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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2016 Dec 15;27(4):229–236. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2016.12.003

Table 1.

Recent Mouse models of pulmonary hypertension published since 2012

Mouse strain Genetic modification RVSP, mmHg RV/LV+S Histology Ref

Normoxia Hypoxia Normoxia Hypoxia Normoxia Hypoxia
C57BL6/J Prkg1−/− 43 N/A N/A N/A ↑Musc N/A Zhao(2012)
C57BL6/J Il13 Tg 38 N/A 0.31 N/A ↑Musc N/A Cho(2013)
C57BL6/J Irp1−/− 36 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Ghosh (2013)
C57BL6/J EC Smad1−/− 28 N/A 0.294 N/A ↑Musc N/A Han(2013)
SMC Smad1−/− 25 N/A 0.313 N/A ↑Musc N/A
C57BL6/J Ccr2−/− 30 47 0.28 0.41 ↑Musc ↑Musc Yu(2013)
Ccl2−/− 26 42 0.27 0.42 N/A N/A
C57BL6/J Sod1−/− 34 34 0.32 0.41 ↑Musc N/A Ramiro-Diaz(2013)
C57BL6/J SMC Pten−/− 30 35 0.27 0.42 ↑Musc Occlusive intima of small PA Hortia (2013)
C57BL6/J EC Gata6−/− 27 33 0.31 0.48 Normal ↑Musc Ghatneka (2013)
C57BL6/J Hif2aG536w knock in 66 N/A 0.61 N/A ↑Musc N/A Tan(2013)
C57BL6/J Ucp2−/− 25(mPAP) 28(mPAP) N/A N/A ↑Musc No difference Dromparis (2013)
C57BL6/J EC Klf4−/− 24 34 0.28 0.40 Normal ↑Musc Shatat (2014)
C57BL6/J Aplnr−/− 35 N/A 0.38 N/A Occluded PV N/A Lathen (2014)
EC Aplnr−/− 35 N/A 0.38 N/A Occluded PV N/A
Erg−/− 50 N/A 0.48 N/A Occluded PV N/A
C57BL6/J Sirt3−/− 30(mPAP) N/A 0.33 N/A ↑Musc N/A Paulin (2014)
C57BL6/J SMC Foxo1−/− 30 35 0.24 0.28 ↑Musc ↑Musc Savai (2014)
C57BL6/J Epha2−/− 25 32(Hx) 35 (SuHx) 0.25 0.42(Hx) 0.47(Su Hx) Normal No difference Rhodes (2015)
C57BL6/J EC Fas-induced apoptosis-EFIA 29 N/A 0.27 N/A Occlusive small PA N/A Goldthorp (2015)
C57BL6/J Egln1Cdh5Cre 54 N/A 0.5 N/A ↑Musc N/A Kapitsino (2016)
C57BL6/J Egln1Tie2Cre 72 N/A 0.85 N/A ↑Musc, occlusive small and large PA, plexiform lesions N/A Dai(2016)
C57BL6/J EC Ampk−/− 27 38 0.2 0.37 Normal ↑Musc Omura (2016)

Hx, hypoxia; Musc, muscularization of distal pulmonary vessels; mPAP, mean pulmonary arterial pressure; N/A, not analyzed; PA, pulmonary artery; PV, pulmonary vein; SuHx, Sugen5416/hypoxia.