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Last published 2026
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Het Adhvaryu

Assistant Professor

Also affiliated: National Institutes of Health (2025); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (2025)

2 h-index 7 pubs 31 cited

  • Q Fever
  • Macrophages, Alveolar
  • Coxiella burnetii
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Macrophages
  • Humans
  • Mitochondria
  • Inflammation
  • Arginase
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
  • Leishmania major
  • GTP-Binding Proteins
  • Myeloid Cells
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
  • Type IV Secretion Systems

Biography and Research Information

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Het Adhvaryu's research focuses on understanding the interactions between intracellular bacterial pathogens and host cells, particularly macrophages. This work investigates how pathogens like *Coxiella burnetii* alter macrophage metabolism and mitochondrial function, influencing the host's inflammatory response. Adhvaryu has also examined the role of guanylate-binding proteins in balancing immune responses during infections with *Leishmania major*, contributing to host defense mechanisms. Collaborations with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Daniel E. Voth, Jordan T. Bird, Stephanie D. Byrum, and Charity L. Washam, have resulted in shared publications in these areas. Adhvaryu's recent publications also touch upon nanotechnology approaches for HER2-positive breast cancer.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 7
  • Citations: 31

Positions

  • Assistant Professor 2026–present
    Harding University Main Campus Biology ORCID
  • Graduate Research Assistant 2021–2026
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Microbiology and Immunology ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Breathing and burning: metabolic control of alveolar macrophages by intracellular bacterial pathogens (2026)
    Frontiers in Physiology DOI OpenAlex
  • Guanylate-binding proteins balance iNOS/Arg-1 in myeloid cells during L. major infection and promote host defense to infection (2026)
    mBio DOI OpenAlex
  • Coxiella burnetii Strains Elicit Distinct Inflammatory Responses in Human Macrophages (2025)
    Pathogens DOI OpenAlex
  • The intracellular agent of Q fever, Coxiella burnetii , alters human alveolar macrophage metabolism and mitochondrial physiology (2025)
    mBio 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Coxiella burnetii strains elicit distinct inflammatory responses in human macrophages (2025)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Guanylate-Binding Proteins Promote Host Defense Against Leishmania major by Balancing iNOS/Arg-1 in Myeloid Cells (2025)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Nanotechnology approaches to addressing HER2-positive breast cancer (2020)
    Cancer Nanotechnology 28 citations DOI OpenAlex

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