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Jay Foley

University of North Carolina Charlotte, Department of Chemistry
Verified email at uncc.edu
Cited by 1266

Regulation of TNF‐α and IFN‐γ induced CXCL10 expression: participation of the airway smooth muscle in the pulmonary inflammatory response in chronic obstructive …

…, AM Bacon, K Carlson, AK Roshak, JJ Foley… - The FASEB …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The chemokine CXCL10 is produced by many inflammatory cells found in the diseased lung
and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (…

Human urotensin-II is a potent vasoconstrictor and agonist for the orphan receptor GPR14

…, NV Aiyar, AM Romanic, CS Louden, JJ Foley… - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
Urotensin-II (U-II) is a vasoactive ‘somatostatin-like’ cyclic peptide which was originally
isolated from fish spinal cords 1 , 2 , and which has recently been cloned from man 3 . Here we …

Melanin-concentrating hormone is the cognate ligand for the orphan G-protein-coupled receptor SLC-1

…, A Muir, LR Fitzgerald, G Hervieu, GM Dytko, JJ Foley… - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
The underlying causes of obesity are poorly understood but probably involve complex
interactions between many neurotransmitter and neuropeptide systems involved in the regulation …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of a potent, selective non-peptide CXCR2 antagonist that inhibits interleukin-8-induced neutrophil migration

…, MA Chaikin, K Widdowson, JJ Foley… - Journal of Biological …, 1998 - ASBMB
Interleukin-8 (IL-8) and closely related Glu-Leu-Arg (ELR) containing CXC chemokines,
including growth-related oncogene (GRO)α, GROβ, GROγ, and epithelial cell-derived neutrophil-…

[HTML][HTML] AG protein-coupled receptor for UDP-glucose

…, HM Sarau, RS Ames, K Freeman, JJ Foley… - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
Uridine 5′-diphosphoglucose (UDP-glucose) has a well established biochemical role as a
glycosyl donor in the enzymatic biosynthesis of carbohydrates. It is less well known that UDP…

Identification, molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor

…, J Chambers, C Ellis, N Elshourbagy, JJ Foley… - Molecular …, 1999 - ASPET
The cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLTs) have been implicated in the pathophysiology of inflammatory
disorders, in particular asthma, for which the CysLT receptor antagonists pranlukast, …

Near-field dielectric scattering promotes optical absorption by platinum nanoparticles

N Zhang, C Han, YJ Xu, JJ Foley IV, D Zhang… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Recent years have seen a surge of interest in tuning the optical properties of metals for a wide
range of applications. In contrast to the well-studied plasmonic metals (mainly Au and Ag), …

Optical nanostructures design, fabrication, and applications for solar/thermal energy conversion

MC Gupta, C Ungaro, JJ Foley IV, SK Gray - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
… The polarization is found by solving the system of linear equations given by ∑ k = 1 N A j ,
k P k = E inc , j , where the diagonal elements of A have the known form A jj = α j - 1 . Iterative …

[HTML][HTML] Receptor for the pain modulatory neuropeptides FF and AF is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor

…, RS Ames, LR Fitzgerald, JJ Foley… - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
Opiate tolerance and dependence are major clinical and social problems. The anti-opiate
neuropeptides FF and AF (NPFF and NPAF) have been implicated in pain modulation as well …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular cloning and characterization of the human anaphylatoxin C3a receptor

…, Y Li, HM Sarau, P Nuthulaganti, JJ Foley… - Journal of Biological …, 1996 - ASBMB
In a human neutrophil cDNA library, an orphan G-protein-coupled receptor, HNFAG09, with
37% nucleotide identity to the C5a receptor (C5a-R, CD88) was identified. A novel feature of …