Background and interests

Contact information
Phone: 410 502-8175
Email: cfoss@mri.jhu.edu
FAX: 410 614-3147

Selected Publications

• Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).
• C.A. Foss, S. Matsunaga, N. Fusetani, R.G. Kerr  “Isolation and structure elucidation of epipolasterol and 22,23-dihydroepipolasterol from the marine sponge Epipolastis sp.” Comp. Biochem. And Physiol. (1997) 177(B), 5651-5663.
• Chetan Bettegowda, Catherine A. Foss, Ian Cheong, Yuchuan Wang, Luis Diaz, Nishant Agrawal, James Fox, James Dick, Long Dang, Shibin Zhou, Kenneth Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein and Martin G. Pomper  “Imaging Bacterial Infections with Radiolabeled FIAU” P.N.A.S. USA (2005) 102(4), 1145-50.
• Catherine A. Foss, Ronnie C. Mease, Hong Fan, Yuchuan Wang, Hayden T. Ravert, Robert F. Dannals, Rafal T. Olszewski, Warren D.W. Heston, Alan P. Kozikowski and Martin G. Pomper “Radiolabeled Small Molecule Ligands for Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen: in vivo Imaging in Experimental Models of Prostate Cancer” Clinical Cancer Research (2005) 11 (11), 4022-8.
• William B. Mathews, Catherine A. Foss, Doris Stoermer, Hayden T. Ravert, Paige A. Rauseo, Robert F. Dannals, Brad R. Henke, Zaver M. Bhujwalla and Martin G. Pomper  “Synthesis and Biodistribution of [11C]GW7845, a Positron-Emitting Agonist for PPAR-g” J. Nucl. Med. (2005) 46(10); 1719-26.
• Kristine Glunde, Catherine A. Foss, Tomoyo Takagi, Flonne Wildes and Zaver M. Bhujwalla  “Fluorescent Labeling of Lysosomes of Solid Human Breast Cancer Models” Bioconjugate Chem. (2005) 16(4); 843-51.
• T.R. Guilarte, J.L. McGlothan, C.A. Foss, J. Zhou, W.D. Heston, A.P. Kozikowski and M.G. Pomper (2005) “Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II Levels in Rodent Brain using [125I]DCIT Quantitative Autoradiography” Neuroscience Lett (2005) 387(3); 141-4.
• Diaz LA, Cheong I, Foss CA, Zhang X, Peters B, Agrawal N, Bettegowda C, Karim B, Liu G, Khan K, Huang X, Dang L, Hwang P, Vogelstein A, Kobrin B, Pomper M, Zhou S, Kinzler K, Vogelstein B and Huso D. “Pharmacologic and Toxicologic Evaluation of C. novyi-NT Spores” Toxicol Sci. (2005) 88(2); 562-75 .
• Catherine A. Foss, Ph.D.a, Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S.b, Christine Iacobuzio-Donohue, M.D., Ph.D.b, Scott E. Kern, M.D.c, Ralph Hruban, M.D.b and M.G. Pomper, M.D., Ph.D.a “Novel Radiolabeled Antibodies as Molecular Imaging Agents for Pancreatic Cancer: An In Vivo Study in Xenograft Bearing Mice” Mol Imaging (2007) 6(2);131-9.
• De-Xue Fu, M.D., Ph.D., Yvette C. Tanhehco, Ph.D., Jianmeng Chen, M.D., Catherine A. Foss, Ph.D., James Fox, Victor Lemas, Ph.D., Ja-Mun Chong, M.D., Richard F. Ambinder, M.D., Ph.D., Martin G. Pomper, M.D., Ph.D. “Tumor Imaging by Induction of Endogenous Viral Gene Expression” (2007) Clin. Cancer Res. 13(5); 1453-8.
• Diaz LA, Foss CA, Thornton K, Nimmagadda S, Endres CJ, Uzuner O, Seyler TM, Ulrich SD, Conway J, Bettegowda C, Agrawal N, Cheong I, Zhang X, Ladenson PW, Vogelstein BN, Mont MA, Zhou S, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Pomper MG. “Imaging of Musculoskeletal Bacterial Infections by {I}FIAU PET/CT” PloS ONE (2007) 2(10); e1007.
• Mease RC, Dusich CL, Foss CA, Ravert HT, Dannals RF, Seidel J, Prideaux A, Fox JJ, Sgouros G, Kozikowski AP, Pomper MG.  Synthesis and in vivo evaluation of N-[N-[(S)-1,3-dicarboxypropyl]carbamoyl]-4-[18F]fluorobenzyl-L-cysteine,[18F]DCFBC:  a new imaging probe for prostate cancer.  Clin Cancer Res 2007, in press.
• Guilarte T, Hammoud DA, McGlothan JL, Caffo BS, Foss CA, Kozikowski AP,Pomper MG.  Dysregulation of glutamate carboxypeptidase II in psychiatric disease.  Schizophr Res, in press.

