Sanjay A. Desai

Also affiliated with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyImmunology and Microbiology

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Driven by 22 papers. Top paper: “Promises and Pitfalls of Parasite Patch-clamp”.

Promises and Pitfalls of Parasite Patch-clamp

Trends in Parasitology(2021)10.1016/j.pt.2021.02.002

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0.588DataRank · unranked

20 citations

Gagandeep Singh Saggu, Sanjay A. Desai, Jeanine Gezelle

Activating pyruvate kinase improves red blood cell integrity by reducing band 3 tyrosine phosphorylation

Blood Advances(2024)10.1182/bloodadvances.2024013504

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0.461DataRank · unranked

15 citations

Xunde Wang, Jonathan M. Chu, Maureen Lundt, Yuan Yee Lee, Anna Conrey +9 more

Optimized Pyridazinone Nutrient Channel Inhibitors Are Potent and Specific Antimalarial Leads

Molecular Pharmacology(2022)10.1124/molpharm.122.000549

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0.360DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Samanthi L. Waidyarachchi, Jinfeng Shao, Son T. Nguyen, Xiaoyuan Ding, Steven C. Cardinale +12 more

Conditional permeabilization of the P. falciparum plasma membrane in infected cells links cation influx to reduced membrane integrity

PLoS ONE(2023)10.1371/journal.pone.0283776

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0.165DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Ankit Gupta, Jinfeng Shao, Sanjay A. Desai, Mariame Sylla

Identification of a large anion channel required for digestive vacuole acidification and amino acid export in Plasmodium falciparum

PLoS Biology(2025)10.1371/journal.pbio.3003202

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0.165DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Jinfeng Shao, Mansoor A. Siddiqui, Maria Traver, Tatiane Macedo-Silva, Joseph Brzostowski +2 more

Epigenetics of malaria parasite nutrient uptake, but why?

Trends in Parasitology(2022)10.1016/j.pt.2022.05.005

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8 citations

Sanjay A. Desai

A robust fluorescence-based assay for human erythrocyte Ca++ efflux suitable for high-throughput inhibitor screens

European Biophysics Journal(2022)10.1007/s00249-022-01623-y

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3 citations

EJun Yun, Jonathan M. Chu, Mansoor A. Siddiqui, Sanjay A. Desai, Jeremiah Nelson Sims

Antiplasmodial peptaibols act through membrane directed mechanisms

Cell chemical biology(2023)10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.10.025

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11 citations

Jin Woo Lee, Frances Rocamora, Gagandeep Singh Saggu, Karen Wendt, Charisse Flerida A. Pasaje +17 more

NK cell-induced damage to P.falciparum-infected erythrocytes requires ligand-specific recognition and releases parasitophorous vacuoles that are phagocytosed by monocytes in the presence of immune IgG

PLoS Pathogens(2023)10.1371/journal.ppat.1011585

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3 citations

Sumati Rajagopalan, Estela Shabani, Usheer Kanjee, Marc A. Schureck, Gunjan Arora +7 more

Complex nutrient channel phenotypes despite Mendelian inheritance in a Plasmodium falciparum genetic cross

PLoS Pathogens(2020)10.1371/journal.ppat.1008363

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45 citations

Abdullah A. B. Bokhari, Ajay D. Pillai, Anna K. Crater, Jeanine Gezelle, Gagandeep Singh Saggu +5 more

NK cell-induced damage to P.falciparum -infected erythrocytes requires ligand-specific recognition and releases parasitophorous vacuoles that are phagocytosed by monocytes in the presence of immune IgG

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.07.31.551226

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0 citations

Sumati Rajagopalan, Estela Shabani, Usheer Kanjee, Marc A. Schureck, Gunjan Arora +7 more

Plasmodium falciparum CLAG Paralogs All Traffic to the Host Membrane but Knockouts Have Distinct Phenotypes

Microorganisms(2024)10.3390/microorganisms12061172

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5 citations

Zabdi González‐Chávez, Sanjay A. Desai, Ankit Gupta

Novel Ion Channel Genes in Malaria Parasites

Genes(2024)10.3390/genes15030296

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2 citations

Sanjay A. Desai

Optimized plasmid loading of human erythrocytes for Plasmodium falciparum DNA transfections

International Journal for Parasitology(2024)10.1016/j.ijpara.2024.04.011

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4 citations

Sri Lalana Appasani, Mai Ito, Caroline M. Percopo, Sanjay A. Desai, Kashif Mohammad

Novel Ion Channel Genes in Malaria Parasites

Preprints.org(2024)10.20944/preprints202402.0411.v1

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2 citations

Sanjay A. Desai

Partially Overlapping Contributions of Clag Paralogs to Nutrient Uptake Channels in P. falciparum

Preprints.org(2024)10.20944/preprints202404.1487.v1

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1 citations

Zabdi González‐Chávez, Sanjay A. Desai, Ankit Gupta

Plasmodium falciparum protein kinase 6 and hemozoin formation are inhibited by a type II human kinase inhibitor exhibiting antimalarial activity

Cell chemical biology(2025)10.1016/j.chembiol.2025.06.003

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9 citations

Tiantian Jiang, Lushun Wang, Monica J. Bohmer, Subhoja Chakraborty, John Okombo +32 more

Unique Properties of Nutrient Channels on Plasmodium-Infected Erythrocytes

Pathogens(2023)10.3390/pathogens12101211

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11 citations

Sanjay A. Desai

Malaria parasites use a soluble RhopH complex for erythrocyte invasion and an integral form for nutrient uptake

eLife(2021)10.7554/elife.65282

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55 citations

Joseph E. Darling, Alan Merk, Jinfeng Shao, Geervani Daggupati, Prakash Srinivasan +7 more

An Invariant Protein That Colocalizes With VAR2CSA on Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Red Cells Binds to Chondroitin Sulfate A

The Journal of Infectious Diseases(2021)10.1093/infdis/jiab550

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8 citations

Bethany J. Jenkins, Harold Obiakor, Daniel Shaji, Atis Muehlenbachs, Jean‐Philippe Semblat +12 more

Kinetic tracking of Plasmodium falciparum antigen presentation reveals determinants of protein export and membrane insertion

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.09.06.459085

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0 citations

Gunjan Arora, Javier Manzella‐Lapeira, Joseph Brzostowski, Sanjay A. Desai, Jinfeng Shao

Kinetic Tracking of Plasmodium falciparum Antigens on Infected Erythrocytes with a Novel Reporter of Protein Insertion and Surface Exposure

mBio(2022)10.1128/mbio.00404-22

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13 citations

Gunjan Arora, Javier Manzella‐Lapeira, Joseph Brzostowski, Sanjay A. Desai, Jinfeng Shao