AUTHOR=Chiu Priscilla Pui Lam TITLE=New Insights into Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia – A Surgeon’s Introduction to CDH Animal Models JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics VOLUME=2 YEAR=2014 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2014.00036 DOI=10.3389/fped.2014.00036 ISSN=2296-2360 ABSTRACT=

In recent decades, new research into the developmental defects and pathophysiological basis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) has revealed opportunities for the development of innovative therapies. Importantly, the use of animal models to represent this anomaly in the laboratory has resulted in the discovery of many important genetic, epigenetic, and other molecular contributors to this condition. In this review, the most commonly used and newly devised animal models of CDH are presented to familiarize the reader with the latest innovations in the basic sciences.