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    1. Gene analysis performed at that time showed mutation in VHL gene in exon 1 TCG(Ser65)→TTG(Leu).

      A case report of a female patient with cereballar hemangioblastoma at 23Y and endolympathic sac tumour repeating at 23Y and 25Y revealed a mutation c.194C>T in the VHL gene. The mutation was found in both the hemangioblastoma and and the ELST, as well as in the patient's father, concluding germline origin. The patient's father had cerebellar hemangioblastoma at age 30, and bilateral renal cell carcinoma. He died at 43Y due complications from metatasized RCC. The patient's grandfather and uncle also had VHL-like multi-tumours, but genetic confirmation was not determined and symptoms were not specified. Cosegregation with disease and multiple affected family members may be supportive of PP1. Patients' phenotypes are highly specific to VHL disease (PP4).

    1. The VHL mutation pattern includes point mutations, small deletions and large deletions.

      PatientID: VH7

      KindredID: F3

      Case: M, 25Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: pheochromocytoma

      FamilyInfo: Family history of pheo (type 2 VHL with no other lesions). Two other family members are given: VH5, 25Y Female, and VH6, 54Y Male both with an isolated pheochromocytoma too.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 24735130

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R82L (c.245G>T)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 526675 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/526675/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transversion

      CivicName: R82L (c.245G>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. 24Mc.499C>T3Missensep.Arg167Trp14P

      PatientID: 24

      KindredID: 4

      Case: M, 14Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Four members of this family, IDs #22 (8Y, F), #23 (25Y, M), #24 (14Y, M), #25 (12Y, M), were found to have the same variant and pheochromocytoma.

      CohortInfo: Thirty-one subjects were included in this study consisting of 16 SDHB mutation carriers and 15 subjects with VHL disease followed-up between 1975 and 2008. Subjects were included in the study if they had complete imaging from the base of the skull to the pelvis and measurements of urinary or plasma catecholamines. The case-notes and hospital databases were examined for the required data, which included: age at first symptom/diagnosis, family history, disease penetrance, site and size of tumor, symptoms, secretion of catecholamines, multifocal disease, metastatic disease, treatment and disease outcome.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (Pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: 14Y at VHL diagnosis.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167W (c.499C>T)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2218, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2218/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000007954, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191506-C-T

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167W (c.499C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. 454 C/T

      A retrospective study described polyglobulia in 19 patients precise germline VHL mutations and with hemangioblastomas. 10 other patients followed with VHL mutations without an exact location. Patient 31 was a 32Y male with raised EPO levels. They had a hemangioblastoma tumor 0.2cm3 in size. The mutation p.P81S (c.241C>T) was described in the paper as c.454C>T due to a difference in transcript reference. No family information was provided.

    1. A 12-year-old girl presenting with intermittent epigastric pains and diarrhea was referred to our clinic. Diagnostic workup revealed nonfunctional bilateral adrenal pheochromocytomas as well as a neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreatic head. This is the first report on the combination of a neuroendocrine pancreatic tumor with adrenal pheochromocytoma in a pediatric patient with von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) disease.

      PatientID: 1 (case)

      KindredID: 1

      Case: F, 12Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: Family history revealed that her mother had had bilateral partial adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma during her youth; more recent follow-up investigations of the patient’s mother also revealed cerebral hemangioblastomas and a neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreatic head with liver metastases. She also showed the same mutation upon further follow-up.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666; HP:0030405 (pheochromocytoma; pancreatic endocrine tumour)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Patient was affected for 1 year prior diagnosis by intermittent epigastric pains and diarrhea (clinical workup revealed a pancreatic tumor). Patient also showed a bilateral adrenal enlargement (pheochromocytoma - (11 mm right and 17 mm left)). There was no evidence of infiltration of the vena mesenterica superior. The mesentericoportal venous trunk and the large arterial vessels of the epigastrium were dissected from the tumor and preserved.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R161Q (c.482G>A)

      LegacyVariant: p.R161Q (c.695G>A)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 182983 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/182983/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R161Q (c.482G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. c.481C>T, p.Arg161*

      Through peripheral blood sequencing and PCR/MLPA, 5 Bulgarian patients and their families underwent molecular genetic testing for clinically suspected VHL. 4 family members were documented and were confirmed with a c.481C>T (p.Arg161*) germline mutation in the VHL gene. A 46Y male patient presented with two RCCs and two CNS hemangioblastomas, self-reported. The patient had a positive family history of VHL: patient’s father has been operated for multiple large CNS HBs; the patient’s brother has been operated for multiple CNS HBs and died from RCC; his nephew (brother’s son) has been operated for large CNS HB. No familial genotype was confirmed beyond the individual patient (ID: 4).

    1. PatientID: 22

      KindredID: 22

      Case: F, 43Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006880; HP:0005584 (Cerebellar hemangioblastoma, Renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Cerebellum hemangioblastoma and RCC.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.W88R (c.262T>A)

      LegacyVariant: c.475T>A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 456577, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/456577/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: Preoperative hemoglobin: 15.2. No postoperative follow-up.

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: W88R (c.262T>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. This case study focused on a 64-year-old man who was admitted for abdominal pain and was found to have a solid tumor with areas of necrosis in the upper pole of the left kidney, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma of the colon. At age 69, he was found to have an adrenal pheochromocytoma in the right adrenal gland, multiple cysts in the right kidney and liver. At age 73, several metastatic sites were found in the lungs, lesions at the mediastinum, and right sovraclaveare lymphadenopathy. An angobiopsy revealed clear cell renal cell carcinoma in these cells. Later in the year imaging revealed progression of pulmonary disease. At age 74, he presented with multiple hepatic metastases and worsening of the mediastinal adenopathy and pulmonary metastases. At age 75 he was admitted for pulmonary edema and died a few days later. The patient underwent genetic testing using PCR-SSCP sequencing and was found to harbour the c.74C>T mutation in exon 1 of the VHL gene. His brother was also found to have this mutation but he was asymptomatic. A pedigree is provided but it is unclear as to whether the rest of the family underwent genetic sequencing.

    1. 4 AGY29/MPheochromocytoma (Bilateral renal and eyes, pancreatic cysts))Mother, brother (Case 5)VHL{"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"NM_000551.4","term_id":"1779521775"}}NM_000551.4:c.202T>Cp.(Ser68Pro)CM073416

      PatientID: 4 AGY

      KindredID: 4

      Case: M, 29Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: The patient's mother was an affected family member described (no mutation or phenotypes detailed). Additionally his brother (case 5) had the same mutation with pheochromocytoma and right ccRCC.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666; HP:0001737 (Pheochromocytoma; Pancreatic cysts)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Patient had bilateral renal and eyes pheochromocytoma, with pancreatic cysts

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: RET, SDHB, SDHD, TMEM127

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.S68P (c.202T>C)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: CA16621912 https://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/allele?hgvsOrDescriptor=NM_000551.3%3Ac.202T>C

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transition

      CivicName: S68P (c.202T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. c.349T > G, p.Trp117Gly

      Using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-direct sequencing and universal primer quantitative fluorescent multiplex–PCR, mutations in VHL gene in 19 VHL disease families recruited from the Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital in the period from 2009 to 2012 were examined. One proband (family 6) was found to carry the mutation c.349T>G in exon 2 of the VHL gene. The proband presented with presented with hemangioblastoma at age 36. At age 40 he/she presented with pancreatic cysts or tumours. At age 44 the patient had retinal angioma, renal cell carcinoma, and epididymal or ovarian cystadenoma. The patient had a strong family history of VHL. Patient's son who was confirmed to have this mutation presented with hemangioblastoma at age 12. The patient's mother, aunt, grandmother, brother 1 and 2, and sister 3 all passed before they could undergo genetic testing but had a variety of VHL presentations. The patient's first sister and third nephew were confirmed to have this genetic mutation. The first sister presented with abnormality of the pancreas at age 53. The nephew had hemangioblastoma and retinal angioma at age 13. This family was previously published in 29330336.

