Scientific Letter
COPD Patients Display Increased Peripheral Blood Somatic Mutations Which Associate With the Prevalence of Co-morbidities
Alen Faiza,b,c, Valerie R. Wiersmad, Jonas B. Salzbrunnd, Corry-Anke Brandsmab,e, Wim Timensb,e, Janette K. Burgessb,e, Maarten van den Bergeb,c, Dirk-Jan Slebosb,c, Victor Guryevf, Simon D. Pouwelsb,c,e,
Corresponding author
a Respiratory Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology Group, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
b GRIAC Research Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
c Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
d Department of Hematology, Cancer Research Center Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
e Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
f European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, Groningen, The Netherlands
