Judy Sakanari, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

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Christopher Franklin

[email protected]

Phone: +1 415 476-0825

Fax: +1 415 502-8193

1700 4th St, Rm 508B

UCSF Box 2550

San Francisco, CA 94158

United States

Links

Sakanari Lab

UCSF Profiles

What I do

As a parasitologist I am interested in developing drugs to treat parasitic diseases that affect millions of people worldwide. I work with a number of collaborators to identify drug candidates using a multifaceted screening funnel and to develop innovative tools to accelerate the discovery of novel drugs.

Departmental research area

Chemical biology and medicinal chemistry

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts, Human Physiology, University of California, Berkeley

PhD, Parasitology, University of California, Berkeley

Research keywords

auranofin, Loiasis, Parasitology, Elephantiasis, Filarial, Onchocerciasis

Publications

Tyagi R, Maddirala AR, Elfawal M, Fischer C, Bulman CA, Rosa BA, Gao X, Chugani R, Zhou M, Helander J, Brindley PJ, Tseng CC, Greig IR, Sakanari J, Wildman SA, Aroian R, Janetka JW, Mitreva M. Small Molecule Inhibitors of Metabolic Enzymes Repurposed as a New Class of Anthelmintics. ACS Infect Dis. 2018 May 14.

Bulman CA, Bidlow CM, Lustigman S, Cho-Ngwa F, Williams D, Rascón AA, Tricoche N, Samje M, Bell A, Suzuki B, Lim KC, Supakorndej N, Supakorndej P, Wolfe AR, Knudsen GM, Chen S, Wilson C, Ang KH, Arkin M, Gut J, Franklin C, Marcellino C, McKerrow JH, Debnath A, Sakanari JA. Repurposing auranofin as a lead candidate for treatment of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Feb; 9(2):e0003534.

Geary TG, Sakanari JA, Caffrey CR. Anthelmintic drug discovery: into the future. J Parasitol. 2015 Apr; 101(2):125-33.

Storey B, Marcellino C, Miller M, Maclean M, Mostafa E, Howell S, Sakanari J, Wolstenholme A, Kaplan R. Utilization of computer processed high definition video imaging for measuring motility of microscopic nematode stages on a quantitative scale: "The Worminator". Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist. 2014 Dec; 4(3):233-43.

Ndao M, Nath-Chowdhury M, Sajid M, Marcus V, Mashiyama ST, Sakanari J, Chow E, Mackey Z, Land KM, Jacobson MP, Kalyanaraman C, McKerrow JH, Arrowood MJ, Caffrey CR. A cysteine protease inhibitor rescues mice from a lethal Cryptosporidium parvum infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Dec; 57(12):6063-73.

Ingram JR, Rafi SB, Eroy-Reveles AA, Ray M, Lambeth L, Hsieh I, Ruelas D, Lim KC, Sakanari J, Craik CS, Jacobson MP, McKerrow JH. Investigation of the proteolytic functions of an expanded cercarial elastase gene family in Schistosoma mansoni. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012; 6(4):e1589.

Marcellino C, Gut J, Lim KC, Singh R, McKerrow J, Sakanari J. WormAssay: a novel computer application for whole-plate motion-based screening of macroscopic parasites. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Jan; 6(1):e1494.

Ingram J, Knudsen G, Lim KC, Hansell E, Sakanari J, McKerrow J. Proteomic analysis of human skin treated with larval schistosome peptidases reveals distinct invasion strategies among species of blood flukes. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Sep; 5(9):e1337.

DuBois KN, Abodeely M, Sakanari J, Craik CS, Lee M, McKerrow JH, Sajid M. Identification of the major cysteine protease of Giardia and its role in encystation. J Biol Chem. 2008 Jun 27; 283(26):18024-31.

Nadler SA, D'Amelio S, Dailey MD, Paggi L, Siu S, Sakanari JA. Molecular phylogenetics and diagnosis of Anisakis, Pseudoterranova, and Contracaecum from northern Pacific marine mammals. J Parasitol. 2005 Dec; 91(6):1413-29.

Kim YM, Hwang HA, Yun WS, Kim SI, Lee KW, Park SK, Lee YJ, Kim TK, Wongsrichanalai C, Sakanari JA, Park H. Efficacy of the merozoite surface protein 1 of Plasmodium vivax as an antigen for ELISA to diagnose malaria. Yonsei Med J. 2004 Feb 29; 45(1):129-34.