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53
Citations
16989
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4037
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1569

Philana Ling Lin publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philana Ling Lin sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 150 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Philana Ling Lin D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philana Ling Lin sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Philana Ling Lin is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a significant focus on Infectious Diseases and Immunology.

The subfields of their work include Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Molecular Biology. Their research topics cover Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Immune responses and vaccinations, Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis, Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.

Philana Ling Lin has contributed to multiple academic papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues (2020, Cell)
  • Prevention of tuberculosis in macaques after intravenous BCG immunization (2020, Nature)
  • Multimodal profiling of lung granulomas in macaques reveals cellular correlates of tuberculosis control (2022, Immunity)
  • Airway T cells are a correlate of i.v. Bacille Calmette-Guerin-mediated protection against tuberculosis in rhesus macaques (2023, Cell Host & Microbe)
  • SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Enriched in Specific Cell Subsets Across Tissues (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Their frequent co-authors include Pauline Maiello, JoAnne L. Flynn, H. Jacob Borish, Sarah M. Fortune, and Charles A. Scanga.

Philana Ling Lin's research is often published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Immunology, Nature Microbiology, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, and Immunity. Their largest number of publications has appeared in bioRxiv, followed by The Journal of Immunology.

Best Publications

  • SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues.

    Carly G.K. Ziegler;Samuel J. Allon;Sarah K. Nyquist;Ian M. Mbano

  • SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Enriched in Specific Cell Subsets Across Tissues

    Carly Ziegler;Samuel J. Allon;Sarah K. Nyquist;Ian Mbano

  • Tuberculous granulomas are hypoxic in guinea pigs, rabbits, and nonhuman primates.

    Laura E. Via;P. Ling Lin;Sonja M. Ray;Jose Carrillo

  • Understanding Latent Tuberculosis: A Moving Target

    Philana Ling Lin;JoAnne L. Flynn

  • Experimental Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of cynomolgus macaques closely resembles the various manifestations of human M. tuberculosis infection.

    Saverio V. Capuano;Denise A. Croix;Santosh Pawar;Angelica Zinovik

  • Sterilization of granulomas is common in active and latent tuberculosis despite within-host variability in bacterial killing

    Philana Ling Lin;Christopher B Ford;Christopher B Ford;M Teresa Coleman;Amy J Myers

  • Prevention of tuberculosis in macaques after intravenous BCG immunization

    Patricia A. Darrah;Joseph J. Zeppa;Pauline Maiello;Joshua A. Hackney

  • Use of whole genome sequencing to estimate the mutation rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during latent infection

    Christopher B Ford;Philana Ling Lin;Michael R Chase;Rupal R Shah

  • Quantitative Comparison of Active and Latent Tuberculosis in the Cynomolgus Macaque Model

    Philana Ling Lin;Mark Rodgers;Le'kneitah Smith;Matthew Bigbee

  • Microenvironments in tuberculous granulomas are delineated by distinct populations of macrophage subsets and expression of nitric oxide synthase and arginase isoforms

    Joshua T. Mattila;Olabisi O. Ojo;Diane Kepka-Lenhart;Simeone Marino

  • Tumor necrosis factor and chemokine interactions in the formation and maintenance of granulomas in tuberculosis.

    Holly M. Scott Algood;Philana Ling Lin;JoAnne L. Flynn

  • Early trends for invasive pneumococcal infections in children after the introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

    Sheldon L. Kaplan;William J. Barson;Philana Ling Lin;José R. Romero

  • Variability in tuberculosis granuloma T cell responses exists, but a balance of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines is associated with sterilization.

    Hannah Priyadarshini Gideon;Jia Yao Phuah;Amy J. Myers;Bryan D. Bryson

  • Tumor necrosis factor neutralization results in disseminated disease in acute and latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection with normal granuloma structure in a cynomolgus macaque model

    Philana Ling Lin;Amy Myers;Le'Kneitah Smith;Carolyn Bigbee

  • Early Events in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Cynomolgus Macaques

    Philana Ling Lin;Santosh Pawar;Amy Myers;Amarenda Pegu

  • The multistage vaccine H56 boosts the effects of BCG to protect cynomolgus macaques against active tuberculosis and reactivation of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

    Philana Ling Lin;Jes Dietrich;Esterlina Tan;Rodolfo M. Abalos

  • Serotype 19A Is the Most Common Serotype Causing Invasive Pneumococcal Infections in Children

    Sheldon L. Kaplan;William J. Barson;Philana L. Lin;Stephanie H. Stovall

  • CD8 T cells and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

    Philana Ling Lin;JoAnne L. Flynn

  • Digitally Barcoding Mycobacterium tuberculosis Reveals In Vivo Infection Dynamics in the Macaque Model of Tuberculosis

    Constance J Martin;Constance J Martin;Anthony M Cadena;Vivian W Leung;Philana Ling Lin

  • TNF influences chemokine expression of macrophages in vitro and that of CD11b+ cells in vivo during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

    Holly M. Scott Algood;Philana Ling Lin;David Yankura;Alvin Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

JoAnne L. Flynn
JoAnne L. Flynn University of Pittsburgh
Sheldon L. Kaplan
Sheldon L. Kaplan Baylor College of Medicine
John S. Bradley
John S. Bradley University of California, San Diego
Sarah M. Fortune
Sarah M. Fortune Harvard University
Kristina G. Hulten
Kristina G. Hulten Baylor College of Medicine
Edward O. Mason
Edward O. Mason Baylor College of Medicine
Tina Q. Tan
Tina Q. Tan Northwestern University
Denise E. Kirschner
Denise E. Kirschner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Laura E. Via
Laura E. Via National Institutes of Health
Clifton E. Barry
Clifton E. Barry National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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