Nan Duan

Nan Duan's research focuses on how the bacterium Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a tick-borne pathogen that causes human ehrlichiosis, interacts with and manipulates host cells to survive and grow inside them. Recent work examines host cell defense mechanisms (like phosphate transport and oxidative stress responses) and bacterial strategies to counteract them, alongside some earlier work on vaccine safety testing methods. This research sits at the intersection of microbiology and immunology, using molecular and cellular approaches to understand host-pathogen interactions.

Publication output was sparse and irregular in the earlier part of the decade but has increased noticeably in the most recent years (2024-2026).

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