Identification of target genes in human lung tissue of COPD patients. Identification of target genes in human lung tissue of COPD patients

Lung tissue of COPD patients and tissue of non-smokers was investigated in transcriptome analysis with regard to differences in RNA expression levels to identify target genes for COPD treatment. Overall design: 5 tumor-free tissue samples of non-smoking patients and 14 tumor-free lung tissue samples (6 smokers and 8 ex-smokers) were used for transcriptome analysis.