Rate My Professor Carl Feng

An immunologist, Professor Feng investigates how the immune system detects, responds to, and controls respiratory pathogens, defining fundamental cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate host immunity to major respiratory pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. His research interests include immunology of infectious diseases, innate immunity, inflammation, tuberculosis, immunity, cell culture, flow cytometry, and autoimmunity. He has produced 144 publications cited over 14,655 times. Key publications include 'Tissue-wide profiling of human lungs reveals spatial sequestration of macrophages in tuberculosis' (2025), 'A CD40-OX40 co-stimulatory circuit orchestrates protective CD4+ T cell immunity in tuberculosis' (2026), 'Mycobacterium tuberculosis-derived linoleic acid increases regulatory T cell function to promote bacterial survival within macrophages' (2025), 'Spatial mapping reveals granuloma diversity and histopathological superstructure in human tuberculosis' (2023), 'Bacterial-induced or passively administered interferon gamma conditions the lung for early control of SARS-CoV-2' (2023), 'Stromal structure remodeling by B lymphocytes limits T cell activation and promotes chronic tuberculosis' (2022), and 'The quality of energy- and macronutrient-balanced diets regulates host susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection' (2022). Professor Feng leads research in infection, immunity, and inflammation.