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  1. Dysregulation of systemic soluble immune checkpoints in early breast cancer is attenuated following administration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and is associated with recovery of CD27, CD28, CD40, CD80, ICOS and GITR and substantially increased levels o...

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, March 2023, Frontiers

    Prof Pieter Meyer, Prof Helen Carolyn Steel

  2. Pro-Inflammatory Interactions of Dolutegravir with Human Neutrophils in an In Vitro Study

    Article • Molecules, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Pieter Meyer, Prof Helen Carolyn Steel

  3. Dolutegravir potentiates platelet activation by a calcium-dependent, ionophore-like mechanism

    Article • Journal of Immunotoxicology, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Pieter Meyer, Prof Jan Gert Nel

  4. Discrepancies between clinical diagnoses and autopsy findings: A comparative study conducted in South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, November 2022, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  5. Decline in antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 post-vaccination poses a risk to health care workers

    Article • Journal of Infection, September 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Pieter Meyer, Catherine Worsley

  6. Systemic Immune Dysregulation in Early Breast Cancer Is Associated With Decreased Plasma Levels of Both Soluble Co-Inhibitory and Co-Stimulatory Immune Checkpoint Molecules

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, May 2022, Frontiers

    Prof Pieter Meyer, Prof Helen Carolyn Steel

  7. Systemic levels of the soluble co-inhibitory immune checkpoints, CTLA-4, LAG-3, PD-1/PD-L1 and TIM-3 are markedly increased in basal cell carcinoma

    Article • Translational Oncology, May 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Pieter Meyer, Prof Helen Carolyn Steel

  8. Elevated Levels of Soluble CTLA-4, PD-1, PD-L1, LAG-3 and TIM-3 and Systemic Inflammatory Stress as Potential Contributors to Immune Suppression and Generalized Tumorigenesis in a Cohort of South African Xeroderma Pigmentosum Patients

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, February 2022, Frontiers

    Prof Pieter Meyer, Prof Helen Carolyn Steel

  9. Comparative upper-quarter posture analysis of female adolescent freestyle swimmers and non-swimmers

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  10. Evaluation of three different laboratory methods to detect preformed human leukocyte antigen antibodies in a South African kidney transplant population

    Article • African Health Sciences, August 2021, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Prof Pieter Meyer, Prof Helen Carolyn Steel

  11. Virus Etiology, Diversity and Clinical Characteristics in South African Children Hospitalised with Gastroenteritis

    Article • Viruses, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  12. Confirming anaphylaxis postmortem using serodiagnostic tests

    Article • Journal of Clinical Pathology, October 2020, BMJ

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  13. Simple Erosion Narrowing Score of the hands as a predictor of cervical spine subluxation in rheumatoid arthritis

    Article • South African Journal of Radiology, July 2020, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  14. What could be the source of endotoxin that plays a role in the development of rheumatoid arthritis?

    Article • Mediators of Inflammation, November 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof Helen Carolyn Steel, Mohammed Tikly, Prof Pieter Meyer

  15. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) diversity and clinical applications in South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, September 2019, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  16. Interleukin-10 and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist distinguish between patients with sepsis and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)

    Article • Cytokine, August 2019, Elsevier

    Prof Helen Carolyn Steel, Prof Pieter Meyer

  17. Rheumatoid arthritis and risk of cardiovascular disease

    Article • CardioVascular Journal of Africa, October 2018, Clinics Cardive Publishing

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  18. Diagnostic utility of, and influence of tobacco usage and genetic predisposition on, immunoglobulin A, rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated peptide auto-antibodies in South African rheumatoid arthritis patients

    Article • African Health Sciences, June 2018, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  19. Comparison of the diagnostic potential of three anti-citrullinated protein antibodies as adjuncts to rheumatoid factor and CCP in a cohort of South African rheumatoid arthritis patients

    Article • Rheumatology International, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  20. Dilute Russel Viper Venom Time analysis in a Haematology Laboratory: An audit

    Article • International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, April 2018, Wiley

    Welma Kruger, Prof Pieter Meyer, Prof Jan Gert Nel

  21. Early rheumatoid arthritis: focus on RA in the developing world

    Article • South African Family Practice, May 2016, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  22. Deaths from bee stings: a report of three cases from Pretoria, South Africa

    Article • Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  23. Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 in Comparison with Acute Phase Proteins as a Marker of Disease Activity and Radiographic Damage in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Article • Mediators of Inflammation, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  24. Beta-2 microglobulin as a predictor of peripheral arterial disease in diabetes: the effect of estimated glomerular filtration

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  25. Exaggerated circulating Th-1 cytokine response in early rheumatoid arthritis patients with nodules

    Article • Cytokine, November 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  26. Response to traditional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in indigent South Africans with early rheumatoid arthritis

    Article • Clinical Rheumatology, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Pieter Meyer

  27. Prediction of outcome in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia: comparison of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer risk-index score with procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, serum amyloid A, and interleukins-1β, -6, -8 and -10

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, November 2007, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof Pieter Meyer