Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Integrative phenotypic and transcriptomic validation of an alveolar-like macrophage model reveals early host–pathogen dynamics during Aspergillus fumigatus infectionJeany Söhnlein · Sascha Schäuble · Juan Prada Salcedo · Zahraa Abboud · Dalia Sheta · Kerstin Hünniger-Ast · Michelle Seif · Hermann Einsele · Thomas Dandekar · Gianni Panagiotou · Andreas Beilhack · Juergen LoefflerFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1922948