    1. c.464-2 A>GaSplice

      53 patients with a molecularly confirmed VHL mutation (by PCR through EDTA-anticoagulated blood) and a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (ICT) were collected from the German NET-Registry and the German VHL-registry. An additional 296 patients were stated in this paper with a VHL associated germline mutation, but without pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. 6 patients were found to have the above mutation (c.464-2A>G). 2 were VHL patients with ICTs (pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors) taken from the VHL-registry. The other 4 patients were stated to be in this study with the given mutation, however no ICT. Other clinical manifestations outside of a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor are possible, but were not discussed.

    2. c.364_365 GC>ATp.A122I

      GroupID: 12B

      Case: Sex, Age, Ethnicity unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: Unknown. Patient was pulled from either the VHL-Registry or NET- Registry and recorded with the given mutation. Symptoms or manifestations are not clear.

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: HP:0030405 (pancreatic endocrine tumor)

      CasePreviousTesting: Patient was negatively tested for islet cell tumors (ICTs), or listed as pancreatic endocrine tumor.

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.A122I (c.364_365delinsAT)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: Authors report this as: c.364_365GC>AT; which can be translated to c.364_365delinsAT

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: CA658820874 http://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/allele?hgvsOrDescriptor=NM_000551.3%3Ac.364_365delinsAT

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: delins

      CivicName: A122I (c.364_365delinsAT)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. large/complete deletions

      PatientID: 140

      KindredID: None

      Case: Age and Sex unknown, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: None

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0005584; HP:0010797; HP:0001737; HP:0000107 (Renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblastoma, pancreatic cysts, renal cyst)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0009711; HP:0002666; HP:0030405; HP:0030393 (Retinal capillary haemangioblastoma, Pheochromocytoma, Pancreatic endocrine tumour, Endolymphatic sac tumour)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Yes; See Suppl 1 (Supporting table)

      Variant: c.341-?-463+?del

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: exon_loss_variant

      CivicName: c.341-?-463+?del

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. codon 238 (CGG to CAG)

      This missense mutation was found in a Japanese family with 2 carriers. One Japanese male patient was found with a retinal hemangioma in the left eye at 11 years old and underwent laser surgery. At 29 years old, he was diagnosed with an intracranial hemangioblastoma, a left renal tumor, and bilateral adrenal pheochromocytomas. His brother, mother, and 2 daughters (1 and 5 years old) were asymptomatic. Peripheral blood was isolated and amplified using PCR and subsequently directly sequenced using a dye terminator sequencing kit. The sequencing reaction products were electrophoresed on a genetic analyzer and analyzed using sequence analysis software (ABI PRISM 310; Perkin Elmer Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). Genetic testing on the 4 family members revealed that the patient and his 5-year-old asymptomatic daughter harbored the c.500G>A mutation leading to an amino acid change at protein position 167 (stated as 713G>A causing a mutation in codon 238 in the paper which used the Latif sequence as reference). The patient's father died suddenly at 63 years old of an unknown cause.

    1. The authors described the growth kinetics of 96 renal tumours in 64 VHL patients (32 males, 32 females). All patients had VHL disease with renal involvement. 54/64 had undergone renal surgery or a radiofrequency thermal ablation procedure for RCC. In 10/64 patients, at least one or more RCC was diagnosed. However, at the time of diagnosis, an indication for treatment was not yet present. For all patients, several CT/MRI scans existed for retrospective description of tumour growth kinetics. 10-ml EDTA anticoagulated blood samples were available from each patient for mutation screening of all exons of the VHL gene. Genomic DNA from blood samples was extracted using standard methods. Small deletions/insertions or point mutations were identified by DNA sequencing followed by complete mutation screening using PCR/single-strand conformation polymorphism and denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography. A germline deletion p.E160Afs*13(c.479_480delAG) was identified in patient #58. This mutation was noted as c.691-92delAG in the paper due to a difference in reference transcript used (see Table S5). No family information is available for this patient.

    1. 2. Materials and methods

      ArticleReferenceSequence: Not specified – Assumption: variants assumed to have been documented by the author under reference sequence NM_000551.3

      NM_000551.3

      GenotypingMethod: PCR amplification was performed searching for point mutation in the entire VHL coding sequence and promoter region, including exon-intron boundaries. Amplification was performed in a Gene Amp PCR System 9700 (Perkin Elmer).

      SamplingMethod: When mutations were detected in DNA from tumor samples, it was searched for in the corresponding peripheral blood DNA in order to identify germline mutations.

    1. PatientID: III-4

      KindredID: 2

      Case: M, Age Unknown, German

      DiseaseAssertion: Assumed VHL (Asymptomatic)

      FamilyInfo: Family 2 is comprised of 131 individuals over six generations including 65 members (50% of those at risk) with VHL type 2A (72% clinically affected, 12% obligate carriers, and 15% positive genetic analysis alone) and nearly equal gender distribution for affected status (54% male). An additional six members (II-3, II-4, II -5, III-1, III-2, and III-3) are suspected to have VHL without confirmation. Of note, the nuclear family (branch IV-13) contains 13 siblings, of whom 12 have been diagnosed with pheo. The presenting tumor types in Family 2 were pheo (70%), HB (17%), and RA (13%). No Family 2 member had RCC as the initial manifestation. Distribution of HB and RA are not described except for patient IV-8.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (Pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Deceased.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0005584 (Renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 7759077

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y98H (c.292T>C)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2223, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2223/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00001343, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183823-T-C

      VariantEvidence: Mutation not confirmed. Authors assume variant.

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: Y98H (c.292T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. PatientID: V-31

      KindredID: 2

      Case: F, Age Unknown, German

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Family 2 is comprised of 131 individuals over six generations including 65 members (50% of those at risk) with VHL type 2A (72% clinically affected, 12% obligate carriers, and 15% positive genetic analysis alone) and nearly equal gender distribution for affected status (54% male). An additional six members (II-3, II-4, II -5, III-1, III-2, and III-3) are suspected to have VHL without confirmation. Of note, the nuclear family (branch IV-13) contains 13 siblings, of whom 12 have been diagnosed with pheo. The presenting tumor types in Family 2 were pheo (70%), HB (17%), and RA (13%). No Family 2 member had RCC as the initial manifestation. Distribution of HB and RA are not described except for patient IV-8.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (Pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0005584 (Renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 7759077

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y98H (c.292T>C)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2223, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2223/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00001343, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183823-T-C

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: Y98H (c.292T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. KindredID:25

      GroupID:5

      GroupSize: Unknown

      GroupNumberMales: Unknown

      GroupNumberFemales: Unknown

      GroupEthnicity: Unknown

      GroupAgeRange: Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupInfo: Kindred no.25 describes a family where at least one member (unspecified how many) had this mutation in the VHL gene.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: N/A

      GroupHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0002666 (Pheochromocytoma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: Pheochromocytoma was not observed in any members of the affected patient(s)' family (VHL type 1).

