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Turner, Simone, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Khan, M Asad, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2023) Accelerating discovery: A novel flow cytometric method for detecting fibrin(ogen) amyloid microclots using long COVID as a model. Heliyon, 9 (9). e19605-e19605.

Grobler, Corlia, van Tongeren, Marvi, Gettemans, Jan, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2023) Alzheimer's Disease: A Systems View Provides a Unifying Explanation of Its Development. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 91 (1). pp. 43-70.

Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2023) Are fibrinaloid microclots a cause of autoimmunity in Long Covid and other post-infection diseases? BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 480 (15). pp. 1217-1240.

Bezuidenhout, Johannes, Venter, Chantelle, Roberts, Timothy, Tarr, Gareth, Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia ORCID: 0000-0002-9108-2384 (2020) The Atypical Fibrin Fibre Network in Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Relation to Autoimmunity, Inflammation and Thrombosis. [Preprint]

Vuuren, Marthinus Janse van, Nell, Theodore Albertus, Carr, Jonathan Ambrose, Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2020) Bacteria, Lipopolysaccharides, Amyloid and the Role of Iron Dysregulation in Parkinson’s Disease. Biomolecules.

Visser, Maria JE, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2019) Bacterial Dysbiosis and Translocation in Psoriasis Vulgaris. FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY, 9. 7-.

Grobler, Corlia, Bredenkamp, Jhade, Grobbelaar, Mireille, Maphumulo, Sipho, Laubscher, Jaco, Steenkamp, Janami, Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia ORCID: 0000-0002-9108-2384 (2020) COVID-19: The Rollercoaster of Fibrin(ogen), D-dimer, von Willebrand Factor, P-selectin and Their Interactions with Endothelial Cells, Platelets and Erythrocytes.

Nunes, Jean M, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2023) Cardiovascular and haematological pathology in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): A role for viruses. BLOOD REVIEWS, 60. 101075-.

de Waal, Greta M, Engelbrecht, Lize, Davis, Tanja, de Villiers, Willem JS, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2018) Correlative Light-Electron Microscopy detects lipopolysaccharide and its association with fibrin fibres in Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8 (1). 16798-.

Grobler, Corlia, Maphumulo, Siphosethu C, Grobbelaar, L Mireille, Bredenkamp, Jhade C, Laubscher, Gert J, Lourens, Petrus J, Steenkamp, Janami, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2020) 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, 21 (14). E5168-.

Oladejo, Sunday O, Watson, Liam R, Watson, Bruce W, Rajaratnam, Kanshukan, Kotze, Maritha J, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2023) Data sharing: A Long COVID perspective, challenges, and road map for the future. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 119 (5-6).

Bezuidenhout, Johannes A, Venter, Chantelle, Roberts, Timothy J, Tarr, Gareth, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2020) Detection of Citrullinated Fibrin in Plasma Clots of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Its Relation to Altered Structural Clot Properties, Disease-Related Inflammation and Prothrombotic Tendency. FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY, 11. 577523-.

Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Lourens, Petrus Johannes, Venter, Chantelle, Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia ORCID: 0000-0002-9108-2384 (2021) Early management of severe COVID-19 coagulopathy should be guided by TEG^®, microclot and platelet mapping. [Preprint]

Venter, Chantelle, Bezuidenhout, Johannes Andries, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Lourens, Petrus Johannes, Steenkamp, Janami, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2020) Erythrocyte, Platelet, Serum Ferritin, and P-Selectin Pathophysiology Implicated in Severe Hypercoagulation and Vascular Complications in COVID-19. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 21 (21). E8234-.

Nunes, J Massimo, Fillis, Tristan, Page, Martin J, Venter, Chantelle, Lancry, Ophelie, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963, Windberger, Ursula and Pretorius, Etheresia (2020) Gingipain R1 and Lipopolysaccharide From<i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i>Have Major Effects on Blood Clot Morphology and Mechanics. FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY, 11. 1551-.

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Bunch, Connor M, Moore, Ernest E, Moore, Hunter B, Neal, Matthew D, Thomas, Anthony V, Zackariya, Nuha, Zhao, Jonathan, Zackariya, Sufyan, Brenner, Toby J, Berquist, Margaret et al (show 22 more authors) , Buckner, Hallie, Wiarda, Grant, Fulkerson, Daniel, Huff, Wei, Kwaan, Hau C, Lankowicz, Genevieve, Laubscher, Gert J, Lourens, Petrus J, Pretorius, Etheresia, Kotze, Maritha J, Moolla, Muhammad S, Sithole, Sithembiso, Maponga, Tongai G, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963, Fox, Mark D, Gillespie, Laura, Khan, Rashid Z, Mamczak, Christiaan N, March, Robert, Macias, Rachel, Bull, Brian S and Walsh, Mark M (2022) Immuno-Thrombotic Complications of COVID-19: Implications for Timing of Surgery and Anticoagulation. FRONTIERS IN SURGERY, 9. 889999-.

