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Antoine Dufour

ResearcherMicrobiology and Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Calgary

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Antoine Dufour

Researcher

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
84 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (5 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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125

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Research

Proteomics Metaproteomics Proteases Vaginal Microbiome Inflammation Interferon Macrophage N-Terminomics

Latest papers

Impaired Myogenic Differentiation Is a Shared Feature Across Genetic Myopathies.
International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
Serum-Free Expanded Hair Follicle Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Cartilage Repair in a Murine Full-Thickness Defect Model.
Transplantation and cellular therapy · 2026
Upadacitinib enhances platelet procoagulant responses in a subset of healthy individuals and patients with SLE: a pilot study.
Lupus science & medicine · 2026

All 106 publications

Latest funding

Liver-Derived Prg4: Regulator of Wound Healing and Hemostasis
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$791,775
Longitudinal associations between sleep, Alzheimer disease blood biomarkers and cognitive function: role of exercise to lessen dementia risk
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,066,072
Improved Prediction of Strictures in Crohn's Disease Using Machine Learning
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000

All 20 grants and awards

106 publications.

Impaired Myogenic Differentiation Is a Shared Feature Across Genetic Myopathies.

Soule TGB, Slavin MB, Pontifex CS, Dabaja MZ, Melnyk A, Dufour A, Dumont NA, Shutt TE, Pfeffer G

International journal of molecular sciences2026

DOI: 10.3390/ijms27146338 PMID: 42511681

Serum-Free Expanded Hair Follicle Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Cartilage Repair in a Murine Full-Thickness Defect Model.

Sun H, Gysel E, Larijani L, Young D, Dufour A, Fayyad M, Fatehi A, Ahmed N, Shah T, Kallos MS, Taylor D, Krawetz RJ

Transplantation and cellular therapy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2026.07.030 PMID: 42551700

Upadacitinib enhances platelet procoagulant responses in a subset of healthy individuals and patients with SLE: a pilot study.

Tsegai V, Lawal H, John C, Akinrinade I, Duncan S, Dufour A, Barber CEH, Hazlewood G, Choi MY, Agbani EO

Lupus science & medicine2026

DOI: 10.1136/lupus-2026-001983 PMID: 42414040

Mast cell proteases and their significance in physiology, pathology, and therapeutic approaches.

Derakhshani A, Mahajan L, Lesack K, Saranjam N, Khazaie K, Pejler G, Krawetz R, Edgington-Mitchell LE, Maun HR, Dufour A

Pharmacological reviews2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmr.2026.100144 PMID: 42361439

Pericardial fluid extracellular vesicles enhance angiogenesis and blunt cardiac fibrosis in coronary disease.

Fatehi Hassanabad A, Jadli AS, Meechem MB, Belke DD, Mackay CD, Wong GF, Banga S, Hassani M, Young D, Deniset JF, Sanati-Nezhad A, Dufour A, Fedak PW, Patel VB

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119612 PMID: 42259138

Paired longitudinal tear proteomics reveals persistent ocular surface dysregulation after teprotumumab therapy in thyroid eye disease.

Velez G, Ngo GH, Young D, Amarikwa L, Dufour A, Kossler AL, Mahajan VB

Communications medicine2026

DOI: 10.1038/s43856-026-01757-6 PMID: 42380591

Serum-free medium modulates the immunomodulatory and anabolic function of equine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells.

Tehrani AH, Toth K, Osinchuk N, Dufour A, Krawetz R, Sen A, Sparks H

Experimental cell research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2026.115000 PMID: 41895434

Extracellular matrix deposition drives disease progression and reduces rapamycin response in lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

Clements D, Babaei-Jadidi R, Johnson J, Miller S, Shah N, Sand JMB, Leeming DJ, Borthwick LA, Fisher AJ, Dufour A, Johnson SR

The European respiratory journal2026

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00492-2025 PMID: 41381226

TGFβ-PDL1 signaling in neutrophils preserves lung barrier during hyperinflammation.

Li Z, Moore AR, Zheng H, Karunamurthy J, Bhagrath A, Li J, Young D, Jurado LF, Couto K, Kulle A, Park H, Kwak A, Belur V, Talbot S, Divangahi M, DiGiandomenico A, Rogers A, Cohen TS, Ehrlicher AJ, Mandl JN, Wang J, Dufour A, Khatri P, Thanabalasuriar A

Blood2026

DOI: 10.1182/blood.2025031635 PMID: 42154905

Endogenous cathelicidin protects against Toxoplasma gondii-associated liver damage.