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.S65W (c.194C>G)

      LegacyVariant: c.407C>G (p.S136W)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 43597, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/43597/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence:

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: S65W(c.194C>G)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. One hundred and sixteen unrelated VHL disease patients have been investigated by molecular genetic analysis. Twenty-two of these were previously shown to have germline deletions on Southern analysis, and in the present study the remaining 94 patients were screened for intragenic mutations via SSCP and heteroduplex analysis of 855 bp of the VHL coding sequence and 800 bp of the 3' UTR. An intragenic mutation was identified in 55 (59%) out of 94 patients without germline deletions on Southern analysis. In all patients with multiple affected family members the missense mutation segregated with the disease. Large deletions or intragenic mutations predicted to cause a truncated protein were found in 36 of 53 families without pheochromocytoma (VHL type 1) and 2 of 12 families with pheochromocytoma (VHL type 2). This study also investigated the frequency of different mutation classes between kindreds with and without pheochromocytoma. The c.481C>T (p.R161) stop-gain mutation (noted as c.694C>T (p.R232) in the paper due to a difference in reference transcript used) was found in at least one patient in 3 kindreds (families): kindred no.s 90, 92, and 105. No phenotypic information is reported for kindred no.s 90 and 105. Pheochromocytoma was not observed in any members of kindred no. 92 (implying the affected patient(s) had VHL disease type 1). No other familial phenotypic information could be inferred from the paper. ACMG evidence codes: none.

    1. ii) renal cyst 17

      PatientID: N/A

      KindredID: 3

      Case: Sex Unknown, 17Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: Renal Cyst

      FamilyInfo: This patient (a relative of patient B3) had two first degree relatives who were positive for the VHL mutation. The first family member (patient B3) had a cerebellar hemangioblastoma at 40 and a pheochromocytoma at 41 years old and the second family member had a hemangioblastoma and retinal angioma at 18 years old

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000107 (renal cyst)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167Q (c.500G>A)

      LegacyVariant: p.R167Q (c.713G>A)

      ClinVarID: 2216 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2216/)

      CAID: N/A

      gnomad: 0.000003977 (https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191507-G-A)

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167Q (c.500G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      Germline mutational data on VHL was gathered from various countries to assess variation in germline mutations that produce disease within different populations. Families were grouped according to three possible outcomes of disease: renal cell carcinoma without pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma with pheochromocytoma, or pheochromocytoma alone. SSCP and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis identified mutations in 300/469 (63%) of families affected with VHL. This germline familial VHL mutation (F119L (c.357C>G)) was taken from the National Cancer Institute database, with an unknown number of members belonging to two family IDs: Family ID 4414NCI and 4577NCI. It was reported in the paper as c.570C>G due to a difference in transcript reference. As reported in Table 4, this mutation is found in VHL families with pheochromocytoma. Other phenotypes are likely, including renal cell carcinoma, however not detailed here.

    2. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      Germline mutational data on VHL was gathered from various countries to assess variation in germline mutations that produce disease within different populations. Families were grouped according to three possible outcomes of disease: renal cell carcinoma without pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma with pheochromocytoma, or pheochromocytoma alone. SSCP and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis identified mutations in 300/469 (63%) of families affected with VHL. This germline familial VHL mutation (N150fs (c.449delA)) was taken from the National Cancer Institute database, with an unknown number of members belonging to Family ID 3575NCI. It was reported in the paper as c.661delA due to a difference in transcript reference. As reported in Table 3, this mutation is found in VHL families without pheochromocytoma, and with renal cell carcinoma.

    3. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      Germline mutational data on VHL was gathered from various countries to assess variation in germline mutations that produce disease within different populations. Families were grouped according to three possible outcomes of disease: renal cell carcinoma without pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma with pheochromocytoma, or pheochromocytoma alone. SSCP and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis identified mutations in 300/469 (63%) of families affected with VHL. This germline familial VHL mutation (S183* (c.548C>A)) was taken from the Munich, university of Freiburg and Institute of Pathology database, with an unknown number of members belonging to Family ID 6CE. It was reported in the paper as c.761C>A due to a difference in transcript reference. As reported in Table 3, this mutation is found in VHL families without pheochromocytoma, and with renal cell carcinoma.

    4. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      GroupID/ KindredID: 2547NCI

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: N/A

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: This germline familial VHL mutation was taken from the National Cancer Institute database, with an unknown number of members belonging to Family ID 2547NCI. Table 4 lists all ID and mutations associated with individuals with pheochromocytoma.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: Described as a VHL family with pheochromocytoma. Other phenotypes are likely, including renal cell carcinoma, however not detailed here.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 7728151

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.G93D (c.278G>A)

      LegacyVariant: p.G93D (c.491G>A)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 496054 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/496054/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transition

      CivicName: G93D (c.278G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. F10

      PatientID: II.2

      KindredID: F10

      Case: F, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: Asymptomatic

      FamilyInfo: This patient’s sibling and both parents were all carriers of the D143= (c.429C>T) germline VHL variant. Their brother was diagnosed with splenomegaly and polycythemia and was homozygous for the variant. All other family members were asymptomatic.

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.D143= (c.429C>T)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 416990, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/416990/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000007953, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10188286-C-T?dataset=gnomad_r2_1

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition; synonymous_variant

      CivicName: D143= (c.429C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. c.490G>T/ p.Gly93Cys

      The VHL gene was analyzed in 3 families from a Serbian population. Genomic DNA was screened by SSCP analysis and patients with variant bands were subjected to sequencing and confirmatory re-sequencing. Family A members AI1, AII2, AII6, AIII3, AIII4, AIII5, AIII6, AIII7, AIII8, and AIII9 were screened by SSCP analyses. There were four symptomatic patients in family A, two (AII2; AIII3) of which were found to have a missense G93C (c.277G>T) variant in VHL, reported in the paper as G93C (c.490G>T) due to a difference in transcript sequence, while the other two affected family members (AI1;II5) were not genetically tested. Patient AI2 was female and had CNS hemangioblastoma. Two of her daughters, patient AII2 and AII3 were found with VHL lesions. Patient AII2 was diagnosed at 33Y pheochromocytoma and patient AII3 had pheochromocytoma with CNS hemangioblastoma (age unknown). Patient AII2's son, patient AIII3, had hypertension since 12Y and was diagnosed and operated for pheochromocytoma at 24Y.

