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Browsing Research Articles (Physiology) by Title
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Visagie, M.H. (Michelle Helen); Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Joubert, Annie M.
(Wiley, 2014)
Microtubules are important targets when studying potential anticancer agents since disturbance of these microtubule dynamics results in cell cycle arrest and cell death. 2-Methoxyestradiol is a naturally occurring metabolite ...
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Visagie, M.H. (Michelle Helen); Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Joubert, Annie M.
(BioMed Central, 2015-04-22)
INTRODUCTION : Research involving antimitotic compounds identified 2-methoxyestradiol (2ME2), as a promising anticancer
endogenous metabolite. Owing to its low bioavailability, several in silico-designed 2ME2 analogues ...
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Visagie, M.H. (Michelle Helen); Joubert, Annie M.
(Springer, 2011-11)
In anticancer research where the focus is on
finding agents that induces cell death while leaving nontumorigenic
cells less affected, a novel 2-methoxyestradiol
derivative has come forth. 2-Methoxyestradiol-bis-sulfam ...
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Mqoco, T.V. (Thandi Vuyelwa); Marais, Sumari; Joubert, Annie M.
(Biomedical Research Press, 2013)
2-Methoxyestradiol-bis-sulphamate (2-MeOE2bisMATE) is a bis-sulphamoylated analogue
of a biological estradiol metabolite, 2-methoxyestradiol (2ME2) with potential as an anticancer
drug. The aim of this in vitro study was ...
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Visagie, M.H. (Michelle Helen); Joubert, Annie M.
(BioMed Central, 2012-08-20)
BACKGROUND: Anticancer research resulted in the discovery of a promising antimitotic metabolite,
2-methoxyestradiol. 2-Methoxyestradiol-bis-sulphamate, a bis-sulphamoylated analogue exerts antiproliferative- and
antimitotic ...
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Marais, Sumari; Stander, Barend Andre; Joubert, Annie M.
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013)
2-MEBM induced apoptosis and autophagy in HeLa cells
and also disrupted the cellular microtubule network. This contributes to the understanding of the in vitro mechanism of action of 2MEBM as a potential anticancer drug.
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Mqoco, T.V. (Thandi Vuyelwa); Marais, Sumari; Joubert, Annie M.
(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2012)
Future in vitro studies into the
mechanism of this potentially anticancer drug are warranted.
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Ker, James A.; Du Toit, Lorraine
(BioMed Central, 2009-10)
Originally described in 1953, today the so-called J-wave is the source of much controversy. As a
marker of so-called "early repolarization", this variant has been regarded as a totally benign variant since the 1960's. ...
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Claassen, Nico; Kok, R.
(South African Society of Occupational Medicine, 2007)
The WBGT index is the heat stress index of preference in the Occupational Health and Safety Act,No. 85 of 1993. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if equivalent WBGT values with low and high relative humidity ...
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Ker, James A.
(Media 24, 2015-04)
Abundant evidence from randomised controlled trials has documented that antihypertensive
drug treatment is of benefit in reducing cardiovascular (CV) events in people with hypertension.
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Kasonga, Abe E.; Kruger, Marlena C.; Coetzee, Magdalena
(MDPI Publishing, 2019-04-11)
Osteoclasts are the sole bone resorbing cell in the body and their over activity is key in
the development of osteoporosis. Osteoclastogenesis is mediated by receptor activator of nuclear
factor B ligand (RANKL) signalling ...
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Pretorius, Etheresia; Mbotwe, Sthembile; Bester, Janette; Robinson, Christopher J.; Kell, Douglas B.
(The Royal Society, 2016)
It is well known that a variety of inflammatory diseases are accompanied by
hypercoagulability, and a number of more-or-less longer-term signalling pathways
have been shown to be involved. In recent work, we have suggested ...
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Masingi, Ntsakisi I.; Laher, Zaheer; Pretorius, Etheresia
(Wiley, 2017-03)
A 60-year-old human immunodeficiency virus-positive woman presented with splenomegaly.
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Velleman, Mark D.; Jansen van Rensburg, Audrey; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Strauss, Org
(Edizione Minerva Medica, 2015-09)
A 28-year-old male rugby player presented with severe onset of right hip pain when he fell awkward after a ruck during an international match. A rare case of an acute strain of the obturator internus muscle, a deep muscle ...
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Snyders, Carolette; Pyne, David B.; Sewry, Nicola Ann; Hull, James H.; Kaulback, Kelly; Schwellnus, Martin Peter
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)
OBJECTIVE : To determine the days until return to sport (RTS) after acute respiratory illness (ARill), frequency of time loss after ARill resulting in >1 day lost from training/competition, and symptom duration (days) of ...
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Nolte, Heinrich W.; Nolte, Kim; Hew-Butler, Tamara
(BioMed Central, 2019-01)
BACKGROUND: It remains unclear if ad libitum water drinking, as a hydration strategy, prevents exercise-associated
hyponatremia (EAH) during prolonged exercise. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of EAH ...
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Pretorius, Etheresia
(BioMed Central, 2013-04-11)
The most important function of red blood cells (RBCs) is the carrying of oxygen, but they are also involved in
inflammatory processes and during coagulation. RBCs are extremely deformable and elastic, as they are exposed ...
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Ayeleso, Ademola O.; Lembede, Busisani W.; Nyakudya, Trevor Tapiwa; Adepoju, Ayodeji E.; Chegou, Novel N.; Mukwevho, Emmanuel
(Pharmacotherapy Group, 2020-05)
PURPOSE : To investigate the potential prophylactic effect of S-allyl cysteine (SAC), found in garlic
(Allium sativum), against the development of apro-inflammatory status induced by diet in neonatal rats
later on in ...
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Janse van Rensburg, Maxine; Bester, Megan; Van Rooy, Mia-Jeanne; Oberholzer, Hester Magdalena
(Sage, 2023-08)
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a common global cause of death and are therefore a major health concern. Inhaled or ingested environmental heavy metals contribute to the development of CVD. The aim of this study was to ...
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Draper, Maxine; Bester, Megan; Van Rooy, Mia-Jeanne; Oberholzer, Hester Magdalena
(Taylor and Francis, 2023)
Exposure to environmental metal pollutants is linked to oxidative stress and the subsequent development of neurological disease. In this study, the effects of copper, manganese, and mercury, were evaluated at X100 the World ...