Browsing Research Articles (Genetics) by UP Author "Potgieter, Marnie"

Browsing Research Articles (Genetics) by UP Author "Potgieter, Marnie"

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  • Ancient oncogenesis, infection and human evolution 
    Rifkin, Riaan F.; Potgieter, Marnie; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Cowan, Don A. (John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2017-12)
    The recent discovery that malignant neoplastic lesions date back nearly 2 million years ago not only highlights the antiquity of cancer in the human lineage, but also provides remarkable insight into ancestral hominin ...
  • The healthy human blood microbiome : fact or fiction? 
    Castillo, Diego J.; Rifkin, Riaan F.; Cowan, Don A.; Potgieter, Marnie (Frontiers Media, 2019-05-08)
    The blood that flows perpetually through our veins and arteries performs numerous functions essential to our survival. Besides distributing oxygen, this vast circulatory system facilitates nutrient transport, deters ...
  • Multi-proxy analyses of a mid-15th century middle iron age Bantu-speaker palaeo-faecal specimen elucidates the configuration of the ‘ancestral’ sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome 
    Rifkin, Riaan F.; Vikram, Surendra; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Rey-Iglesia, Alba; Brand, Tina B.; Porraz, Guillaume; Val, Aurore; Hall, Grant; Woodborne, Stephan M.; Le Bailly, Matthieu; Potgieter, Marnie; Underdown, Simon J.; Koopman, Jessica E.; Cowan, Don A.; Van de Peer, Yves; Willerslev, Eske; Hansen, Anders J. (BioMed Central, 2020-05-06)
    BACKGROUND : The archaeological incidence of ancient human faecal material provides a rare opportunity to explore the taxonomic composition and metabolic capacity of the ancestral human intestinal microbiome (IM). Here, ...
  • The role of reactive oxygen species in adipogenic differentiation 
    De Villiers, Danielle; Potgieter, Marnie; Ambele, Melvin Anyasi; Adam, Ladislaus; Durandt, Chrisna; Pepper, Michael Sean (Springer, 2017-11)
    Interest in reactive oxygen species and adipocyte differentiation/adipose tissue function is steadily increasing. This is due in part to a search for alternative avenues for combating obesity, which results from the excess ...
  • A subpopulation of monocytes in normal human blood has significant magnetic susceptibility : quantification and potential implications 
    Kim, James; Gomez-Pastora, Jenifer; Weigand, Mitchell; Potgieter, Marnie; Walters, Nicole A.; Reategui, Eduardo; Palmer, Andre F.; Yazer, Mark; Zborowski, Maciej; Chalmers, Jeffrey J. (Wiley, 2019-05)
    The presence of iron in circulating monocytes is well known as they play essential roles in iron recycling. Also, the storage of this metal as well as its incorrect uptake and/or release are important data to diagnose ...