    1. 1Deletion

      PatientID: proband 17

      KindredID: 17

      Case: M, 21Y0M, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: the patients mother was found at 43Y with RCC and multiple pancreatic cysts or tumors, however she passed before any diagnosis of DNA sample was provided

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0009711; HP:0009715 (retinal capillary hemangioma, Papillary cystadenoma of the epididymis)

      CaseHPOFreeText: patient was found with retinal hemangioblastomas and epididymal/ovarian cystadenoma at 21Y

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: exon 1 deletion

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: exon_loss_variant

      CivicName: exon 1 deletion

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. VCB.14T VHL VHL 0.63 

      Of 38 PPGL (phechromocytoma and paraganglioma) cases studied, two were associated with individuals carrying the mutation ENST00000256474.2:c.499N>T (ENSP00000256474.2:p.Arg167Trp) of the VHL gene, however one was somatic (VCB.13T) while the other (VCB.14T) was germline. This mutation was identified using Sanger sequencing. The authors identified the reference sequence used as NM_000551.3. Both patients presented with phechromocytoma, and patientID VCB.14T also had 3 other germline mutations present (2 in SDHA, 1 in KIF1B, and the last in MDH2). This patient was previously published in PMID: 25545346.

    1. Finally, the R167G mutation was detected in a 20-year-old woman, whose family screening indicated the absence of mutation in her mother and two brothers.

      PatientID: None (Proband)

      KindredID: ASP (R167G)

      Case: F, 20Y0M, Hungarian

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Mutation was absent in mother and two brothers. Proband of this family presented with an apparently sporadic pheochromocytoma and the R167G germline mutation of the VHL gene.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (Pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Presented with an apparently sporadic unilateral pheochromocytoma. VHL phenotype noted as type 2C.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Clinical evaluation of the three patients indicated the absence of other VHL-related tumors.

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167G (c.499C>G)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2219, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2219/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000007954, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191506-C-T?dataset=gnomad_r2_1

      VariantEvidence: Variant reported as R167G and cDNA change was mapped to c.499C>G.

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: R167G (c.499C>G)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. GroupID: V12

      DiseaseAssertion: V12

      GroupSize: 3

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity:N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: This family had three members who all had the same VHL germline mutation.

      FamilyInfo: Three members of this family had this germline mutation and were affected.

      GroupPresentingHPOs:HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: This family was classified as VHL type 2B meaning they had a pheochromocytoma and presence of renal and pancreatic manifestations.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R82P(c.245G>C)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 193118 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/193118/

      CAID:N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName:R82P(c.245G>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. A retrospective cohort study included all the VHL patients diagnosed at Peking University First Hospital (Beijing, China) prior to June 1 2016. A total of 291 patients from 115 different families were included for analysis. This familial mutation was confirmed in family #58 with 3 affected members who were all genetically confirmed with the mutation. A male proband (patient 155) was diagnosed with retinal angioma at 21Y, renal cell carcinoma at 26Y, and multiple pancreatic cysts/tumors at 26Y. His sister (patient 156) was diagnosed with CNS hemangioblastoma at 21Y and multiple pancreatic cysts/tumors at 27Y. His nephew (son of sister) of unknown age was asymptomatic at the time of analysis. This kindred was also published in a paper by Wang et al., 2018 (PMID: 29330336).

    2. PatientID: 239

      KindredID: 91

      Case: M, 25Y0M, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: The proband (patient 239) has a sister (patient 240) who presented with multiple pancreatic cysts/tumors at 28.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0009711 (Hemangioblastoma, Retinal capillary hemangioma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: The proband presented with a retinal angioma at 14 and a CNS hemangioblastoma at 25.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0001737; HP:0001732; HP:0005584; HP:0002666 (Pancreatic cysts, Abnormality of the pancreas, Renal cell carcinoma, Pheochromocytoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: This patient was also published in a later paper by Wang et al., 2018 (PMID: 29330336).

      SupplementalData: Patient and family genotype-phenotype information is listed in Supplementary Table 1.

      Variant: Exon 1 Deletion (c.1-?_340+?del)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: exon_loss_variant

      CivicName: Exon 1 Deletion

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Ninety-eight individuals were tested for VHL mutations--23 symptomatic and 75 asymptomatic individuals belonging to 16 families. Seven of the families had definite clinical criteria of VHL disease, five had sporadic hemangioblastoma, and four had CNS hemangioblastoma combined with minor visceral signs. Molecular genetic testing identified five germline mutations in six of the definite VHL families (sensitivity 85%), but none in the possible VHL and sporadic hemangioblastoma cases; four of these mutations had been previously described and one is a novel mutation present in two unrelated families. After patients carrying the mutation were identified, they underwent clinical screening and asymptomatic VHL-related lesions were identified in 43%.

      PatientID: 23

      KindredID: C

      Case: Sex Unknown, 9Y0M, Mexican (Latino/Admixed American)

      DiseaseAssertion: asymptomatic

      FamilyInfo: At least 13 members in this family presented with the mutation. 5 were asymptomatic (ages 9, 12, 13, 17, and 29Y). Other family manifestations include: cerebellar, spinal, retinal HBs, pancreatic, hepatic, suprarenal and kidney cysts, epididymal cystadenoma, and RCC. Fig 1 displays family pedigree.

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: Patient was asymptomatic at the time, likely due to young age

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 20064270 (Here, the family cohort is given with a reportedly different variant of: p.G34Rfs*98 (c.99_100insA). Unclear of why this is or which most correctly corresponds to the family).

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.T100Nfs*32 (c.298dupA)

      LegacyVariant: c.1012_1013insA

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: The ‘1012_1013insA’ mutation is out-of-frame, leading to a modification of 31 amino acids downstream and a premature stop codon at nucleotides 5441-5443 (amino acid residue 131).

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: CA2573129737 https://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/allele?hgvsOrDescriptor=NM_000551.3%3Ac.298dupA

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: The modified amino acids are located in a domain common to all pVHL isoforms, the highly conserved cctbinding domain of the protein, involved in the formation of the pVHL elongin complex that is crucial for tumor suppression. Furthermore, the mutant protein is prematurely truncated and lacks the C-terminal half of exon 2 and exon 3 completely, which includes the nuclear export signal and the elongin C binding site of pVHL. Thus, this truncated protein would affect the two functional isoforms of pVHL: the major isoform pVHL30 and pVHL19, but not isoform 2, which lacks exon 2 but is not functional

      MutationType: plus_1_frameshift_variant; duplication

      CivicName: T100Nfs*32 (c.298dupA)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. another affected relative [III-A, in the pedigree]

      PatientID: III-A

      KindredID: 1

      Case: M, 45Y0M, EthnicityUnknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Multiple first- and second-degree relatives affected with similar phenotypes. Of these, he is genetically tested and found to share VHL mutations with his uncle (proband).

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: Paper asserts that this individual presented with VHL phenotypes but does not specify which.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Information obtained from Figure 1

      Variant: c.340+5G>C

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 36901, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/36901/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.01119 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183876-G-C

      VariantEvidence: This variant’s large allele frequency means this is likely non disease causing (not deleterious).

      MutationType: splice_site_variant

      CivicName: P86S (c.256C>T) and Splice Region (c.340+5G>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: Germline, VHL, L158Q (c.473T>A)

    1. In this paper we report the presence of a single nucleotide mutation in exon 3 of VHL gene c499 C>T causing substitution of Arginine by Tryptophan at position 167 (R 167 W).

