Sawa, Akira, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor Director, Program in Molecular Psychiatry Main Office Address Meyer 3-166A The Johns Hopkins Hospital 600 North Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD 21287 Phone: 410-955-4726 Fax: 410-614-1792 E-mail: asawa1@jhmi.edu Administrative Assistant Yukiko Lema E-mail: ylema1@jhmi.edu

Education

Professional Interests

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: pathogenesis at molecular level

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Selected Publications

Kamiya A., Kubo K., Tomoda T., Takaki M., Youn R., Ozeki Y., Sawamura N., Park U., Kudo C.,  Okawa M., Ross C.A., Hatten M.E., Nakajima K., Sawa A. A schizophrenia-associated mutation of DISC1 perturbs cerebral cortex development. Nature Cell Biol., 7; 1067-78 (2005)

Sawa A., Snyder S.H.. Genetics. Two genes link two distinct psychoses. Science; 310; 1128-9 (2005)

Hara M.R., Agrawal N., Kim S.F., Cascio M.B., Fujimuro M., Takahashi M., Cheah J.H.,Tankou S.K., Hester L.D., Ferris C.D., Hayward S.D., Snyder S.H., Sawa A. S-Nitrosylated glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase initiates cell death by nuclear translocation following Siah1 binding.
Nature Cell Biol., 7; 665-674 (2005)

Bae B.I., Igarashi S., Fujimuro M., Agrawal N., Taya Y., Hayward S.D., Moran T., Ross C.A., Snyder S.H., Sawa A. p53 mediates cellular dysfunction and behavioral abnormalities in Huntington’s disease. Neuron 47; 29-41 (2005)

Sawa A., Snyder S.H. Schizophrenia: diverse approaches to a complex disease.
Science, 296; 692-695 (2002)