Who we are :

The Experimental Pulmonology and Inflammation Research (EXPIRE) group is a scientific research group housed in the Medical Biology and Pathology department in the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). The main research focus of the group are lung diseases: Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). Diseased and healthy lungs are studied in our laboratory at genetic, cellular, immunological, and 3D structural levels, from childhood to old age.


Our Research ->

Latest News:

Groeifonds grant of €4.4 million for research on personalized treatment of asthma & COPD


Our Latest Publications:

  • Ter Haar, EAMD, Slebos, DJ, Klooster, K, Pouwels, SD, Hartman, JE. Comorbidities reduce survival and quality of life in COPD with severe lung hyperinflation. ERJ Open Res. 2024;10 (6):. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00268-2024. PubMed PMID:39559450 PubMed Central PMC11571074.
  • Kortekaas, RK, Geillinger-Kästle, KE, Fuentes-Mateos, R, Schönleber, A, van der Koog, L, Elferink, RAB et al.. The soluble factor milieu in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis dysregulates epithelial differentiation. FASEB J. 2024;38 (19):e70077. doi: 10.1096/fj.202302405RR. PubMed PMID:39370849 .

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