Juergen Loeffler

This study validates an alveolar-like macrophage model as a physiologically relevant in vitro system for studying early Aspergillus fumigatus infection dynamics.

This study shows that M-CSF enhances alveolar macrophage function to protect against invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised mice.

This study investigates how HCMV and its virokine CMVIL-10 modulate dendritic cell responses during co-infection with A. fumigatus, revealing that CMVIL-10 has a limited role in suppressing antifungal immunity.

This study identifies galactosaminogalactan as the fungal ligand for CD56 on human NK cells, triggering antifungal responses and immune cell activation.