Nelita du Plessis

Also affiliated with Stellenbosch University, National Research Foundation

MedicineImmunology and Microbiology

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Driven by 23 papers. Top paper: “RISK6, a 6-gene transcriptomic signature of TB disease risk, diagnosis and treatment response”.

RISK6, a 6-gene transcriptomic signature of TB disease risk, diagnosis and treatment response

Scientific Reports(2020)10.1038/s41598-020-65043-8

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0.774DataRank · unranked

173 citations

Stanley Kimbung Mbandi, Ethan Thompson, Simon C. Mendelsohn, Sara Suliman, Novel N. Chegou +92 more

Mycobacterium tuberculosis resisters despite HIV exhibit activated T cells and macrophages in their pulmonary alveoli

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2025)10.1172/jci188016

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0.489DataRank · unranked

25 citations

Vinicius M. Fava, Stephanus T. Malherbe, Candice E. MacDonald, Marianna Orlova, Elouise E. Kroon +10 more

Targeting of myeloid-derived suppressor cells by all-trans retinoic acid as host-directed therapy for human tuberculosis

Cellular Immunology(2021)10.1016/j.cellimm.2021.104359

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0.416DataRank · unranked

15 citations

Anca Dorhoi, Stephanus T. Malherbe, Elizna Maasdorp, Justine Khoury, Shirley McAnda +3 more

The Peripheral Blood Transcriptome Is Correlated With PET Measures of Lung Inflammation During Successful Tuberculosis Treatment

Frontiers in Immunology(2021)10.3389/fimmu.2020.596173

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0.385DataRank · unranked

12 citations

Stephanus T. Malherbe, Stuart Meier, Elizna Maasdorp, Léanie Kleynhans, Nelita du Plessis +10 more

Optimising the yield from bronchoalveolar lavage on human participants in infectious disease immunology research

Scientific Reports(2023)10.1038/s41598-023-35723-2

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0.360DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Maynard Meiring, Devon Allies, Lauren Cruywagen, Tarryn-Lee Fisher, Kesheera Kasavan +34 more

Cascade Immune Mechanisms of Protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (IMPAc-TB): study protocol for the Household Contact Study in the Western Cape, South Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases(2022)10.1186/s12879-022-07349-8

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0.292DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Candice E. MacDonald, Ilana C. van Rensburg, Kim Stanley, Elizna Maasdorp, Shirley Mc Anda +11 more

Agent-based model predicts that layered structure and 3D movement work synergistically to reduce bacterial load in 3D in vitro models of tuberculosis granuloma

PLoS Computational Biology(2024)10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012266

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0.292DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Alexis Hoerter, Leigh A. Kotzé, Nelita du Plessis, Elsje Pienaar, Alexa Petrucciani

Mycobacterium tuberculosis-stimulated whole blood culture to detect host biosignatures for tuberculosis treatment response

Tuberculosis(2021)10.1016/j.tube.2021.102082

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0.292DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Ângela Menezes, Tariq Webber, Hazel M. Dockrell, Jacqueline M. Cliff, Léanie Kleynhans +8 more

An Archetypical Model for Engrafting Bacteroides fragilis into Conventional Mice Following Reproducible Antibiotic Conditioning of the Gut Microbiota

Microorganisms(2023)10.3390/microorganisms11020451

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2 citations

C Naidoo, Grant Theron, Gerhard Walzl, Nelita du Plessis, Novel N. Chegou +1 more

In silico agent-based modeling approach to characterize multiple in vitro tuberculosis infection models

PLoS ONE(2024)10.1371/journal.pone.0299107

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8 citations

Alexis Hoerter, Leigh A. Kotzé, Nelita du Plessis, Elsje Pienaar, Alexa Petrucciani

Mycobacterium tuberculosis resisters despite HIV exhibit activated T cells and macrophages in their pulmonary alveoli

