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Overview

Michael Foley is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, oncology, nephrology, and physiology.

Their research covers a range of topics including:

  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research
  • Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Trypanosoma Species Research and Implications
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Michael Foley has published in several scientific venues, including:

  • Respiratory Research
  • Nature Communications
  • JCI Insight
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • mAbs

Selected papers authored or co-authored by Michael Foley include:

  • "CXCR4+ cells are increased in lung tissue of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis," 2020, Respiratory Research
  • "A single-domain i-body, AD-114, attenuates renal fibrosis through blockade of CXCR4," 2022, JCI Insight
  • "A broadly cross-reactive i-body to AMA1 potently inhibits blood and liver stages of Plasmodium parasites," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "ADR3, a next generation i-body to human RANKL, inhibits osteoclast formation and bone resorption," 2023, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Development and characterization of AD-214, an anti-CXCR4 i-body-Fc fusion for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis," 2025, mAbs

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Foley include:

  • Louise Organ
  • Anthony J. Gill
  • Angela Chou
  • Chris Hosking
  • Kevin Lim

Best Publications

  • Retraction Note: Selective killing of cancer cells by a small molecule targeting the stress response to ROS

    Lakshmi Raj;Takao Ide;Aditi U. Gurkar;Michael Foley

  • Quinoline Antimalarials: Mechanisms of Action and Resistance and Prospects for New Agents

    Michael Foley;Leann Tilley

  • Systematic discovery of multicomponent therapeutics

    Alexis A. Borisy;Peter J. Elliott;Nicole W. Hurst;Margaret S. Lee

  • Inhibition of the peroxidative degradation of haem as the basis of action of chloroquine and other quinoline antimalarials.

    Paul Loria;Susanne Miller;Michael Foley;Leann Tilley

  • High-throughput identification of genotype-specific cancer vulnerabilities in mixtures of barcoded tumor cell lines

    Channing Yu;Aristotle M. Mannan;Griselda Metta Yvone;Kenneth N. Ross

  • Discovery of novel targets of quinoline drugs in the human purine binding proteome.

    Paul R. Graves;Jesse J. Kwiek;Patrick Fadden;Rupa Ray

  • Interaction between Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 and the rhoptry neck protein complex defines a key step in the erythrocyte invasion process of malaria parasites

    Dave Richard;Christopher A. MacRaild;David T. Riglar;Jo-Anne Chan

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of over Two Million Compounds Having Structural Features Both Reminiscent of Natural Products and Compatible with Miniaturized Cell-Based Assays

    Derek S. Tan;Michael A. Foley;Matthew D. Shair;Stuart L. Schreiber

  • Diversity-oriented synthesis yields novel multistage antimalarial inhibitors

    Nobutaka Kato;Eamon Comer;Tomoyo Sakata-Kato;Arvind Sharma

  • An Aldol-Based Build/Couple/Pair Strategy for the Synthesis of Medium- and Large-Sized Rings: Discovery of Macrocyclic Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors

    Lisa A. Marcaurelle;Eamon Comer;Sivaraman Dandapani;Jeremy R. Duvall

  • Structural and conformational determinants of macrocycle cell permeability

    Björn Over;Pär Matsson;Pär Matsson;Christian Tyrchan;Per Artursson;Per Artursson

  • Synthesis and Preliminary Evaluation of a Library of Polycyclic Small Molecules for Use in Chemical Genetic Assays

    Derek S. Tan;Michael A. Foley;Brent R. Stockwell;Matthew D. Shair

  • Advancing Biological Understanding and Therapeutics Discovery with Small Molecule Probes

    Stuart L. Schreiber;Stuart L. Schreiber;Joanne D. Kotz;Min Li;Min Li;Jeffrey Aubé

  • Inhibition of heme detoxification processes underlies the antimalarial activity of terpene isonitrile compounds from marine sponges.

    Anthony D. Wright;Huiqin Wang;Marion Gurrath;Gabriele M. König

  • The ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen of Plasmodium falciparum associates with spectrin in the erythrocyte membrane.

    Michael Foley;Leann Tilley;William H. Sawyer;Robin F. Anders

  • A second merozoite surface protein (MSP-4) of Plasmodium falciparum that contains an epidermal growth factor-like domain.

    Vikki M Marshall;Anabel Silva;Michael Foley;Sue Cranmer

  • Semisynthetic Cyclopamine Analogues as Potent and Orally Bioavailable Hedgehog Pathway Antagonists

    Martin R. Tremblay;Marta Nevalainen;Somarajan J. Nair;James R. Porter

  • A one-bead, one-stock solution approach to chemical genetics: part 1

    Helen E Blackwell;Helen E Blackwell;Lucy Pérez;Lucy Pérez;Robert A Stavenger;Robert A Stavenger;John A Tallarico

  • A highly stereocontrolled, four-step synthesis of (.+-.)-lasubine II

    Jack D. Brown;Michael A. Foley;Daniel L. Comins

  • The Most Polymorphic Residue on Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Determines Binding of an Invasion-Inhibitory Antibody

    A. M. Coley;K. Parisi;R. Masciantonio;J. Hoeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Brent R. Stockwell
Brent R. Stockwell Columbia University
Leann Tilley
Leann Tilley University of Melbourne
Robin F. Anders
Robin F. Anders La Trobe University
Stuart L. Schreiber
Stuart L. Schreiber Harvard University
Raymond S. Norton
Raymond S. Norton Monash University
Alan F. Cowman
Alan F. Cowman Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Dyann F. Wirth
Dyann F. Wirth Harvard University
Sam W. Lee
Sam W. Lee Broad Institute
Carl Nathan
Carl Nathan Cornell University
James G. Beeson
James G. Beeson Burnet Institute

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