Melatonin and the metabolic syndrome: A tool for effective therapy in obesity-asociated abnormalities?
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2012
Author(s): Nduhirabandi, F., Du Toit, Eugene, Lochner, A.

Effect of Chronic CPT-1 Inhibition on Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury (I/R) in a Model of Diet-Induced Obesity
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2012
Author(s): Lochner, Amanda, Marais, Erna, Maarman, Gerald, Du Toit, Eugene

The effect of creatine supplementation on myocardial function, mitochondrial respiration and susceptibility to ischaemia/reperfusion injury in sedentary and exercised rats
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2012
Author(s): Lochner, A., Huisamen, B., Webster, I., Du Toit, Eugene

Myocardial Insulin Resistance: An Overview of Its Causes, Effects, and Potential Therapy
Publication Type: Book Chapters
Year of Publication: 2012
Author(s): Du Toit, Eugene, Donner, Dan Giordano

Depot-specific and hypercaloric diet-induced effects on the osteoblast and adipocyte differentiation potential of adipose-derived stromal cells
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2012
Author(s): Ferris, William Frank, Hough, F.S., Michie, John, Smith, Wayne, Gijsen, Hanel Sadie-Van, Du Toit, Eugene

Dietary red palm oil olein attenuates myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion injury: Effects on glutathione peroxidase transcription and extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2012
Author(s): Rooyen, J. Van, Esterhuyse, A. J., Jonassen, A. K., Bester, D. J., Du Toit, Eugene

Diet-induced obesity alters signalling pathways and induces atrophy and apoptosis in skeletal muscle in a prediabetic rat model
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2011
Author(s): Engelbrecht, Anna-Mart, Smith, Wayne, Ellis, Beverley, Loos, Benjamin, Sishi, Balindiwe, Du Toit, Eugene

The effects of gender and obesity on myocardial tolerance to ischaemia
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2011
Author(s): Lochner, Amanda, Smith, Wayne, Clark, Cathy, Du Toit, Eugene

Chronic melatonin consumption prevents obesity-related metabolic abnormalities and protects the heart against myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury in a prediabetic model of diet-induced obesity
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2011
Author(s): Lochner, Amanda, Marais, David, Blackhurst, Dee, Nduhirabandi, Frederic, Du Toit, Eugene

Creatine and Exercise - Strong Evidence for Stronger Heart Muscle?
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2011
Author(s): Webster, Ingrid, Huisamen, Barbara, Du Toit, Eugene

The effects of long term swim training on physiological stress levels in the rat
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2010
Author(s): Huisamen, B, Webster, I, Du Toit, Eugene

The Obesity Related Cardiomyopathy
Publication Type: Book Chapters
Year of Publication: 2009
Author(s): Smith, Wayne, Du Toit, Eugene

Dietary-Induced Obesity Hastens the Progression From Concentric Cardiac Hypertrophy to Pump Dysfunction in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2009
Author(s): Majane, Olebogeng H.I., Vengethasamy, Leanda, Du Toit, Eugene, Makaula, Siyanda, Woodiwiss, Angela J., Norton, Gavin R.

The effect of dietary red palm oil on the functional recovery of the ischaemic/reperfused isolated rat heart: the involvement of the PI3-Kinase signaling pathway.
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2009
Author(s): Engelbrecht, Anna-Mart, Odendaal, Louise, Du Toit, Eugene, Kupai, Kristina, Csont, Tamás, Ferdinandy, Peter, Rooyen, Jacques van

Impaired contractile function and mitochondrial respiratory capacity in response to oxygen deprivation in a rat model of pre-diabetes
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2009
Author(s): Essop, M. F., Chan, W. Y. Anna, Valle, A., García-Palmer, F. J., Du Toit, Eugene

Protection of the ischaemic heart: investigations into the phenomenon of ischaemic preconditioning
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2009
Author(s): Lochner, A, Marais, E, Genade, S, Huisamen, B, Du Toit, Eugene, Moolman, JA

Myocardial susceptibility to ischemic-reperfusion injury in a prediabetic model of dietary-induced obesity
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2008
Author(s): Du Toit, Eugene, Smith, Wayne, Muller, Christo, Strijdom, Hans, Stouthammer, Bernadette, Woodiwiss, Angela J., Norton, Gavin R., Lochner, Amanda

A role for the RISK pathway and KATP channels in pre- and post-conditioning induced by levosimendan in the isolated guinea pig heart
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2008
Author(s): Du Toit, Eugene, Genis, A, Opie, L H, Pollesello, P, Lochner, A

Health benefits of a natural carotenoid rich oil: a proposed mechanism of protection against ischaemi/reperfusion injury
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2008
Author(s): Rooyen, Jacques van, Esterhuyse, Adriaan J, Engelbrecht, Anna- Mart, Du Toit, Eugene

Efficacy of Ischaemic preconditioning in the eNOS overexpressed working mouse heart model
Publication Type: Journal Articles (Refereed Article)
Year of Publication: 2007
Author(s): Du Toit, Eugene, Genade, Sonia, Carlini, Sophia, Moolman, Johan A., Brunner, Friedrich, Lochner, Amanda