Combing biophysical and 'omics methods for understanding the basis of blood clotting and haemostasis, and how to modify it
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
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Publications
Vuuren MJV
(2020)
Iron Dysregulation and Inflammagens Related to Oral and Gut Health Are Central to the Development of Parkinson's Disease.
in Biomolecules
Visser MJE
(2019)
Bacterial Dysbiosis and Translocation in Psoriasis Vulgaris.
in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology
Pretorius L
(2018)
Iron Dysregulation and Dormant Microbes as Causative Agents for Impaired Blood Rheology and Pathological Clotting in Alzheimer's Type Dementia.
in Frontiers in neuroscience
Pretorius E
(2022)
Prevalence of symptoms, comorbidities, fibrin amyloid microclots and platelet pathology in individuals with Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC).
in Cardiovascular diabetology
Pretorius E
(2015)
Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes is accompanied by significant morphological and ultrastructural changes in both erythrocytes and in thrombin-generated fibrin: implications for diagnostics.
in Cardiovascular diabetology
Pretorius E
(2018)
Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) can reverse the amyloid state of fibrin seen or induced in Parkinson's disease.
in PloS one
Pretorius E
(2018)
The Potential of LPS-Binding Protein to Reverse Amyloid Formation in Plasma Fibrin of Individuals With Alzheimer-Type Dementia.
in Frontiers in aging neuroscience
Pretorius E
(2014)
Eryptosis as a marker of Parkinson's disease
in Aging
Pretorius E
(2017)
Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) reverses the amyloid state of fibrin seen in plasma of type 2 diabetics with cardiovascular co-morbidities.
in Scientific reports
Description | Discovery of amyloid formation by clotting blood. Absolutely humungous discovery. Novel methods for analysing blood in control and unhealthy individuals. In particular, we discovered that blood clots into an unusual form, known as an amyloid form, and this has huge implications. |
Exploitation Route | Novel diagnostics. |
Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Healthcare,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
Description | Stellenbosch |
Organisation | University of Stellenbosch |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Prof Douglas Kell appointed Extraordinary (Honorary) Professor, Department of Physiological Science, Stellenbosch University. Collaborative research in the areas of anti-microbial resistance, membrane transporters, dormant microbes as elements of supposedly non-communicable diseases, iron dysregulation, and enzyme improvement. |
Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of knowledge and analytical facilities at Stellenbosch and Liverpool. |
Impact | See publications. |
Start Year | 2017 |