Ronald Anderson

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Top papers

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1 Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Pathogenesis of Acute Cardiac Events and Potential Adjunctive Therapies. Chest 2015 2.01
2 Clofazimine: current status and future prospects. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011 1.41
3 Febrile neutropenia: a prospective study to validate the Multinational Association of Supportive Care of Cancer (MASCC) risk-index score. Support Care Cancer 2004 1.38
4 Pneumolysin activates the synthesis and release of interleukin-8 by human neutrophils in vitro. J Infect Dis 2002 1.17
5 Cigarette smoking and mechanisms of susceptibility to infections of the respiratory tract and other organ systems. J Infect 2013 1.06
6 The role of pneumolysin in the pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2002 1.06
7 Effects of cigarette smoke condensate on pneumococcal biofilm formation and pneumolysin. Eur Respir J 2012 1.01
8 Pathogen- and host-directed anti-inflammatory activities of macrolide antibiotics. Mediators Inflamm 2012 0.95
9 Bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia: current therapeutic options. Drugs 2011 0.93
10 Pharmacological control of neutrophil-mediated inflammation: strategies targeting calcium handling by activated polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Drug Des Devel Ther 2009 0.90
11 Serum matrix metalloproteinase-3 in comparison with acute phase proteins as a marker of disease activity and radiographic damage in early rheumatoid arthritis. Mediators Inflamm 2013 0.89
12 Evaluating the ability to detect change of health-related quality of life in children with Hodgkin disease. Cancer 2010 0.87
13 Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) presenting with severe osteolysis: a model to study leukemia-bone interactions and potential targeted therapeutics. Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2010 0.87
14 Circulating cytokine profiles and their relationships with autoantibodies, acute phase reactants, and disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Mediators Inflamm 2011 0.86
15 Can the anti-inflammatory activities of β2-agonists be harnessed in the clinical setting? Drug Des Devel Ther 2013 0.86
16 Liver involvement in Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Pediatr Radiol 2006 0.86
17 Antibiotic resistance of pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2012 0.86
18 Montelukast: more than a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonist? ScientificWorldJournal 2010 0.86
19 HLA-DRB1 shared epitope genotyping using the revised classification and its association with circulating autoantibodies, acute phase reactants, cytokines and clinical indices of disease activity in a cohort of South African rheumatoid arthritis patients. Arthritis Res Ther 2011 0.85
20 HIV-associated bacterial pneumonia. Clin Chest Med 2013 0.84
21 New insights into pneumococcal disease. Respirology 2009 0.83
22 Pneumolysin in the immunopathogenesis and treatment of pneumococcal disease. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2003 0.83
23 Changes in serum cytokines after repeated bouts of downhill running. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2007 0.83
24 The prevalence of smoking and the knowledge of smoking hazards and smoking cessation strategies among HIV- positive patients in Johannesburg, South Africa. S Afr Med J 2013 0.83
25 Inhaled microparticles containing clofazimine are efficacious in treatment of experimental tuberculosis in mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2012 0.82
26 Comparison of the anti-inflammatory activities of imidazole antimycotics in relation to molecular structure. Chem Biol Drug Des 2008 0.82
27 Reactive oxidants regulate membrane repolarization and store-operated uptake of calcium by formyl peptide-activated human neutrophils. Free Radic Biol Med 2007 0.82
28 The diagnostic utility of the anti-CCP antibody test is no better than rheumatoid factor in South Africans with early rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 2010 0.80
29 Differentiation of human monocytes in vitro following exposure to Canova in the absence of cytokines. Ultrastruct Pathol 2008 0.80
30 Nurses provide valuable proxy assessment of the health-related quality of life of children with Hodgkin disease. Cancer 2010 0.80
31 Counteracting effects of NADPH oxidase and the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger on membrane repolarisation and store-operated uptake of Ca2+ by chemoattractant-activated human neutrophils. Biochem Pharmacol 2004 0.80
32 Pneumolysin as a vaccine and drug target in the prevention and treatment of invasive pneumococcal disease. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 2005 0.79
33 Calcium-dependent potentiation of the pro-inflammatory functions of human neutrophils by tigecycline in vitro. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011 0.78
34 Oxidative induction of pro-inflammatory cytokine formation by human monocyte-derived macrophages following exposure to manganese in vitro. J Immunotoxicol 2014 0.78
35 Protein kinase C promotes restoration of calcium homeostasis to platelet activating factor-stimulated human neutrophils by inhibition of phospholipase C. J Inflamm (Lond) 2009 0.77
36 Docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid antagonize the proinflammatory interactions of pneumolysin with human neutrophils. Infect Immun 2004 0.77
37 Controversies in the treatment of pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia. Future Microbiol 2006 0.76
38 Effects of platinum and palladium ions on the production and reactivity of neutrophil-derived reactive oxygen species. Free Radic Biol Med 2004 0.76
39 Community-acquired pneumonia: still a major burden of disease. Curr Opin Crit Care 2016 0.76
40 Therapy for pneumococcal bacteremia: monotherapy or combination therapy? Curr Opin Infect Dis 2009 0.75
41 Effects of Hsp90 inhibition in neuroblastoma: analysis of drug sensitivity, target modulation and the influence of bone marrow microenvironment. J Exp Ther Oncol 2008 0.75
42 Investigation into the relationship between calyculin A-mediated potentiation of NADPH oxidase activity and inhibition of store-operated uptake of calcium by human neutrophils. Biochem Pharmacol 2004 0.75
43 Recombinant factor VIIa for intraoperative bleeding in a child with hepatoblastoma and review of recombinant activated factor VIIa use in children undergoing surgery. J Pediatr Surg 2008 0.75
44 Neutrophils potentiate platinum-mediated injury to human ciliated epithelium in vitro. Inhal Toxicol 2005 0.75
45 Developing leadership within an academic medical department in Canada: a road map for increasing leadership span. Healthc Q 2011 0.75
46 Establishing a conference for a small program. Med Teach 2009 0.75
47 Pneumolysin potentiates oxidative inactivation of alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor by activated human neutrophils. Respir Med 2004 0.75
48 Pro-oxidative interactions of cobalt with human neutrophils. Inhal Toxicol 2004 0.75
49 Assessment of determinants of optimum performance of the CAST-2000 ELISA procedure. J Immunol Methods 2004 0.75
50 Palladium attenuates the pro-inflammatory interactions of C5a, interleukin-8 and pneumolysin with human neutrophils. J Immunotoxicol 2007 0.75
51 Vanadium promotes hydroxyl radical formation by activated human neutrophils. Free Radic Biol Med 2005 0.75