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 ->
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Our Latest Publications:
- 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.
- Hewitt, RJ, Chakravarty, P, Perez-Lloret, J, Banchero, M, Berg, M, van den Berge, M et al.. Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals aberrant airway epithelial-immune cell cross-talk in pulmonary fibrosis. ERJ Open Res. 2026;12 (4):. doi: 10.1183/23120541.01273-2025. PubMed PMID:42549113 PubMed Central PMC13430588.