      PatientID: 2 (III:2)

      KindredID: 1

      Case: F, 23Y0M (deceased), Persian

      DiseaseAssertion: pheochromocytoma

      FamilyInfo: 4 sisters were treated with bilateral adrenal mass resection. Patient 2 died at 23Y and patient 3 died at 21Y due to complications associated with VHL. 2 years later, 3 of their other sisters were found to have the mutation. It is assumed that all 5 of them had the VHL mutation. Their mother and the siblings examined normal, and the father had passed earlier and had a family history of hypertension.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006748 (adrenal pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: died at the age of 23 years because of intra operative complications of metastatic bilateral adrenal pheochromocytoma

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167W (c.499C>T) [assumed]

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2218, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2218/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000007954, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191506-C-T?dataset=gnomad_r2_1

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167W (c.499C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Table 1

      PatientID: N/A

      KindredID: 17

      Case: F, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Family history not mentioned. Patient’s variant reported as germline.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006880; HP:0011513; HP:0001737; HP:0000107; HP:0006770 (Cerebellar hemangioblastoma, retinal cavernous angioma, pancreatic cyst, renal cyst, clear cell renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Patient had VHL disease type 1: CNS-HB, RA, ccRCC, PC, KCy, and parental mosaicism (see table 1). Previously published 2000 paper (106311387) reports patient as a 48Y female.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 10631138

      SupplementalData:  N/A

      Variant: p.F76del (c.227_229del)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: CA357012, https://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/allele?hgvsOrDescriptor=NM_000551.3%3Ac.227_229delTCT

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: Variant reported as c.226_228del and was mapped to c.227_229del.

      MutationType: inframe_deletion

      CivicName: F76del (c.227_229del)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. VHL, female, 12VHLc278G→A pGly93Asp, VHL diseaseRetinoblastomaMother had pheochromocytoma, VHL follow-up

      PatientID: None

      KindredID: 1

      Case: F, 12Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Mother had pheochromocytoma and positive family history of VHL.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0009711; HP:0002666 (Retinal capillary hemangioma, Pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Retinoblastoma.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0002668 (Paraganglioma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Criteria for exclusion were 1) absence of intra-adrenal tumor, 2) paragangliomas explicitly, 3) extra-adrenal secreting chromaffin tumors, 4) nonsecreting head–neck paragangliomas, 5) no operation, and 6) patients with normal levels of both urinary catecholamines and plasma metanephrines.

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Table 2

      Variant: p.G93D (c.278G>A)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 496054, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/496054/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: G93D (c.278G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Germline mutations in 45 unrelated Japanese VHL patients were determined from blood samples using PCR-SSCP or Southern blot analyses. The authors used the 284 codon ORF previously described by Latif et al., 1993 and this notation was converted to NP_000542. PCR-SSCP or Southern blot analyses of the DNA from family members showed that mutations were segregated with disease phenotype in VHL families, although this data was not shown. Data on the presence of retinal angioma, CNS hemangioblastoma, renal cell carcinoma, and pheochromocytoma was available. Case 39 had p.Pro86Leu (c.257C>T) mutation. One member was affected with retinal angioma. Other demographics of the members were not described.

    2. Germline mutations in 45 unrelated Japanese VHL patients were determined from blood samples using PCR-SSCP or Southern blot analyses. The authors reported variants in legacy variant nomenclature (AF010238.1) so this variant was mapped to c.429_439del (NM_000551.3). PCR-SSCP or Southern blot analyses of the DNA from family members showed that mutations were segregated with disease phenotype in VHL families, although this data was not shown. Data on the presence of retinal angioma, CNS hemangioblastoma (Hb) renal cell carcinoma (RCC), and pheochromocytoma was available. Case 26 had a G144fs (c.429_439del) frameshift mutation. 1 member was affected with retinal angioma, CNS hemangioblastoma, and renal cell carcinoma. Other demographics of the members were not described.

    1. 477-478insCA Frameshift Germline mutation

      PatientID: 50

      KindredID: 50

      Case: Age, sex, ethnicity unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: hemangioblastoma

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797 (hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.E160Qfs*11 (c.477_478insCA)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: CA645525053 http://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/allele?hgvsOrDescriptor=NM_000551.3%3Ac.477_478insCA

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: plus_2_frameshift_variant

      CivicName: K159fs (c.477_478insCA)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. c.183C > G (exon 1)

      200 patients with intracranial aneurysms were molecularly analyzed for VHL to determine if it is a candidate gene for aneurysm formation using peripheral blood. One patient was analyzed in detail and determined to have the above mutation (183C>G). The patient was only recorded to have an intracranial aneurysm (or dilatation of the cerebral artery).

    1. PatientID: None

      KindredID: 48

      Case: Sex Unknown, Age Unknown, Japanese

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0005584; HP:0001732; HP:0009711; HP:0010797 (Renal cell carcinoma, Abnormality of the pancreas, Retinal capillary hemangioma, Hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: CNS hemangioblastoma, retinal angioma, renal cell carcinoma and pancreatic cyst or tumor (unspecified).

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Q96_P97delinsH (c.288_290del)

      LegacyVariant: c.501_503del

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: CA2573106244, https://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/allele?hgvsOrDescriptor=NM_000551.3%3Ac.288_290del

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: inframe_deletion; deletion

      CivicName: Q96_P97delinsH (c.288_290del)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. PMID: 23143947

      PatientID: CIV:3

      KindredID: C

      Case: M, 33Y0M, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: A 4-generation family is given with 3 confirmed members with this mutation. 3 other members had VHL-presenations however had not been tested for the gene.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006748; HP:0005584; HP:0001737 (adrenal pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cysts)

      CaseHPOFreeText: diagnosed with right renal cell carcinoma, right adrenal pheochromocytoma and multiple pancreatic and renal cysts at the age of 33, but refused genetic screening.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0009711 (hemangioblastoma, retinal capillary hemangioma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.S80I (c.239G>T) [assumed]

      LegacyVariant: p.S80I (c.452G>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 625229 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/625229/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: No genetic testing was done (patient refused), however family history and presentation leads to this assumption

      MutationType: missense_variant; transversion

      CivicName: S80I (c.239G>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. p.Arg161X32M+CHB, RCC, pancreatic cyst

      PatientID: 7

      KindredID: 4

      Case: M, 32Y0M, Ethnicity unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Familial VHL mutation - Patient and their 4 relatives harbored p.Arg161X mutation - all with the same phenotypes hemangioblastoma, renal cell carcinoma and pancreatic cysts

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0005584; HP:0001737 (hemangioblastoma; renal cell carcinoma; pancreatic cysts)

      CaseHPOFreeText: With an age of diagnosis of VHL at 32

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: Patients with clinical manifestations suggestive of VHL or MEN2 were first screened for VHL or RET mutation, respectively. Possible screening of RET, SDHB and SDHD as well

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Yes

      Variant: p.R161* (c.481C>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2217/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: stop_gained

      CivicName: R161* (c.481C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. GroupID: 2

      DiseaseAssertion: cerebellar hemangioblastoma

      GroupSize: 2

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: 2 of the 573 patients discussed in this paper were found to have identical variants. This mutation (c.162_163insT) was found in 1 VHL family with 2 patients.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0006880 (cerebellar hemangioblastoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: both patients had cerebellar hemangioblastomas with a mean age of diagnosis of 19Y

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0005584; HP:0009711; HP:0002666 (renal cell carcinoma; retinal capillary hemangioma, pheochromocytoma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Supplementary Table S1.

