Animal models: An essential tool to dissect the heterogeneity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Abstract

Jingxian Jiang1#, Shuanglan Xu1#, Zi Chen1#, Weihua Liu1, Liuchao Zhang1, Jianmin Li2, Zhou Zhu3, Linfu Zhou1,2,4 1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China; 2Animal Core Facility, Key Laboratory of Model Animal, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, Jiangsu Province, China; 3Department of Pediatrics and Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA; 4Institute of Integrative Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China