Research Square(2024)10.21203/rs.3.rs-3889020/v1

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3 citations

Monica Dallmann-Sauer, Vinicius M. Fava, Stephanus T. Malherbe, Candice McDonald, Marianna Orlova +10 more

Immune, metabolic, anatomical, and functional features of people after successful tuberculosis treatment: an exploratory analysis

Scientific Reports(2025)10.1038/s41598-025-01656-1

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3 citations

Candice MacDonald, Michèle Tameris, Nicolette Tredoux, Anandi Bierman, Andrea Gutschmidt +16 more

Synthesis of immunomodulatory biomimetic lipid polymer hybrid nanoparticles and application of zebrafish larvae in immunomodulation screening

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences(2025)10.1016/j.ejps.2025.107037

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3 citations

Tracey Ollewagen, Carine Smith, Rami Ahmed, Joshua Reineke, Roy Reijnders +4 more

BCG Vaccination at Birth Shapes the TCR Usage and Functional Profile of MR1T Cells at 9 Weeks of Age

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.10.09.681353

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1 citations

GW McElfresh, Gwendolyn Swarbrick, Katherine H. Rott, Gregory Boggy, W Gerhard +9 more

Protein Kinase C δ: a critical hub regulating macrophage immunomodulatory functions during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.05.19.653976

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Mumin Ozturk, Nashied Peton, Tariq Ganief, Sibongiseni KL Poswayo, Robert P. Rousseau +13 more

Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth inhibition by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from household contacts is not affected by previous SARS-CoV-2 infection

Gates Open Research(2025)10.12688/gatesopenres.16362.1

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0 citations

Caleb Petersen, Andriëtte Hiemstra, Maynard Meiring, Osagie A. Eribo, Christian Otum +10 more

S100A8/A9 regulates CD11b expression and neutrophil recruitment during chronic tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2020)10.1172/jci130546

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149 citations

Rosemary V. Swanson, Noor Al‐Hammadi, Racquel Domingo-Gonzalez, Javier Rangel‐Moreno, Belinda Kriel +17 more

Therapies for tuberculosis and AIDS: myeloid-derived suppressor cells in focus

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2020)10.1172/jci136288

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46 citations

Leigh A. Kotzé, Jay A. Berzofsky, Yongjun Sui, Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, Ankita Garg +11 more

Evaluation of autophagy mediators in myeloid-derived suppressor cells during human tuberculosis

Cellular Immunology(2021)10.1016/j.cellimm.2021.104426

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11 citations

Vinzeigh Leukes, Zhuo Fang, Manfred B. Lutz, Bryna L. Fitzgerald, John T. Belisle +4 more

Targeted Gene Expression Profiling of Human Myeloid Cells From Blood and Lung Compartments of Patients With Tuberculosis and Other Lung Diseases

Frontiers in Immunology(2022)10.3389/fimmu.2022.839747

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7 citations

Gian van der Spuy, Bryan Leonard, Adam Penn‐Nicholson, Munyaradzi Musvosvi, Shirley McAnda +8 more

Sildenafil, a Type-5 Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor, Fails to Reverse Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell-Mediated T Cell Suppression in Cells Isolated From Tuberculosis Patients

Frontiers in Immunology(2022)10.3389/fimmu.2022.883886

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4 citations

Stephanus T. Malherbe, Andriëtte Hiemstra, Leigh A. Kotzé, Kelly Roos, Alana Keyser +5 more

T cell receptor repertoires associated with control and disease progression following Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Nature Medicine(2023)10.1038/s41591-022-02110-9

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100 citations

Huang Huang, Chunlin Wang, Qiong Xia, Virginie Rozot, Akshaya Krishnan +86 more

Suppressive myeloid cells in SARS-CoV-2 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis co-infection

Frontiers in Immunology(2023)10.3389/fimmu.2023.1222911

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8 citations

Stephanus T. Malherbe, Gerhard Walzl, Nelita du Plessis, Jane Shaw