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

DB Kell, GJ Laubscher, E Pretorius - Biochemical Journal, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Post-acute sequelae of COVID (PASC), usually referred to as 'Long COVID'(a phenotype of
COVID-19), is a relatively frequent consequence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, in which …

Diagnostic morphology: biophysical indicators for iron-driven inflammatory diseases

E Pretorius, DB Kell - Integrative Biology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Most non-communicable diseases involve inflammatory changes in one or more vascular
systems, and there is considerable evidence that unliganded iron plays major roles in this …

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

E Pretorius, C Venter, GJ Laubscher, MJ Kotze… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - Springer
Background Fibrin (ogen) amyloid microclots and platelet hyperactivation previously
reported as a novel finding in South African patients with the coronavirus 2019 disease …

Acute induction of anomalous and amyloidogenic blood clotting by molecular amplification of highly substoichiometric levels of bacterial lipopolysaccharide

E Pretorius, S Mbotwe, J Bester… - Journal of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Combined triple treatment of fibrin amyloid microclots and platelet pathology in individuals with Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) can …

E Pretorius, C Venter, GJ Laubscher, MJ Kotze… - 2021 - europepmc.org
We recognise that fibrin (ogen) amyloid microclots and platelet hyperactivation, that we have
previously observed in COVID-19 and Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 …

The simultaneous occurrence of both hypercoagulability and hypofibrinolysis in blood and serum during systemic inflammation, and the roles of iron and fibrin (ogen)

DB Kell, E Pretorius - Integrative Biology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Although the two phenomena are usually studied separately, we summarise a considerable
body of literature to the effect that a great many diseases involve (or are accompanied by) …

Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes is accompanied by significant morphological and ultrastructural changes in both erythrocytes and in thrombin-generated fibrin …

E Pretorius, J Bester, N Vermeulen… - Cardiovascular …, 2015 - Springer
We have noted in previous work, in a variety of inflammatory diseases, where iron
dysregulation occurs, a strong tendency for erythrocytes to lose their normal discoid shape …

Eryptosis as a marker of Parkinson's disease

E Pretorius, AC Swanepoel, AV Buys… - Aging (Albany …, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A major trend in recent Parkinson's disease (PD) research is the investigation of biological
markers that could help in identifying at-risk individuals or to track disease progression and …

Evaluation of fibrin-based interpenetrating polymer networks as potential biomaterials for tissue engineering

O Gsib, JL Duval, M Goczkowski, M Deneufchatel… - Nanomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) have gained great attention for a number of
biomedical applications due to their improved properties compared to individual …

An investigation into the pleiotropic activity of metformin. A glimpse of haemostasis

M Markowicz-Piasecka, A Sadkowska… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The most characteristic features of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are hyperglycaemia and
insulin resistance, however, patients with T2DM are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease …