To characterise and confirm the relevance of the selected targets in an ex vivo model, we quantified the expression levels of miR-636, IL1R1, RANK, IKBKB, and FAM13A and the two secreted cytokines, IL-8 and IL-6, in human lung explants from CF patient and non-CF control biopsies using RT-qPCR. Here, IKBKB is linked to cystic fibrosis.