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Birgit Ott

Universität Ulm

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Respiratory viruses activate autophagy via the IFN-STAT1/STAT5B-SOCS1 axis

Victoria Hunszinger, Helen Dürr, Zoé Engels, Helene Hoenigsperger, Lennart Koepke, Susanne Klute, Jana-Romana Fischer, Birgit Ott, Alexander Graf, Stefan Krebs, Helmut Blum, Maximilian Hirschenberger, Frank Kirchhoff, Konstantin M. J. Sparrer

This study identifies the IFN-STAT1/STAT5B-SOCS1 axis as a mechanism by which respiratory viruses activate autophagy, showing that targeting this pathway can inhibit virus replication without compromising innate immunity.

PLoS Pathogens · Jul 15, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology