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PAH PMVECs demonstrated reduced vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced tip cell formation as evidenced by reduced filopodia formation and motility, which was partially rescued by recombinant Wnt7a. We discovered that Wnt7a promotes VEGF signalling by facilitating Y1175 tyrosine phosphorylation in vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) through receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 2 (ROR2), a Wnt-specific receptor. We found that ROR2 knockdown mimics Wnt7a insufficiency and prevents recovery of tip cell formation with Wnt7a stimulation. While there was no difference between wild-type and endothelial-specific<jats:italic>Wnt7a<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2013<\/jats:sup>mice under either chronic hypoxia or SuHx, global<jats:italic>Wnt7a<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>+\/\u2013<\/jats:sup>mice in hypoxia demonstrated higher pulmonary pressures and severe right ventricular and lung vascular remodelling. Similar to PAH,<jats:italic>Wnt7a<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>+\/\u2013<\/jats:sup>PMVECs exhibited an insufficient angiogenic response to VEGF-A that improved with Wnt7a.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Wnt7a promotes VEGF signalling in lung PMVECs and its loss is associated with an insufficient VEGF-A angiogenic response. 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