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:

  • van der Ploeg, EA, Faiz, A, Teitsma, GJ, Brotons, AS, Govorukhina, N, Sand, JMB et al.. It takes two: Aberrant repair and low-grade inflammation characterize bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation in serum proteomic analysis. JHLT Open. 2025;9 :100303. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlto.2025.100303. PubMed PMID:40606296 PubMed Central PMC12219516.
  • Wang, L, Ozaki, M, Heijink, IH, Cuevas-Ocaña, S. ERS Congress 2024: highlights from the Basic and Translational Sciences Assembly. ERJ Open Res. 2025;11 (3):. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00147-2025. PubMed PMID:40524928 PubMed Central PMC12168170.

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