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Serum amyloid A-containing human high density lipoprotein 3. Density, size, and apolipoprotein composition by Coetzee, G A, Strachan, A F, van der Westhuyzen, D R, Hoppe, H C, Jeenah, M S, de Beer, F C

“…Serum amyloid A protein (apo-SAA), an acute phase reactant, is an apolipoprotein of high density lipoproteins (HDL), in particular the denser subpopulation…”
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comparison of microbial growth in alfaxalone, propofol and thiopental by Strachan, F.A, Mansel, J.C, Clutton, R.E

“…To compare the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli in alfaxalone with that in propofol and thiopental and to evaluate contaminant microbial…”
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Peptides generated from C-reactive protein by a neutrophil membrane protease. Amino acid sequence and effects of peptides on neutrophil oxidative metabolism and chemotaxis by Shephard, EG, Anderson, R, Rosen, O, Myer, MS, Fridkin, M, Strachan, AF, De Beer, FC

“…We have recently provided evidence that C-reactive protein (CRP) could act as an up-regulatable substrate for membrane-associated neutrophil serine…”
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Identification of three isoform patterns of human serum amyloid A protein by Strachan, A F, de Beer, F C, van der Westhuyzen, D R, Coetzee, G A

“…Three patterns of human apo-SAA (serum amyloid A protein) isoforms have been identified by electrofocusing. In pattern 1, six major apo-SAA isoforms of pI 6.0,…”
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Generation of biologically active C-reactive protein peptides by a neutral protease on the membrane of phorbol myristate acetate- stimulated neutrophils by Shephard, EG, Beer, SM, Anderson, R, Strachan, AF, Nel, AE, de Beer, FC

“…The association of human C-reactive protein (CRP) with nonstimulated and PMA-stimulated human neutrophils and the concomitant degradation of CRP (monitored by…”
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Human serum amyloid A protein. The assignment of the six major isoforms to three published gene sequences and evidence for two genetic loci by STRACHAN, A. F, BRANDT, W. F, WOO, P, VAN DER WESTHUYZEN, D. R, COETZEE, G. A, DE BEER, M. C, SHEPHARD, E. G, DE BEER, F. C

“…Serum amyloid A protein (apo-SAA) is an acute-phase reactant and an apolipoprotein of high density lipoproteins (HDL). Six major isoforms of apo-SAA occur in…”
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Pentraxin binding to isolated rat liver nuclei by SHEPHARD, E. G, SMITH, P. J, COETZEE, S, STRACHAN, A. F, DE BEER, F. C

“…The interaction of human C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid P-component (SAP) with isolated rat liver nuclei was studied to identify nuclear ligands…”
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C Reactive Protein Concentrations During Long Distance Running by Strachan, A. F., Noakes, T. D., Kotzenberg, G., Nel, A. E., de Beer, F. C.

“…Long distance runners competing in events ranging from 15 to 88 km showed a distance related acute phase response as indicated by significantly raised serum C…”
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Characterization of protein kinase C and its isoforms in human T lymphocytes by Beyers, AD, Hanekom, C, Rheeder, A, Strachan, AF, Wooten, MW, Nel, AE

“…Protein kinase C (PKC) regulates numerous T cell functions and is present in abundance in normal human T cells and certain T cell lines. Although crude Triton…”
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Serum amyloid A protein and C-reactive protein levels in pulmonary tuberculosis: relationship to amyloidosis by de Beer, F C, Nel, A E, Gie, R P, Donald, P R, Strachan, A F

“…C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A protein levels were measured in 54 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. The primary tuberculous complex was associated…”
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C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A protein in pregnancy and labour by de Villiers, W J, Louw, J P, Strachan, A F, Etsebeth, S M, Shephard, E G, de Beer, F C

“…Serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and amyloid A protein (SAA) were measured prospectively using immunoradiometric assays in normal pregnant women,…”
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Phosphorylation of human serum amyloid A protein by protein kinase C by Nel, A E, De Beer, M C, Shephard, E G, Strachan, A F, Vandenplas, M L, De Beer, F C

“…Monokine-induced hepatic secretion of serum amyloid A protein (apo-SAA), an acute-phase reactant, is followed by rapid association with high-density…”
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Value of C reactive protein measurement in tuberculous, bacterial, and viral meningitis by de Beer, F C, Kirsten, G F, Gie, R P, Beyers, N, Strachan, A F

“…The value of C reactive protein measurement in the differential diagnosis of meningitis was assessed in a population where tuberculous meningitis is prevalent…”
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CRP and neutrophils: functional effects and complex uptake by SHEPHARD, E. G, ANDERSON, R, STRACHAN, A. F, KUHN, S. H, DE BEER, F. C

“…The uptake of C-reactive protein (CRP)-pneumococcal C-polysaccharide (CPS) complexes by neutrophils was studied. A specific CRP dependent mechanism of uptake…”
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Human serum amyloid A protein. Behaviour in aqueous and urea-containing solutions and antibody production by Strachan, A F, Shephard, E G, Bellstedt, D U, Coetzee, G A, van der Westhuyzen, D R, de Beer, F C

“…Human serum amyloid A protein (apo-SAA) can be prepared by gel filtration of delipidated acute-phase high-density lipoprotein in the presence of urea. The…”
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Studies on the maternal immune response to placental antigens: absence of a blocking factor from the blood of abortion-prone women by Stimson, W H, Strachan, A F, Shepherd, A

“…The leucocyte migration-inhibition assay was employed to assess the reactivity of cells from postpartum women to placental antigen preparations. Leucocytes…”
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Antibodies reactive with streptococcal peptidoglycan-polysaccharide complexes in rheumatic fever, subacute bacterial endocarditis and tuberculosis by Evans, H B, van der Merwe, P L, Strachan, A F, Johnson, P M

“…Serum antibodies reactive with streptococcal peptidoglycan-polysaccharide complexes (PG-PS) have been estimated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in…”
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C-reactive protein levels in ectopic pregnancy, pelvic infection and carcinoma of the cervix by THERON, G. B, SHEPHERD, E. G. S, STRACHAN, A. F

“…The value of C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in the differential diagnosis of pelvic infection and ectopic pregnancy, in the staging of carcinoma of the…”
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Acute phase response in bronchiectasis and bronchus carcinoma by Nel, A E, Strachan, A F, Welke, H E, de Beer, F C

“…Measurement of the acute phase response in patients suffering from bronchiectasis, emphysema, bronchus carcinoma and various benign space occupying lesions was…”
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Acute phase response in bronchiectasis and bronchus carcinoma by Nel, A E, Strachan, A F, Welke, H E, de Beer, F C

“…Measurement of the acute phase response in patients suffering from bronchiectasis, emphysema, bronchus carcinoma and various benign space-occupying lesions was…”
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