      Variant: p.E55* (c.162_163insT)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: The mutation was written as follows: AFO10238:375_376insT; NM_000551.2:c.162_163insT; p.54MetX. Author Maher was contacted and confirmed "A single nucleotide insertion (T) was detected at position 375 (375insT)” from 2000 lab report - June 1, 2021 - therefore assume p. was transcribed incorrectly.

      LegacyVariant: p.54MetX (c.375_376insT)

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: CA2499307063 http://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/by_caid?caid=CA2499307063

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: plus_1_frameshift_variant

      CivicName: E55* (c.162_163insT)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. 5 nonsense mutations

      Among patients prospectively followed by the members of the French VHL Study Group, 35 consecutive patients with well-documented endocrine pancreatic tumour (20 women and 15 men; median age,37 [21Y-57] years) were included. The data from 7 patients with EPT have been partially reported previously in Hammel et al., 1995;2000. All 35 patients had VHL germline mutations and were assessed for the presence of pheochromocytoma and renal carcinoma in addition to pancreatic tumours. The presence of other phenotypes was not described. A germline nonsense mutation (c.525C>A) was found in patient no. 35 from family 7, presenting with pancreatic endocrine tumour. No family history was discussed.

    2. 21 missense mutations

      Among patients prospectively followed by the members of the French VHL Study Group, 35 consecutive patients with well-documented endocrine pancreatic tumour (20 women and 15 men; median age,37 [21Y-57] years) were included. The data from 7 patients with EPT have been partially reported previously in Hammel et al., 1995;2000. All 35 patients had VHL germline mutations and were assessed for the presence of pheochromocytoma and renal carcinoma in addition to pancreatic tumours. The presence of other phenotypes was not described. A germline missense mutation (c.482G>A) was found in 3 patients, 2 of which were related. Patient No 5 and No 28 from family 288 both had pancreatic endocrine tumour and pheochromocytoma. Patient No. 21 from family 99 presented with pancreatic endocrine tumour, pheochromocytoma, and renal carcinoma. The patients' phenotypes are highly specific to VHL disease (PP4) and disease-causing missense variants are common in VHL disease (PP2). Further, the mutation is occuring at a VHL hotspot (PM1).

    1. 12 missenses

      27 index patients suspected of having VHL disease from unrelated Chinese families and their relatives were studied. The nucleotide were numbered according to the sequence numbering by Latif et al, 1993 and this was converted to NM_000551.3. The paper did not differentiate between a pancreatic cysts and tumor and presented these together as a 'pancreatic lesion'. The paper summarized the phenotypes of the families together. Family 19 was found with p.Cys162Trp mutation in the VHL gene: 3/3 members had CNS hemangioblastoma and 1/3 had RCC. ACMG PP4

    2. 5 nonsenses

      27 index patients suspected of having VHL disease from unrelated Chinese families and their relatives were studied. The nucleotide were numbered according to the sequence numbering by Latif et al, 1993 and this was converted to NM_000551.3. The paper did not differentiate between a pancreatic cysts and tumor and presented these together as a 'pancreatic lesion'. The paper summariezed the phenotypes of the families together. Family 3 was found with p.Glu73* mutation in the VHL gene: 5/6 members had CNS hemangioblastoma, 1/6 had RCC, and 1/6 members had a pancreatic lesion. ACMG PP4

    1. 13 (17%) had large deletions,

      PatientID: 80

      KindredID: 80

      Case: Sex Unknown, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0030421 (Epididymal neoplasm)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs:HP:0010797; HP:0006770; HP:0100634; HP:0030405; HP:0009711 (hemangioblastoma; clear cell renal cell carcinoma; Neuroendocrine neoplasm, pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm, retinal capillary hemangioma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Yes; see table S1 for VHL subject genetic and manifestation information.

      Variant: complete deletion

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: deletion

      CivicName: Deletion

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. In a family with VHL, we identified

      ArticleReferenceSequence: Not specified – Assumption: variants assumed to have been documented by the author under reference sequence NM_000551.3

      GenotypingMethod: PCR and direct DNA sequencing. Coding regions and exon intron boundaries of the VHL gen were amplifies and the samples were sequenced by using an automated sequencer (ABI Genetic Analyzwe 3730xi).

      SamplingMethod: peripheral whole blood

    1. Twelve (75%) of 16 gene carriers were found to have ocular hemangioblastomas(Figure 1 and Figure 2), and 7 of these had bilateral disease (Table 1). The mean number of angiomas was 3.3. However, 1 individual had 22 angiomas, most of which were in an area of previous exudative retinal detachment (see the "Comment" section) (Table 2). Exclusion of this individual resulted in a mean number of angiomas of 2.1. Six eyes had optic disc angiomas (Figure 2). Six of the 19 eyes with ocular hemangioblastomas had visual acuity less than 20/40. Two patients had no light perception in one or both eyes. The average age at diagnosis of ocular angiomatosis was 37 years.

      PatientID: 3

      KindredID: 1

      Case: Sex Unknown, 39Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: asymptomatic

      FamilyInfo: Significant family history. Pedigree follows 8 generations (see Figure 3). Family immigrated to Iowa, US, from Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1832; Likely sharing a common ancestor to the traced lineage of the Black Forest region of Germany.

      CasePresentingHPOs: None

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0002666; HP:0009711; HP:0005584 (hemangioblastoma, pheochromocytoma; retinal capillary hemangioma; renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y98H (c.292T>C)

      LegacyVariant: p.Y98H (c.505T>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVar: 2223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2223/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00001343 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183823-T-C

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: Y98H (c.292T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. nt 529 Ins.GCC1-150 106Ins. Arg529ins3In-frame ins1

      PatientID: 16

      GroupID/ KindredID: 16

      Case: Sex Unknown, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: hemangioblastoma

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797 (hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: other phenotypes unknown.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R108dup (c.322_324dupCGC)

      LegacyVariant: Ins. Arg (c.529insGCC)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: AF010238.1: Ins. Arg (c.529insGCC) translates to: NM_000551.3:c.316_317insGCC which automaps to NM_000551.3:c.322_324dupCGC due to the 3’ rule, so the two are both consistent and possible with this mutation

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: CA916832608 https://reg.genome.network/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/by_caid?caid=CA916832608

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: duplication

      CivicName: R108dup (c.322_324dupCGC)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. p.Arg64Pro

      The study included 102 children under age 18 years presenting with various solid tumour types. Patients were predominantly of Asian ethnicities including Chinese (62%), Indian (13%), and Malay (9%). Twelve pathogenic germline mutations in 10 children were identified. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood usingQIAamp DNA mini kit. Whole exome sequencing was performed using the IlluminaHiseq4000 (Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA). Sequenced reads were aligned to the human reference genome (hs37d5). Candidate variants were validated by Sanger sequencing using BigDyeTerminator v3.1 and resulting chromatograms analysed using Mutation Surveyor. A 7-year old female patient was found to harbour the germline VHL mutation c.191G>C (p.Arg64Pro). The proband had a family history of pheochromocytoma and renal cell carcinoma consistent with VHL syndrome. She presented with a pheochromocytoma and ocular papilloedema. Her mother had pheochromocytoma and her maternal second degree relatives had renal cell carcinoma and systemic lupus erythematosus/rheumatoid arthritis. She was diagnosed with clinical VHL. She showed somatic loss of heterozygosity.

