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Maximising human health and development through synergistic partnerships: the African Biobank and Longitudinal Epidemiological Ecosystem
(Elsevier Ltd, 2023)Health is pivotal to human development. Nevertheless, progress towards achieving improved health worldwide has been slow, especially in Africa.1, 2 Accelerated progress is only possible with synergistic partnerships, one ... -
A meta-analysis of public microarray data identifies gene regulatory pathways deregulated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus compared to those without
(BioMed Central, 2017)BACKGROUND: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a complex, multi-systemic, autoimmune disease for which the underlying aetiological mechanisms are poorly understood. The genetic and molecular processes underlying ... -
Mice and men: Their promoter properties
(PLoS Genetics, 2006)Using the two largest collections of Mus musculus and Homo sapiens transcription start sites (TSSs) determined based on CAGE tags, ditags, full-length cDNAs, and other transcript data, we describe the compositional landscape ... -
Modelling human protein interaction networks as metric spaces has potential in disease research and drug target discovery
(BMC, 2014)We have recently shown by formally modelling human protein interaction networks (PINs) as metric spaces and classified proteins into zones based on their distance from the topological centre that hub proteins are primarily ... -
Modelling the impact of maternal HIV on uninfected children: correcting current estimates
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)A mathematical model, populated primarily with data from South Africa, was developed to model the numbers of children affected by maternal HIV, and the number who will experience long-term negative developmental consequences. ... -
Molecular dynamic simulations to investigate the structural impact of known drug resistance mutations on HIV-1C integrase-dolutegravir binding
(Public Library of Science, 2020)Resistance associated mutations (RAMs) threaten the long-term success of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) outcomes for HIV-1 treatment. HIV-1 Integrase (IN) strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) have proven to be a ... -
Molecular evolution of key receptor genes in primates and non-human primates
(Science Publishing Group, 2014)African primates remain an unexplored source of information required to complete the origin and evolution of many human pathogens. Current studies have shown the importance of several receptor human genes implicated in ... -
Multistage antiplasmodial activity of hydroxyethylamine compounds,in vitroandin vivoevaluations
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020)Malaria, a global threat to the human population, remains a challenge partly due to the fast-growing drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium species. New therapeutics acting against the pathogenic asexual and sexual stages, ... -
A novel nano therapeutic using convalescent plasma derived exosomal (CPExo) for Covid-19: A combined hyperactive immune modulation and diagnostics
(Elsevier, 2021)Extracellular vesicles like exosomes are important therapeutic tactics for treating COVID -19. By utilizing convalescent plasma derived exosomes (CPExo) from COVID-19 recovered persistence could accelerate the treatment ... -
Odorant and gustatory receptors in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans
(PLOS, 2014)Tsetse flies use olfactory and gustatory responses, through odorant and gustatory receptors (ORs and GRs), to interact with their environment. Glossina morsitans morsitans genome ORs and GRs were annotated using homologs ... -
Opportunities in Africa for training in genome science
(Academic Journals, 2004)Genome science is a new type of biology that unites genetics, molecular biology, computational biology and bioinformatics. The availability of the human genome sequence, as well as the genome sequences of several other ... -
Predicting amplification of mycn using cpg methylation biomarkers in neuroblastoma
(Future Science Group, 2021)Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in childhood. Amplification of MYCN in neuroblastoma is a predictor of poor prognosis. Materials and methods: DNA methylation data from the TARGET data matrix were ... -
Prediction of human-Bacillus anthracis protein–protein interactions using multi-layer neural network
(Oxford University Press, 2018)Triplet amino acids have successfully been included in feature selection to predict human-HPV protein-protein interactions (PPI). The utility of supervised learning methods is curtailed due to experimental data not being ... -
Predictive classifier models built from natural products with antimalarial bioactivity using machine learning approach
(Public Library of Science, 2018)In view of the vast number of natural products with potential antiplasmodial bioactivity and cost of conducting antiplasmodial bioactivity assays, it may be judicious to learn from previous antiplasmodial bioassays and ... -
Prioritization of anti-malarial hits from nature: Chemo-informatic profiling of natural products with in vitro antiplasmodial activities and currently registered anti-malarial drugs
(BMC, 2016)A large number of natural products have shown in vitro antiplasmodial activities. Early identification and prioritization of these natural products with potential for novel mechanism of action, desirable pharmacokinetics ... -
Prioritization of candidate genes for a South African family with Parkinson’s disease using in-silico tools
(Public Library of Science, 2021)Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder exhibiting Mendelian inheritance in some families. Next-generation sequencing approaches, including whole exome sequencing (WES), have revolutionized the field of ... -
Proteomics analysis of the p.G849D variant in neurexin 2 alpha may reveal insight into Parkinson’s disease pathobiology
(Frontiers, 2022)Parkinson’s disease (PD), the fastest-growing neurological disorder globally, has a complex etiology. A previous study by our group identified the p.G849D variant in neurexin 2 (NRXN2), encoding the synaptic protein, ... -
RAMICS: Trainable, high-speed and biologically relevant alignment of high-throughput sequencing reads to coding DNA
(Oxford University Press, 2014)The challenge presented by high-throughput sequencing necessitates the development of novel tools for accurate alignment of reads to reference sequences. Current approaches focus on using heuristics to map reads quickly ... -
Record linkage for routinely collected health data in an African health information exchange
(Swansea University, 2023)The Patient Master Index (PMI) plays an important role in management of patient information and epidemiological research, and the availability of unique patient identifiers improves the accuracy when linking patient ... -
Repurposing based identification of novel inhibitors against mmps5-mmpl5 efflux pump of Mycobacterium smegmatis: A combined in silico and in vitro study
(MDPI, 2022)In the current era of a pandemic, infections of COVID-19 and Tuberculosis (TB) enhance the detrimental effects of both diseases in suffering individuals. The resistance mechanisms evolving in Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...