The dormant blood microbiome in chronic, inflammatory diseases M Potgieter, J Bester, DB Kell, E Pretorius FEMS microbiology reviews 39 (4), 567-591, 2015 | 427 | 2015 |
Effects of IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 on erythrocytes, platelets and clot viscoelasticity J Bester, E Pretorius Scientific reports 6 (1), 32188, 2016 | 323 | 2016 |
A comprehensive review on eryptosis E Pretorius, JN du Plooy, J Bester Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry 39 (5), 1977-2000, 2016 | 198 | 2016 |
The inflammatory effects of TNF-α and complement component 3 on coagulation MJ Page, J Bester, E Pretorius Scientific reports 8 (1), 1812, 2018 | 128 | 2018 |
Erythrocytes and their role as health indicator: Using structure in a patient-orientated precision medicine approach E Pretorius, O Oore-ofe, S Mbotwe, J Bester Blood reviews 30 (4), 263-274, 2016 | 103 | 2016 |
Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes is accompanied by significant morphological and ultrastructural changes in both erythrocytes and in thrombin-generated fibrin: implications … E Pretorius, J Bester, N Vermeulen, S Alummoottil, P Soma, AV Buys, ... Cardiovascular diabetology 14, 1-20, 2015 | 95 | 2015 |
Acute induction of anomalous and amyloidogenic blood clotting by molecular amplification of highly substoichiometric levels of bacterial lipopolysaccharide E Pretorius, S Mbotwe, J Bester, CJ Robinson, DB Kell Journal of the Royal Society interface 13 (122), 20160539, 2016 | 91 | 2016 |
Viscoelastic and ultrastructural characteristics of whole blood and plasma in Alzheimer-type dementia, and the possible role of bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) J Bester, P Soma, DB Kell, E Pretorius Oncotarget 6 (34), 35284, 2015 | 84 | 2015 |
Simultaneous presence of hypercoagulation and increased clot lysis time due to IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 J Bester, C Matshailwe, E Pretorius Cytokine 110, 237-242, 2018 | 82 | 2018 |
Profound morphological changes in the erythrocytes and fibrin networks of patients with hemochromatosis or with hyperferritinemia, and their normalization by iron chelators and … E Pretorius, J Bester, N Vermeulen, B Lipinski, GS Gericke, DB Kell PloS one 9 (1), e85271, 2014 | 74 | 2014 |
High ferritin levels have major effects on the morphology of erythrocytes in Alzheimer's disease J Bester, AV Buys, B Lipinski, DB Kell, E Pretorius Frontiers in aging neuroscience 5, 88, 2013 | 71 | 2013 |
Oxidation inhibits iron-induced blood coagulation E Pretorius, J Bester, N Vermeulen, B Lipinski Current drug targets 14 (1), 13-19, 2013 | 68 | 2013 |
A bacterial component to Alzheimer’s-type dementia seen via a systems biology approach that links iron dysregulation and inflammagen shedding to disease E Pretorius, J Bester, DB Kell Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 53 (4), 1237-1256, 2016 | 65 | 2016 |
A novel method for assessing the role of iron and its functional chelation in fibrin fibril formation: the use of scanning electron microscopy E Pretorius, N Vermeulen, J Bester, B Lipinski, DB Kell Toxicology mechanisms and methods 23 (5), 352-359, 2013 | 65 | 2013 |
Blood clot parameters: Thromboelastography and scanning electron microscopy in research and clinical practice E Pretorius, AC Swanepoel, S DeVilliers, J Bester Thrombosis research 154, 59-63, 2017 | 48 | 2017 |
The potential of LPS-binding protein to reverse amyloid formation in plasma fibrin of individuals with Alzheimer-type dementia E Pretorius, J Bester, MJ Page, DB Kell Frontiers in aging neuroscience 10, 257, 2018 | 41 | 2018 |
Novel diagnostic and monitoring tools in stroke: an individualized patient-centered precision medicine approach S De Villiers, A Swanepoel, J Bester, E Pretorius Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis 23 (5), 493-504, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
Interleukin‐12 and its procoagulant effect on erythrocytes, platelets and fibrin (ogen): the lesser known side of inflammation MJ Page, J Bester, E Pretorius British journal of haematology 180 (1), 110-117, 2018 | 30 | 2018 |
Albumin stabilizes fibrin fiber ultrastructure in low serum albumin type 2 diabetes E Pretorius, B Lipinski, J Bester, N Vermeulen, P Soma Ultrastructural pathology 37 (4), 254-257, 2013 | 29 | 2013 |
Viscoelasticity as a measurement of clot structure in poorly controlled type 2 diabetes patients: towards a precision and personalized medicine approach E Pretorius, J Bester Oncotarget 7 (32), 50895, 2016 | 25 | 2016 |