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While Pneumocystis can colonize healthy hosts by resisting and transiently evading innate immunity, a functional adaptive immune response is essential to prevent progressive infection. Impairments in adaptive immunity, particularly defects in CD4+ T cell function, are strongly associated with the development of severe Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in humans and a wide range of mammalian species. Immune activation by Pneumocystis has strong genetic determinants, and a major gap in our understanding of PCP pathogenesis lies in uncovering the mechanisms by which Pneumocystis escapes alveolar macrophages and evades pulmonary innate immunity. Prior research determined that FVB\/NJ mice display an unusual resistance to Pneumocystis infection. Further susceptibility testing across several inbred mouse strains revealed that the AKR\/J strain, which is phylogenetically distant from the FVB\/NJ strain, also exhibits a rarely described form of protective innate immunity against PCP. Notably, the mechanism of AKR\/J resistance does not require CD4+ or CD8+ T lymphocytes. However, depleting alveolar macrophages prior to infection rendered AKR\/J mice susceptible to PCP, highlighting the critical role of macrophages for this protective innate immune response. These novel findings establish the AKR\/J inbred strain as a valuable model for investigating the interaction between Pneumocystis and macrophages, offering a unique opportunity to explore how these interactions lead to differential outcomes between resistant and susceptible mouse strains. 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