    1. PatientID: 101

      KindredID: 101

      Case: Sex Unknown, 10Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: Assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (Pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Single benign PCC.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Patient information pulled from Supplemental Table 1a.

      Variant: p.P97L (c.290C>T)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 1503290, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/1503290/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: Carbonic anhydrase 9 (CA9) mRNA level of 30.92 was detected. Membrane CA9 immunostaining was observed.

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: P97L (c.290C>T) and L116P (347T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: Germline, VHL, L116P (347T>C)

    1. We identified deletions ranging from 0.5 kb to 250 kb affecting part of or the entire VHL and flanking genes in 54 families.

      GroupID: 38

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: N/A GroupNumberMales: N/A GroupNumberFemales: N/A GroupEthnicity: N/A GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: 54 VHL deletion families from the Freiburg registry were selected in order to assist in the correlation of VHL deletions to clinical phenotypes.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0000107; HP:0009711; HP:0010797; HP:0009713; HP:0030393; HP:0001737; HP:0030424 (Renal cyst, Retinal capillary hemangioma, Hemangioblastoma, Spinal hemangioblastoma, Endolymphatic sac tumor, Pancreatic cysts, Epididymal cyst)

      GroupHPOFreeText: # of affected individuals: Renal cyst (1), Retinal capillary hemangioma (1), Hemangioblastoma/brain/cerebellum (2), Spinal hemangioblastoma (2), Endolymphatic sac tumor (1), Pancreatic cysts (2), Epididymal cyst (1)

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Supplemental Table 2, Table 1, Table 3

      Variant: Exon 1-3 Deletion (c.1-?_642+?del)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: exon_loss_variant

      CivicName: Exon 1-3 Deletion

      MultipleGeneVariants: Germline, HSPC300, partial deletion

      MultipleGeneVariants: Germline, ENST197804, deletion

    1. PatientID: IV-4

      KindredID: 1

      Case: F, Age Unknown, Mexican

      DiseaseAssertion: Asymptomatic

      FamilyInfo: Family composed of six affected individuals and three diseased subjects (III-2, III-3, III-4) were studied. III-4 (proband) presented with a CNS hemangioblastoma and a retinal hemangioblastoma. The mother (II-1) developed cerebellar, medullar and bilateral retinal HBs; two maternal aunts (II-2 and II-3) were affected by retinal and CNS HBs and unspecified renal tumors, whereas his grandfather (I-2) had unspecified abdominal tumors. All these relatives died in their early 30s. A 35-year-old sister (III-2) demonstrated cerebellar HB, right eye retinal HB and renal cell carcinoma, whereas a 32-year-old brother (III-3) presented with cerebellar HB, right eye retinal HB, renal cell carcinoma and pheochromocytoma. A mutation-carrier nephew (IV-2) presented only atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium. All of these family members were found to have the R82P (c.245G>C) germline VHL variant. Eighteen additional healthy relatives were analyzed and tested negative for the mutation.

      CohortInfo: Two families and one apparently non-familial case were studied at the Institute of Ophthalmology ‘Conde de Valenciana’ (Mexico City, Mexico).

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: Likely to be asymptomatic due to young age.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Family pedigree (Figure 1 (a))

      Variant: p.R82P (c.245G>C)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 526675, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/526675/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: R82P (c.245G>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. 277FemaleIYesAGLOH (A)AGLOH (A)

      PatientID: 2

      KindredID: 2

      Case: F, 77Y0M, Taiwanese (East-Asian)

      DiseaseAssertion: renal cell carcinoma

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CohortInfo: 7 of 19 patients presenting with clear cell renal cell carcinoma were found to be heterozygous for the germline variant rs779805 (c.-195G>A) in VHL. All of these patients also presented with the germline variant rs1642742 in VHL (c.*294G>A).

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006770 (clear cell renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: She had stage I clear cell renal cell carcinoma

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 21982469

      SupplementalData: Yes - Additional file 1: Figure S1

      Variant: c.-195G>A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 342397 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/342397

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.5796 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183337-G-A

      VariantEvidence: RFLP analysis was used to screen for the allele genotype by BsaJ I digestion methods. Heterozygous for both, she also presented with the germline variant c.*294G>A in VHL. LOH (A) of both mutations was found in the tumor tissue as well

      MutationType: 5_prime_UTR_variant

      CivicName: c.-195G>A AND c.*294G>A

      MultipleGeneVariants: Germline, VHL, c.*294G>A

    1. c.470C > T (p.Thr157Ile)

      PatientID: None

      KindredID: 6

      Case: age, sex, ethnicity unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: pheochromocytoma

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.T157I (c.470C>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVarID: 223223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223223/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transition

      CivicName: T157I (c.470C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1.  c.500G > A11 (15%)2a/b45 (21–65)HBr, HBc,HBsc, RCC,pNET, Pheo, Cr, Cp

      PatientID: None

      KindredID: 14

      Case: Sex Unknown, 65Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CohortInfo: All VHL mutation carriers of 18 years or older who underwent surveillance according to Dutch VHL guidelines between 1972 and 2012 in the VHL expertise centers University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) and University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) were included. Patients with VHL-disease subtype 2C (pheochromocytoma only) were excluded.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0009711; HP:0006880; HP:0009713; HP:0005584; HP:0030405; HP:0000107; HP:0001737; HP:0002666 (Retinal capillary hemangioma, Cerebellar hemangioblastoma, Spinal hemangioblastoma, Renal cell carcinoma, Pancreatic endocrine tumor, Renal cyst, Pancreatic cysts, Pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: VHL Type 2a/b.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 24132471

      SupplementalData: Table 1

      Variant: p.R167Q (c.500G>A)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2216, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2216/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000003977, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191507-G-A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167Q (c.500G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. 56 male patients age 12 to 76 years, from 40 families with VHL were examined as part of a larger screening program for VHL. VHL mutations were identified in 16 families. Individual patient phenotype-genotype data was not available, but the mutations found and whether the corresponding patient had epididymal cystadenoma (EC) was reported. A p.W88R (c.262T>A) VHL mutation was found in a VHL patient with EC. This mutation was referred to in the paper as c.475T>A due to a difference in transcript sequence.

    1. We observed 10 different intragenic mutations in 10/15 (66.7%) patients: five missense mutations, three nonsense mutations

      PatientID: 2

      KindredID: 2

      Case: M, 22Y0M, Korean

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Family history present.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0009711 (retinal capillary hemangioma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Bilateral involvements of retinal HB (See table 1)

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: Previously reported, HGMD (Human Gene Mutation Database) [Refer to table 2].