Peer-reviewed publications in conference proceedings (in chronological order)

1. C.A. Foss and P.W. Huber (2002) “Synthesis of Lysine-EDTA, Incorporation into HIV-1 TAT Peptides and mapping on TAR RNA”, RNA Society Meeting, 2002, Madison, WI
2. C.A. Foss, J.A. Prescher, D.H. Dube, C.R. Bertozzi and M.G. Pomper (2004) “MicroSPECT Imaging and Biodistribution of Azidosialic Acid in Mice with [125I]-FLAG-Phosphine”, Society of Nuclear Medicine Meeting, 2004, Philiadelphia, PA
3. C.A. Foss, A. Maitra, C. Iacobuzio-Donohue, S.E. Kern, R. Hruban and M.G. Pomper (2004) “[125I]anti-Claudin-4 and [125I]anti-PSCA Monoclonal Antibodies as Imaging Agents for Human Pancreatic Cancer in Xenograft-Bearing Mice”, Society for Molecular Imaging Meeting, 2004, St. Louis, MO
4. C.A. Foss, R.C. Mease, H. Fan, H.T. Ravert, R.F. Dannals, A.P. Kozikowski and M.G. Pomper (2004) “Imaging PSMA Expression in Prostate Cancer Xenografts by PET and Gamma Scintigraphy”, Society for Molecular Imaging, 2004, St. Louis, MO
5. C.A. Foss, J.A. Prescher, D.H. Dube, C.R. Bertozzi and M.G. Pomper (2005) “Synthesis and biodistribution of [125I]Phos-BH: a novel probe for sialic acid expression for use with PET and SPECT”, Society for Molecular Imaging, 2005, Cologne, Germany

6. C.A. Foss, C. Dusich, R.C. Mease, Anirban Maitra and M.G. Pomper (2005) “Synthesis and Validation of a Novel Small-Molecule Fluorescent Probe for PSMA Expression in Human Tumor Neovasculature”, Society for Molecular Imaging, 2005, Cologne, Germany
7. C.A. Foss, B. Lal, J. Fox, J. Laterra and M. Pomper “Antibody-Based PET and SPECT Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer and Glioma in Mouse Xenograft Models and Tumor Neovasculature in a Rabbit VX2 Tumor Model” In Vivo Cellular Molecular Imaging Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, July 2006
8. Catherine Foss, Daniel Holt, Natalia Zarzhevsky, James Fox, Anirban Maitra, Antonio Jimeno, Manuel Hidalgo, Robert Dannals and Martin Pomper “In vivo Determination of Gefitinib Sensitivity in Tumors Using [11C]gefitinib PET” Society for Molecular Imaging Conference, Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, September 2006.
9. Catherine Foss, Ron Mease, Hayden Ravert, Chris Endres, John Hilton, AZ Wilmington, Robert Dannals and Martin Pomper “[18F]M665017 PET of the a7nAChR in Rodent and Primate Brain” Johns Hopkins University Department of Pharmacology, September 2006

 

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