{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(1)"],"submitter":["Forn-Cuni G"],"funding":["H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions"],"pubmed_abstract":["The increasing prevalence of antifungal-resistant human pathogenic fungi, particularly azole-resistant <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i>, is a life-threatening challenge to the immunocompromised population. Autophagy-related processes such as LC3-associated phagocytosis have been shown to be activated in the host response against fungal infection, but their overall effect on host resistance remains uncertain. To analyze the relevance of these processes <i>in vivo</i>, we used a zebrafish animal model of invasive Aspergillosis. To confirm the validity of this model to test potential treatments for this disease, we confirmed that immunosuppressive treatments or neutropenia rendered zebrafish embryos more susceptible to <i>A. fumigatus</i>. We used GFP-Lc3 transgenic zebrafish to visualize the aut"],"journal":["Autophagy"],"pagination":["324-337"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9809955"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Stimulating the autophagic-lysosomal axis enhances host defense against fungal infection in a zebrafish model of invasive Aspergillosis."],"pmcid":["PMC9809955"],"pubmed_authors":["Forn-Cuni G","Arentshorst M","Stel FM","van den Hondel CJ","Welvaarts L","Ram A","Meijer AH"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Stimulating the autophagic-lysosomal axis enhances host defense against fungal infection in a zebrafish model of invasive Aspergillosis.","description":"The increasing prevalence of antifungal-resistant human pathogenic fungi, particularly azole-resistant <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i>, is a life-threatening challenge to the immunocompromised population. Autophagy-related processes such as LC3-associated phagocytosis have been shown to be activated in the host response against fungal infection, but their overall effect on host resistance remains uncertain. To analyze the relevance of these processes <i>in vivo</i>, we used a zebrafish animal model of invasive Aspergillosis. To confirm the validity of this model to test potential treatments for this disease, we confirmed that immunosuppressive treatments or neutropenia rendered zebrafish embryos more susceptible to <i>A. fumigatus</i>. We used GFP-Lc3 transgenic zebrafish to visualize the aut","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jan","modification":"2025-04-19T04:45:26.999Z","creation":"2025-04-19T04:45:26.999Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9809955","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35775203"],"doi":["10.1080/15548627.2022.2090727"]}}