CorDynamics has industry-leading expertise in multiple ‘gold-standard’ methods to study the pathology of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and investigate potential therapies. We have conducted PAH studies for more than 80 discrete clients over the past decade.
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Multiple proven PAH models available for customized study design:
Monocrotaline PAH Model
Rodent model that allows for the evaluation of compounds in both prevention and intervention modes.
- Right ventricular hypertrophy and pulmonary edema are apparent by 4 weeks
- Increased pulmonary vessel wall medial thickness correlates with an elevated pulmonary arterial pressure
- Often used for screening multiple compounds or dose levels
Hypoxia + Sugen PAH Model
Rodent model that allows for the interrogation of test articles in the most robust small animal preclinical model available.
- Several vivarium rooms customized for hypoxia environment; large throughput = shorter timelines
- Pulmonary arterial wall thickening and occlusion of arterioles develops due to endothelial cell overgrowth
- Numerous positive controls (such as PDE5, ET-1, sGC, other mechanisms) extensively validated in the model
- Interventional therapy can be assessed using study durations of 8+ weeks
- Gold-standard model that provides pathology most similar to human PAH
