Nan Yan, PhD

Assistant Professor
Endowed Title: Rita C. and William P. Clements, Jr. Scholar in Medical Research 2011-2015
Internal Medicine, Microbiology
Graduate Program: Immunology
Molecular Microbiology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

nan.yan@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Texas at Austin, Molecular Biology (2006)
UndergraduateFudan University - China, Microbiology (1999)

Research Interests

Autoimmune diseases
HIV pathogenesis
Innate immunity
Retrovirology

Publications

Gaining a foothold: how HIV avoids innate immune recognition.

Yan N, Lieberman J. , Curr Opin Immunol. , February 2011; (23(1)):21-8

The cytosolic exonuclease TREX1 inhibits the innate immune response to human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

Yan N, Regalado-Magdos AD, Stiggelbout B, Lee-Kirsch MA, Lieberman J. , Nat Immunol. , November 2010; (11(11)):1005-13

The SET complex acts as a barrier to autointegration of HIV-1.

Yan N, Cherepanov P, Daigle JE, Engelman A, Lieberman J. , PLoS Pathog. , March 2009; (5(3)):e1000327

Identification of host proteins required for HIV infection through a functional genomic screen.

Brass AL, Dykxhoorn DM, Benita Y, Yan N, Engelman A, Xavier RJ, Lieberman J, Elledge SJ. , Science , February 2008; (319(5865)):921-6

Honors/Awards

Endowed Scholar Award, UTSW

(2011)

Young Investigator Award, CORI

(2008)

CFAR Scholar Award

(2007)