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Elizna Maasdorp

South African Medical Research CouncilORCID 0000-0002-3402-169XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1 Assay:whole-exome sequencing· 1

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Andre Gareth LoxtoniD· 1 shared Daniel E. ZakiD· 1 shared Ethan G. Thompson· 1 shared Fergal J. DuffyiD· 1 shared Gerard C. TrompiD· 1 shared Gerhard WalzliD· 1 shared Helena KuivaniemiiD· 1 shared Ignacio Fernandez MataiD· 1 shared

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Comprehensive genetic screening of the South African Parkinson's disease study collection using the NeuroBooster array

Kathryn Step, Lusanda Madula, Nicole Kuznetsov, Elizna Maasdorp, Jonathan Ambrose Carr, Riaan van Coller, Marlo Möller, Ignacio Fernandez Mata, Soraya Bardien

This study performs genetic screening of South African Parkinson's disease patients, identifying rare variants and CNVs in known PD genes, highlighting their contribution to disease in an underrepresented population.

Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Neutrophil degranulation, NETosis and platelet degranulation pathway genes are co-induced in whole blood up to six months before tuberculosis diagnosis

Stuart Meier, James A. Seddon, Elizna Maasdorp, Léanie Kleynhans, Nelita du Plessis, Andre Gareth Loxton, Stephanus Theron Malherbe, Daniel E. Zak, Ethan G. Thompson, Fergal J. Duffy, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff, Thomas J. Scriba, Sara Suliman, Jayne S. Sutherland, , Gerard C. Tromp

The paper identifies gene pathways associated with neutrophil and platelet responses that are activated up to six months before TB diagnosis in whole blood.

PLoS ONE · Dec 1, 2022Peer-reviewedGenomics