Human microphysiological model of chronic lung disease - MICHROLUNG KU Leuven
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), expected to become the third leading cause of mortality by 2030, is a chronic lung disease for which lung transplantation is inevitable despite antiinflammatory or antifibrotic drugs. To develop novel therapies that prevent early disease onset, a better understanding of the disease driving mechanisms is needed. Both genetic mutations and environmental factors have been linked to lung epithelial ...