Tan YL, Cavalcante P, Cirone KM, Tran J, Fiorani F, Young D, Dufour A, Finney C, Cobo ER

Infection and immunity2026

DOI: 10.1128/iai.00708-25 PMID: 41728969

Liver-Derived Prg4: Regulator of Wound Healing and Hemostasis

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Krawetz, Roman J

Keywords: Differentiation; Hemostasis; Histology; Liver Function; Prg4/Lubricin; Repair And Regeneration; Signal Transdcution; Tissue Homeostasis; Transgenic Mice; Wound Healing

$791,775

Longitudinal associations between sleep, Alzheimer disease blood biomarkers and cognitive function: role of exercise to lessen dementia risk

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Poulin, Marc J

Keywords: Aging; Alzheimer Disease; Blood Biomarkers; Cognition; Dementia; Exercise; Longitudinal Study; Sex Difference; Sleep

$1,066,072

Improved Prediction of Strictures in Crohn's Disease Using Machine Learning

SupervisorCIHR2025Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program

Principal investigators: Lesack, Kyle

Keywords: Clinical Decision Support System; Crohn'S Disease; Diagnostic Imaging; Gastroenterology; Machine Learning; Proteomics

$140,000

Integrating microbiome and immune development of infants born premature through multi-omics and Systems Biology

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Rojas Villalta, Dorian J

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Early-Life; Immune Development; Microbiome; Multi-Omics; Paediatrics; Preterm Infants

$120,000

Fetal fibronectin: deciphering its cryptic connection to the vaginal microbiome and preterm birth

SupervisorCIHR2024Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Birse, Kenzie

Keywords: Bacterial Vaginosis; Bacteriology; Cell Culture; Fetal Fibronectin; Inflammation; Pregnancy; Preterm Birth; Proteomics; Vaginal Microbiome

$120,000

A systems-level framework for discovering microbiome proteases and their capacity to manipulate homeostasis and barrier function in the female genital tract

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sycuro, Laura K; Dufour, Antoine

Keywords: Bacterial Virulence; Genital Tract Mucosa; Innate Immunity; Metaproteomics; Metatranscriptomics; Multi-Omics; Proteases; Synthetic Biology; Systems Biology; Vaginal Microbiome

$1,036,576

IIA-PATH (Indigenous Inflammatory Arthritis Prevention And Treatment Approaches for Health Equity)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Embr. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-Infection/Immunity

Principal investigators: Barnabe, Cheryl C; Fox, Terri-Lynn; Montesanti, Stephanie R; O'Neil, Liam J; Roach, Pamela Marie

Keywords: Health Services Research; Implementation Research; Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis; Models Of Care; Prevention Trial; Psoriatic Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Screening; Shared Decision Making; Spondyloarthritis

$2,000,000

Defining protective pericardial immune mechanisms in cardiac remodeling following myocardial infarction

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Deniset, Justin F; Fedak, Paul William M

Keywords: Cardiac Fibrosis; Inflammation; Innate Immune Mechanisms; Macrophages; Myocardial Infarction

$830,026

Elucidating the role of the vaginal microbiome in pathological tissue remodeling associated with pelvic organ prolapse

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Sycuro, Laura

Keywords: female urogenital tract; proteomics; activity-based probes; 2D human organoids; vaginal microbiome; degradomics; extracellular matrix; pelvic organ prolapse; proteases; glycosaminoglycans

$250,000

Live-Cell Super-Resolution Imaging of Dynamic Cellular Processes

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Shutt, Timothy

$150,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Antoine Dufour

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Impaired Myogenic Differentiation Is a Shared Feature Across Genetic Myopathies.

Serum-Free Expanded Hair Follicle Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Cartilage Repair in a Murine Full-Thickness Defect Model.

Upadacitinib enhances platelet procoagulant responses in a subset of healthy individuals and patients with SLE: a pilot study.

Mast cell proteases and their significance in physiology, pathology, and therapeutic approaches.

Pericardial fluid extracellular vesicles enhance angiogenesis and blunt cardiac fibrosis in coronary disease.

Paired longitudinal tear proteomics reveals persistent ocular surface dysregulation after teprotumumab therapy in thyroid eye disease.

Serum-free medium modulates the immunomodulatory and anabolic function of equine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells.

Extracellular matrix deposition drives disease progression and reduces rapamycin response in lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

TGF&#x3b2;-PDL1 signaling in neutrophils preserves lung barrier during hyperinflammation.

Endogenous cathelicidin protects against Toxoplasma gondii-associated liver damage.

Elucidating the role of the vaginal microbiome in pathological tissue remodeling associated with pelvic organ prolapse

Live-Cell Super-Resolution Imaging of Dynamic Cellular Processes

Frequent collaborators

Leslie Skeith

Roman Krawetz

Daniel Graf

Jane Shearer

Prism Schneider

Ajitha Thanabalasuriar

Paul Kubes

Braedon McDonald

Cathy Lu

Simon Hirota

Paul Kubes

Maziar Divangahi

Johnathan Canton

Gerald Pfeffer

Ibukun Akinrinade

Kirk Bergstrom

Deepak Kaushik

Ina Dobrinski

Remo Panaccione

Maria Febbraio

Daniel Graf

Qi Zhang

Steven Heitman

David Langlais

David Gosselin

Amir Sanati Nezhad

Christophe Altier

Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu

Eleftherios Diamandis

David Proud

Walter Herzog

Paul Pavlidis

Todd Anderson

Michael Weinfeld

Bryan Yipp

Shokrollah Elahi

Glen Hazlewood

Jason Moffat

John Matyas

Sean Gill

TGFβ-PDL1 signaling in neutrophils preserves lung barrier during hyperinflammation.