerythropoietic or symptomatic
porphyria? Arch Dermatol. 1982 Sep;118(9):663-7.
Day
RS, Eales L, Meissner D. Coexistent
variegate porphyria and porphyria
cutanea tarda. N Engl J Med. 1982
Jul 1;307(1):36-41. No abstract
available.
Disler
P, Day R, Burman N, Blekkenhorst
G, Eales L. Treatment of hemodialysis-related
porphyria cutanea tarda with plasma
exchange. Am J Med. 1982 Jun;72(6):989-93.
Disler
PB, Blekkenhorst GH. Drugs and
the porphyrias. S Afr Med J. 1982
May 1;61(18):645-6. No abstract
available.
Disler
PB, Blekkenhorst GH, Eales L, Moore
MR, Straughan J. Guidelines
for drug prescription in patients
with the acute porphyrias. S Afr
Med J. 1982 May 1;61(18):656-60.
Review.
Day
RS, Eales L. Acute intermittent
porphyria. S Afr Med J. 1982 Feb
20;61(8):260-1. No abstract available.
Disler
PB, Eales L. The acute attack
of porphyria. S Afr Med J. 1982
Jan 16;61(3):82-4. Review.
Day
RS, Eales L. Porphyrins in renal
transplantation. Nephron. 1982;30(1):22-7.
Disler
P, Day B, Blekkenhorst G, Eales
L. Photosensitivity in erythropoietic
protoporphyria and porphyria cutanea
tarda. N Engl J Med. 1981 May 28;304(22):1363-4.
No abstract available.
Blekkenhorst
GH, Day RS, Eales L. Studies
on erythrocyte porphobilinogen deaminase
and uroporphyrinogen cosynthetase
in porphyria cutanea tarda. Int
J Biochem. 1981;13(8):963-6. No
abstract available.
Day
RS, Eales L, Disler PB. Porphyrias
and the kidney. Nephron. 1981;28(6):261-7.
Review. No abstract available.
Day
RS, Blekkenhorst GH, Eales L.
Hepatic porphyrins in variegate
porphyria. N Engl J Med. 1980 Dec
4;303(23):1368-9. No abstract available.
Day
RS, Disler PB, Eales L. Porphyria
cutanea tarda and beta-thalassaemia
minor with iron overload. Br Med
J. 1980 Sep 20;281(6243):809. No
abstract available.
Eales
L, Disler P, Day RS. The diagnosis
of pulmonary tuberculosis. S Afr
Med J. 1980 Aug 23;58(8):308. No
abstract available.
Blekkenhorst
GH, Harrison GG, Cook ES, Eales
L. Screening of certain anaesthetic
agents for their ability to elicit
acute porphyric phases in susceptible
patients. Br J Anaesth. 1980 Aug;52(8):759-62.
Blekkenhorst
GH, Cook ES, Eales L. Drug safety
in porphyria. Lancet. 1980 Jun 21;1(8182):1367.
No abstract available.
Eales
L. Liver involvement in erythropoietic
protoporphyria (EP). Int J Biochem.
1980;12(5-6):915-23. No abstract
available.
Eales
L, Day RS, Blekkenhorst GH.
The clinical and biochemical features
of variegate porphyria: an analysis
of 300 cases studied at Groote Schuur
Hospital, Cape Town. Int J Biochem.
1980;12(5-6):837-53. No abstract
available.
Eales
L, Grosser Y. Unusual porphyrins
in porphyric bullous fluid. Int
J Biochem. 1980;12(5-6):1059-65.
No abstract available.
Blekkenhorst
GH, Day RS, Eales L. The effect
of bleeding and iron administration
on the development of hexachlorobenzene-induced
rat porphyria. Int J Biochem. 1980;12(5-6):1013-7.
No abstract available.
Day
RS, Blekkenhorst GH, Eales L.
Drug induced acute porphyric episodes
in rats. Int J Biochem. 1980;12(5-6):1007-11.
No abstract available.
Day
RS, Eales L. Porphyrins in chronic
renal failure. Nephron. 1980;26(2):90-5.
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