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:
- 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.
- Kuks, PJM, Aabed, AMA, Premereur, LCA, Kraft, M, Siddiqui, S, Fabbri, LM et al.. Clinical phenotyping of asthma patients with elevated sputum eosinophils and low blood eosinophils: a post-hoc analysis of the multicentre ATLANTIS cohort. EBioMedicine. 2026;130 :106366. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106366. PubMed PMID:42435581 PubMed Central PMC13382052.
