DNER and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: We measured the RNA expression level of BET genes (BRD2, BRD3, BRD4, and the known testes specific gene BRDT) in alveolar macrophages from six COPD patients and in whole blood from the ECLIPSE COPD patients (S4 Appendix: Expression of BET genes in COPD donors from the ECLIPSE studies).