Turner, Simone, Naidoo, Caitlin, Usher, Thomas, Kruger, Arneaux, Venter, Chantelle, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Khan, Asad, Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia ORCID: 0000-0002-9108-2384 (2022) Increased levels of inflammatory molecules in blood of Long COVID patients point to thrombotic endotheliitis. [Preprint]

Randeria, Shehan N, Thomson, Greig JA, Nell, Theo A, Roberts, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-1464-0151 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2019) Inflammatory cytokines in type 2 diabetes mellitus as facilitators of hypercoagulation and abnormal clot formation. CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY, 18 (1). 72-.

Pretorius, Lesha, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2018) Iron Dysregulation and Dormant Microbes as Causative Agents for Impaired Blood Rheology and Pathological Clotting in Alzheimer's Type Dementia. FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE, 12 (NOV). 851-.

Vuuren, Marthinus Janse van, Nell, Theodore Albertus, Carr, Jonathan Ambrose, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2021) Iron Dysregulation and Inflammagens Related to Oral and Gut Health Are Central to the Development of Parkinson's Disease. BIOMOLECULES, 11 (1). E30-.

Olsen, Ingar, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2020) Is<i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i>involved in Parkinson's disease? EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 39 (11). pp. 2013-2018.

Turner, Simone, Khan, M Asad, Putrino, David, Woodcock, Ashley, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2023) Long COVID: pathophysiological factors and abnormalities of coagulation. TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM, 34 (6). pp. 321-344.

Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2018) No effects without causes: the Iron Dysregulation and Dormant Microbes hypothesis for chronic, inflammatory diseases. BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, 93 (3). pp. 1518-1557.

Nunes, Jean M, Kruger, Arneaux, Proal, Amy, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2022) The Occurrence of Hyperactivated Platelets and Fibrinaloid Microclots in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). PHARMACEUTICALS, 15 (8). 931-.

Adams, Büin, Nunes, J Massimo ORCID: 0000-0003-2584-021X, Page, Martin J ORCID: 0000-0002-2479-9182, Roberts, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-1464-0151, Carr, Jonathan ORCID: 0000-0002-7677-426X, Nell, Theo A ORCID: 0000-0003-3905-827X, Kell, Douglas B and Pretorius, Etheresia (2019) Parkinson's Disease: A Systemic Inflammatory Disease Accompanied by Bacterial Inflammagens. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 11. 210-.

Adams, Büin, Nunes, Massimo, Page, Martin, Roberts, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-1464-0151, Carr, Jonathan, Nell, Theo, Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2019) Parkinson’s disease: a systemic inflammatory disease accompanied by bacterial inflammagens. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 11 (JUL). 210-.

Pretorius, Etheresia ORCID: 0000-0002-9108-2384, Vlok, Mare, Venter, Chantelle, Bezuidenhout, Johannes, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Steenkamp, Janami and Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 (2021) Persistent clotting protein pathology in Long COVID/ Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is accompanied by increased levels of antiplasmin.

Pretorius, Etheresia, Vlok, Mare, Venter, Chantelle, Bezuidenhout, Johannes A, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Steenkamp, Janami and Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 (2021) Persistent clotting protein pathology in Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is accompanied by increased levels of antiplasmin. CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY, 20 (1). 172-.

Pretorius, Etheresia and Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 (2023) A Perspective on How Fibrinaloid Microclots and Platelet Pathology May be Applied in Clinical Investigations. SEMINARS IN THROMBOSIS AND HEMOSTASIS.

Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963, Khan, Muhammed Asad, Kane, Binita, Lip, Gregory YH ORCID: 0000-0002-7566-1626 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2024) Possible Role of Fibrinaloid Microclots in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): Focus on Long COVID. Journal of personalized medicine, 14 (2). p. 170.

Pretorius, Etheresia, Bester, Janette, Page, Martin J and Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 (2018) The Potential of LPS-Binding Protein to Reverse Amyloid Formation in Plasma Fibrin of Individuals With Alzheimer-Type Dementia. FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE, 10 (AUG). 257-.

Pretorius, Etheresia ORCID: 0000-0002-9108-2384, Venter, Chantelle, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Lourens, Petrus Johannes, Steenkamp, Janami and Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 (2020) Prevalence of amyloid blood clots in COVID-19 plasma.

Pretorius, Etheresia, Venter, Chantelle, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Lourens, Petrus Johannes, Steenkamp, Janami and Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 (2020) Prevalence of readily detected amyloid blood clots in 'unclotted' Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and COVID-19 plasma: a preliminary report. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 19 (1). 193-.

