Inhaled Steroids Modulate Extracellular Matrix Composition in Bronchial Biopsies of COPD Patients: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

• Lisette I. Z. Kunz ,

  * E-mail: L.I.Z.Kunz@lumc.nl

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Jolanda Strebus,

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Simona E. Budulac,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Therese S. Lapperre,

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Peter J. Sterk,

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Dirkje S. Postma,

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Thais Mauad,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, São Paulo University Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Wim Timens,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Pieter S. Hiemstra,

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• the GLUCOLD (Groningen Leiden Universities Corticosteroids in Obstructive Lung Disease) Study Group

  ¶Membership of the GLUCOLD Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments

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