Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics
Parkinson's Disease
2017 Publications
Whole-genome sequencing for an enhanced understanding of genetic variation among South Africans. Choudhury A, Ramsay M, Hazelhurst S, Aron S, Bardien S, Botha G, Chimusa ER, Christoffels A, Gamieldien J, Sefid-Dashti MJ, Joubert F, Meintjes A, Mulder N, Ramesar R, Rees J, Scholtz K, Sengupta D, Soodyall H, Venter P, Warnich L, Pepper MS. Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 12;8(1):2062. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00663-9. PMID: 29233967
Gitelman syndrome in a South African family presenting with hypokalaemia and unusual food cravings. van der Merwe PD, Rensburg MA, Haylett WL, Bardien S, Davids MR. BMC Nephrol. 2017 Jan 26;18(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s12882-017-0455-3. PMID: 28125972
Curcumin Rescues a PINK1 Knock Down SH-SY5Y Cellular Model of Parkinson's Disease from Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cell Death. van der Merwe C, van Dyk HC, Engelbrecht L, van der Westhuizen FH, Kinnear C, Loos B, Bardien S. Mol Neurobiol. 2017 May;54(4):2752-2762. doi: 10.1007/s12035-016-9843-0. Epub 2016 Mar 22. PMID: 27003823