Etheresia Pretorius

Research interests

Publications

• Long COVID: pathophysiological factors and abnormalities of coagulation

  Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2023 · 10.1016/j.tem.2023.03.002

• SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)

  Nature Immunology · 2023 · 10.1038/s41590-023-01601-2

• Proteomics of fibrin amyloid microclots in long COVID/post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) shows many entrapped pro-inflammatory molecules that may also contribute to a failed fibrinolytic system

  Cardiovascular Diabetology · 2022 · 10.1186/s12933-022-01623-4

• Long COVID: mechanisms, risk factors and recovery

  Experimental Physiology · 2022 · 10.1113/ep090802

• The Role of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Cell Signalling in Chronic Inflammation

  Chronic Stress · 2022 · 10.1177/24705470221076390

• Prevalence of symptoms, comorbidities, fibrin amyloid microclots and platelet pathology in individuals with Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)

  Cardiovascular Diabetology · 2022 · 10.1186/s12933-022-01579-5

• A central role for amyloid fibrin microclots in long COVID/PASC: Origins and therapeutic implications

  Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU) · 2022

• Persistent clotting protein pathology in Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is accompanied by increased levels of antiplasmin

  Cardiovascular Diabetology · 2021 · 10.1186/s12933-021-01359-7

• SARS-CoV-2 spike protein S1 induces fibrin(ogen) resistant to fibrinolysis: implications for microclot formation in COVID-19

  Bioscience Reports · 2021 · 10.1042/bsr20210611

• The Biology of Lactoferrin, an Iron-Binding Protein That Can Help Defend Against Viruses and Bacteria

  Frontiers in Immunology · 2020 · 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01221

• The biology of ergothioneine, an antioxidant nutraceutical

  Nutrition Research Reviews · 2020 · 10.1017/s0954422419000301

• Covid-19: The Rollercoaster of Fibrin(Ogen), D-Dimer, Von Willebrand Factor, P-Selectin and Their Interactions with Endothelial Cells, Platelets and Erythrocytes

  International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2020 · 10.3390/ijms21145168

• Inflammatory cytokines in type 2 diabetes mellitus as facilitators of hypercoagulation and abnormal clot formation

  Cardiovascular Diabetology · 2019 · 10.1186/s12933-019-0870-9

• Microbes and Alzheimer’s Disease

  Journal of Alzheimer s Disease · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.3233/jad-160152

• Effects of IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 on erythrocytes, platelets and clot viscoelasticity

  Scientific Reports · 2016 · 10.1038/srep32188

• A Comprehensive Review on Eryptosis

  Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry · 2016 · 10.1159/000447895

• On the translocation of bacteria and their lipopolysaccharides between blood and peripheral locations in chronic, inflammatory diseases: the central roles of LPS and LPS-induced cell death

  Integrative Biology · 2015 · 10.1039/c5ib00158g

• The dormant blood microbiome in chronic, inflammatory diseases

  FEMS Microbiology Reviews · 2015 · 10.1093/femsre/fuv013

• Serum ferritin is an important inflammatory disease marker, as it is mainly a leakage product from damaged cells

  Metallomics · 2014 · 10.1039/c3mt00347g

• Diagnostic morphology: biophysical indicators for iron-driven inflammatory diseases

  Integrative Biology · 2014 · 10.1039/c4ib00025k

• Activated intestinal macrophages in patients with cirrhosis release NO and IL-6 that may disrupt intestinal barrier function

  Journal of Hepatology · 2013 · 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.01.038

• Changes in red blood cell membrane structure in type 2 diabetes: a scanning electron and atomic force microscopy study

  Cardiovascular Diabetology · 2013 · 10.1186/1475-2840-12-25

• Direct and indirect cellular effects of aspartame on the brain

  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2007 · 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602866

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