Pretorius, Etheresia, Venter, Chantelle, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Kotze, Maritha J, Oladejo, Sunday O, Watson, Liam R, Rajaratnam, Kanshu, Watson, Bruce W and Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 (2022) Prevalence of symptoms, comorbidities, fibrin amyloid microclots and platelet pathology in individuals with Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC). CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY, 21 (1). 148-.

Kruger, Arneaux, Vlok, Mare, Turner, Simone, Venter, Chantelle, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2022) 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, 21 (1). 190-.

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Grobbelaar, Lize M, Kruger, Arneaux, Venter, Chantelle, Burger, Este M, Laubscher, Gert J, Maponga, Tongai G, Kotze, Maritha J, Kwaan, Hau C, Miller, Joseph B, Fulkerson, Daniel et al (show 12 more authors) , Huff, Wei, Chang, Eric, Wiarda, Grant, Bunch, Connor M, Walsh, Mark M, Raza, Syed, Zamlut, Mahmud, Moore, Hunter B, Moore, Ernest E, Neal, Matthew D, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2022) Relative Hypercoagulopathy of the SARS-CoV-2 Beta and Delta Variants when Compared to the Less Severe Omicron Variants Is Related to TEG Parameters, the Extent of Fibrin Amyloid Microclots, and the Severity of Clinical Illness. SEMINARS IN THROMBOSIS AND HEMOSTASIS, 48 (07). pp. 858-868.

Page, Martin J, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2022) The Role of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Cell Signalling in Chronic Inflammation. Chronic Stress, 6. p. 247054702210763.

Grobbelaar, Lize, Venter, Chantelle, Vlok, Mare, Ngoepe, Malebogo, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Lourens, Petrus Johannes, Steenkamp, Janami, Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia ORCID: 0000-0002-9108-2384 (2021) SARS-CoV-2 spike protein S1 induces fibrin(ogen) resistant to fibrinolysis: Implications for microclot formation in COVID-19.

Grobbelaar, Lize M, Venter, Chantelle, Vlok, Mare, Ngoepe, Malebogo, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Lourens, Petrus Johannes, Steenkamp, Janami, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2021) SARS-CoV-2 spike protein S1 induces fibrin(ogen) resistant to fibrinolysis: implications for microclot formation in COVID-19. BIOSCIENCE REPORTS, 41 (8). BSR20210611-.

Page, Martin J, Thomson, Greig JA, Nunes, J Massimo, Engelbrecht, Anna-Mart, Nell, Theo A, de Villiers, Willem JS, de Beer, Maria C, Engelbrecht, Lize, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2019) Serum amyloid A binds to fibrin(ogen), promoting fibrin amyloid formation. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9 (1). 3102-.

Laubscher, Gert Jacobus, Lourens, Petrus Johannes, Venter, Chantelle, Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2021) TEG(R), Microclot and Platelet Mapping for Guiding Early Management of Severe COVID-19 Coagulopathy. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, 10 (22). 5381-.

Laubscher, Gert, Khan, Asad ORCID: 0000-0003-1838-9002, Venter, Chantelle, Pretorius, Jan, Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2023) Treatment of Long COVID symptoms with triple anticoagulant therapy. [Preprint]

Borodina, Irina, Kenny, Louise C ORCID: 0000-0002-9011-759X, McCarthy, Cathal M, Paramasivan, Kalaivani, Pretorius, Etheresia, Roberts, Timothy J ORCID: 0000-0002-1464-0151, van der Hoek, Steven A and Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 (2020) The biology of ergothioneine, an antioxidant nutraceutical. NUTRITION RESEARCH REVIEWS, 33 (2). pp. 190-217.

Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963, Laubscher, Gert Jacobus and Pretorius, Etheresia (2022) A central role for amyloid fibrin microclots in long COVID/PASC: origins and therapeutic implications. BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 479 (4). pp. 537-559.

Nunes, Massimo, Kruger, Arneaux, Proal, Amy, Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia ORCID: 0000-0002-9108-2384 (2022) The occurrence of hyperactivated platelets and fibrinaloid microclots in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). [Preprint]

Nunes, Massimo, Kruger, Arneaux, Proal, Amy, Kell, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia ORCID: 0000-0002-9108-2384 (2022) The occurrence of hyperactivated platelets and fibrinaloid microclots in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). [Preprint]

Kell, Douglas B ORCID: 0000-0001-5838-7963 and Pretorius, Etheresia (2022) The potential role of ischaemia-reperfusion injury in chronic, relapsing diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, Long COVID, and ME/CFS: evidence, mechanisms, and therapeutic implications. The Biochemical journal, 479 (16). pp. 1653-1708.