William Frank Ferris

Stellenbosch University — South Africa

Medicine · Health Sciences

17h-index1.1kcitations48works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Pancreatic function and diabetes(9), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism(9), Mesenchymal stem cell research(8), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases(7), Bone and Joint Diseases(6)

Publications48 total

The characterization and comparison of femoral bone-derived skeletal stem cells
Biochimie·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Brief Report: Can a Fraction of the Dolutegravir Dispersible Tablet Solution be Used to Dose Neonates?
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes·2024· 1 cited
Differential glycosylation of tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase in mesenchymal stromal cells differentiated into either an osteoblastic or adipocytic phenotype
Experimental Cell Research·2022· 5 cited
The Role and Interactions of Programmed Cell Death 4 and its Regulation by microRNA in Transformed Cells of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Frontiers in Oncology·2022· 10 citedOpen Access
A new perspective on the function of Tissue Non-Specific Alkaline Phosphatase: from bone mineralization to intra-cellular lipid accumulation
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry·2022· 20 cited
Standardised Nomenclature, Abbreviations, and Units for the Study of Bone Marrow Adiposity: Report of the Nomenclature Working Group of the International Bone Marrow Adiposity Society
Frontiers in Endocrinology·2020· 44 citedOpen Access
Model for Studying the Effects of Chronic Metabolic Disease on Endogenous Bone Marrow Stem Cell Populations
Methods in molecular biology·2020· 3 cited
Adipocyte–progenitor cell communication that influences adipogenesis
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences·2019· 32 citedOpen Access
Systemic Factors During Metabolic Disease Progression Contribute to the Functional Decline of Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Reproductive Aged Females
Frontiers in Physiology·2018· 4 citedOpen Access
Isolation and Characterization of Different Mesenchymal Stem Cell Populations from Rat Femur
Methods in molecular biology·2018· 16 cited
The Effect of Vancomycin on the Viability and Osteogenic Potential of Bone-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins·2018· 11 cited
The Effects of Vancomycin on the Viability and Osteogenic Potential of Bone-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
2018Open Access
A Direct Comparison of the Effects of the Antiretroviral Drugs Stavudine, Tenofovir and the Combination Lopinavir/Ritonavir on Bone Metabolism in a Rat Model
Calcified Tissue International·2017· 11 cited
Vanadate Impedes Adipogenesis in Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Different Depots within Bone
Frontiers in Endocrinology·2016· 14 citedOpen Access
Free fatty acid G-protein coupled receptor signaling in M1 skewed white adipose tissue macrophages
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences·2016· 19 citedOpen Access
Delayed wound healing and dysregulation of IL6/STAT3 signalling in MSCs derived from pre-diabetic obese mice
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology·2016· 31 cited
The Role of MKP-1 in the Anti-Proliferative Effects of Glucocorticoids in Primary Rat Pre-Osteoblasts
PLoS ONE·2015· 4 citedOpen Access
Pancreatic islet regeneration: Therapeutic potential, unknowns and controversy
South African Journal of Science·2015· 1 citedOpen Access
Thiazolidinedione-induced lipid droplet formation during osteogenic differentiation
Journal of Endocrinology·2014· 14 citedOpen Access
Determinants of bone marrow adiposity: The modulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ2 activity as a central mechanism
Bone·2013· 50 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Nigel J. Crowther(11), Hanél Sadie‐Van Gijsen(9), Marí van de Vyver(8), F. S. Hough(4), Susan C. Campbell(4), Wendy M. Macfarlane(4), Magda Conradie(4), Albert D. Beyers(3), Aus Tariq Ali(3), Lize van der Merwe(3), C. W. Woodroof(3), Linda A. Zuckerman(2), Nigel Killeen(2), Nitien H. Naran(2), Paul Rheeder(2), Claire Marriott(2), Caroline Landy(2), Tomader Ali(2), Clive S. Butler(2), Kevin M. Dennehy(2)