Roger Alan Renne - Sumner WA, US Kyeonghee Monica Lee - Richland WA, US Katrina Marie Waters - Richland WA, US Quanxin Meng - Richland WA, US David L. Springer - Pasco WA, US Sam Jens Harbo - Kennewick WA, US Katherine M. Gideon - Kennewick WA, US Joel G. Pounds - Richland WA, US Herbert S. Bresler - Columbus OH, US Don S. Daly - Richland WA, US
Methods of diagnosis, markers, and screening techniques and animal models for assessing the severity and/or progression or regression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and COPD-related diseases are disclosed.