Integrative phenotypic and transcriptomic validation of an alveolar-like macrophage model reveals early host-pathogen dynamics during Aspergillus fumigatus infection
Jeany Söhnlein, Sascha Schäuble, Juan Pablo Prada, Zahraa Abboud, Dalia Sheta, Kerstin Hünniger-Ast, Michelle Seif, Hermann Einsele, Thomas Dandekar, Gianni Panagiotou, Andreas Beilhack, Juergen Loeffler
This study validates an alveolar-like macrophage model as a physiologically relevant in vitro system for studying early Aspergillus fumigatus infection dynamics.
Frontiers in Microbiology · Oct 8, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology