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.
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Our Latest Publications:
- Losol, P, Duffy, A, Devulder, J, Heijink, IH, Reynaert, NL, Kapellos, TS et al.. ERS Congress 2025: highlights from the Basic and Translational Sciences Assembly. ERJ Open Res. 2026;12 (5):. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00581-2026. PubMed PMID:42683067 PubMed Central PMC13531277.
- Postma, NJ, van Leer, B, Simões, FB, van der Velde, P, Van den Berge, M, Sand, JMB et al.. Lung fibroblast activation protein expression is associated with extracellular matrix remodelling in post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2. ERJ Open Res. 2026;12 (4):. doi: 10.1183/23120541.01503-2025. PubMed PMID:42639012 PubMed Central PMC13501420.
