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. 2019 Mar 29;21(Suppl B):B7–B14. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/suz048

Table 2.

Genetic pulmonary hypertension

PH WHO GROUP TYPE Inheritance MIM Gene MIM Protein
# phenotype *Gene locus
Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH)
 1 PPH1 AD BMPR2a 600799 Bone Morphogenetic protein receptor 2
 1 PPH2 AD SMAD9 603295 Mothers against decapentaplegic drosophila, homologue of, 9
 1 PPH3 AD CAV1 601047b Caveolin1
 1 PPH4 AD KCNK3 603220 Potassium channel, subfamily K, member 3
 1 Dexfenfluramine-associated PH AD CYP1B1 601771 Cytochrome P450; subfamily 1; polypeptide 1
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD)
 1 PVOD1 AD BMPR2 600799 Bone Morphogenetic protein receptor 2
 1 PVOD2 AR EIF2AK4 609280 Eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2, alpha kinase 4 
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)
 1 HHT1 (Rendu-Osler-Weber) AD ENG 131195 Endoglein (CD105)
 1 HHT2 AD ACVRL1 601284 Activin A receptor, type II-like 1 
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
 5 Tuberous sclerosis-1; LAM AD TSC1 605284 Amartin
 5 Tuberous sclerosis-2 and LAM somatic mutations AD TSC2 191092 Tuberin
Lysosomal storage diseases
 5 Glycogen Storage disease type 1 AR G6PC (1a) 232200 Glucose-6-phosphatase
SLC37A4 (1b) 232220 Glucose-6-phosphate translocase
 5 Glycogen Storage disease types 3a and b AR AGL 610860 Glycogen debrancher enzyme
 5 Gaucher Disease type 1 (with or without splenectomy) AR GBA 606463 Acid beta-glucosidase 
a

Including fenfluramine-/dexfenfluramine associated PH.

b

Disorders allelic at the same locus: ‘Lipodystrophy, congenital, generalized type 3’ and ‘Partial lipodystrophy, congenital cataracts and neurodegeneration syndrome’.