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R161* (c.481C>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVar: 2217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2217/

      CAID: CA020408 http://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/allele?hgvsOrDescriptor=NM_000551.3%3Ac.481C%3ET

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: stop_gained

      CivicName: R161* (c.481C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Fresh frozen (n=69) and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE; n=30) specimens, including PCCs/PGLs and normal adrenal medullas (nAM), were collected by hospitals through the Spanish National Tumor Bank Network (CNIO) and by the Instituto Oncologico Veneto in Italy. Written informed consent to collect phenotypic and genotypic data was obtained from all participants in accordance with Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved protocols of each center. Fresh frozen and FFPE tissues were prepared as described previously (Lopez-Jimenez et al. 2010).Hematoxylin and eosin staining from all samples were evaluated by two pathologists and selected only those contained at least 85% tumor cells. The material derived from normal adrenal gland available was obtained from multiorgan donations and selected by pathologists. All frozen and FFPE tissues were previously genetically characterized (Lopez-Jimenez et al. 2010, Comino-Mendez et al. 2011) and classified accordingly. Frozen specimens used for miRNA expression profiling contained germline mutations in the following genes: VHL (n=13), SDHB (n=9), SDHD (n=4, all parasympathetic PGLs), RET (n=14), NF1 (n=4), TMEM127 (n=3), and MAX (n=3); the series also included 14 sporadic PCCs/PGLs (with no mutations in the known susceptibility genes) and six nAM tissue samples. Of 63 tumors, only five were malignant (SDHB_4, SDHB_5, MAX_1, MAX_2, and Sporadic_14). Owing to limited availability of material, an independent collection of 30 PCC/PGL FFPE samples was used for validation, with germline mutations in the following genes: VHL (n=6), SDHB (n=6), SDHD (n=7, all parasympathetic PGLs), RET (n=8), and two nAM tissues. The clinical features and the genetic characteristics of frozen and FFPE samples are detailed in Table 1.

      ArticleReferenceSequence: Not specified – Assumption: variants assumed to have been documented by the author under reference sequence NM_000551.3

      GenotypingMethod: miRNA expression profiling was performed using the Agilent Human miRNA Microarray Kit version 2.0 (G4470B, Agilent Technologies). First-strand cDNA synthesis by RT of total RNA was performed using the miRCURY LNA Universal RT miR PCR system (Exiqon, Vedbaek, Denmark) according to the manufacturer's recommendations. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) were performed on an ABI PRISM 7900HT analyzer (Applied Biosystems).

      SamplingMethod: frozen tumours and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens

    1. c.463+1G>A

      Of 31 Brazilian patients, one was found to harbour the c.463+1G>A intronic mutation of the VHL gene. Genomic DNA was extracted and all VHL coding regions were analyzed by Sanger sequencing. MLPA was performed to investigate large deletions using SALSA® MLPA® P016 VHL probe mix. Data analysis was performed with Genescan 3.7. This patient, age 45, presented with renal cyst, pancreatic cyst and CNS hemangioblastoma. It is not clear if this mutation is familial. ACMG evidence codes: 'PP4' since the patients present phenotypes highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.

    1. 233A→G Ts Exon 1 78 AAT N N78S

      GroupID: 10

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: 2

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: French

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: 2 patients are listed with this mutation; any relation is unknown.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0009711 (retinal capillary hemangioma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: 1 member is stated to have retinal HBs. Other manifestations are possible but not clear.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: the other 1 patient is said to not have retinal HBs

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: Possibly published in PMID:15300849

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.N78S (c.233A>G)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVarID: 93326 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/93326/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transition

      CivicName: N78S (c.233A>G)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. PatientID: 7 (tumour 9,10,11)

      KindredID: 8

      Case: Sex Unknown, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Patient presented with three benign pheochromocytomas.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: RET

      PreviouslyPublished: 7759077, 9681856

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y98H (c.292T>C)

      LegacyVariant: p.Y98H (c.505T>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVar: 2223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2223/

      CAID: CA020246 http://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/allele?hgvsOrDescriptor=NM_000551.3%3Ac.292T%3EC

      gnomAD: 0.00001343 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183823-T-C

      VariantEvidence: Refer to Table 1 for LOH information.

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: Y98H (c.292T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. A425M?? ?-- - -c.280 G[Ap.E94Kb

      PatientID:4

      KindredID: A

      Case: M, 25Y0M, Indian

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0001737, HP:0010797 (pancreatic cyst, hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0009711, HP:0005584, HP:0002666, HP:0030393 (Retinal capillary hemangioma, renal cell carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, endolymphatic sac tumor)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.E94K (c.280G>A)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 135955 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/135955/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000004460 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183811-G-A?dataset=gnomad_r2_1

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_transition

      CivicName: E94K(c.280G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. PatientID: 223

      KindredID: 223

      Case: Sex Unknown, 35Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Positive family history for VHL.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000107, HP:0010797 (renal cyst, hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0001737, HP:0002666, HP:0006770, HP:0009711 (pancreatic cysts, pheochromocytoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, retinal capillary hemangioma )

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Table S1, S2, S3.

      Variant: p.R167Q(c.500G>A)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2216 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2216/

      CAID: CA020454 http://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/allele?hgvsOrDescriptor=NM_000551.3%3Ac.500G%3EA

      gnomAD: 0.000003977 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191507-G-A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167Q(c.500G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. In our study, group 5 represented the c.262T > C p.Trp88Arg mutation that included 21 patients from 2 families (Figure 4 and Table 3). Variability was observed in the mean age at onset for CHB and RCC, which were 41.1 ± 9.1 (range = 29–62) and 37.4 ± 12.9 (range = 23–65), respectively.

      PatientID: 9

      KindredID: 1 (group ID 5)

      Case: M, 51Y0M, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      CohortInfo: Clinical characteristics of 258 patients from 80 unrelated Chinese families were reported in this study. Grouped by the 21 mutations found, 2 families with 21 members total were described, and phenotypic information was given for this group.

      FamilyInfo: In family 1, 17 members were described. The first generation describes 5 members with the VHL mutation, each passing on the gene to further generations. Patient 9’s father and brother had this familial mutation. His one daughter had not been yet tested at the time of the study. See Fig 4 for family pedigree; Table 3 for details.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0005584 (hemangioblastoma, renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: He had CNS hemangioblastomas at 35Y and RCC at 42Y

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.W88R (c.262T>C)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 496053 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/496053/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: W88R (c.262T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Computer simulations run by paleobiologist John Alroy have found that sporadic hunting by a relatively small group of humans could, over a few centuries, drive large slow-reproducing animals like mammoths and giant ground sloths into extinction.

      The passage make it feel as if over-hunting was the on;y contributing factor?

    2. The concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere is higher than it has been any other time in the last 800,000 years, climate scientists estimate, and, as a result of the accumulation of these greenhouse gases, scientists predict the global temperature will gradually rise by 5.4 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, with potentially catastrophic consequences for life on Earth.

      Author might have a possible bias for greenhouse effect.

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    1. Depending on the site and the research question, the strategy may be more oriented toward vertical versus horizontal excavations. In a vertical excavation, the archaeologists dig deep excavation units, sometimes in a “telephone booth” style. This is useful in highlighting the site’s stratigraphy; archaeologists can clearly see the layers of the soil (and the different contexts of site occupation) in the unit walls.

      I am clostrofobic so shallow big and flat sueits me better but then you miss a lot.I perfer vertical because so much is down ther if im goeing toput forth an effeort then i wat to see and recover everthing.

    2. Last, but certainly not least, it is important to consider the legal and ethical perspective. As discussed in Cultural Resource Management and Archaeology, excavation in the United States is regulated under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and associated laws, which require coordination with State Historic Preservation Offices, Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, and other interested parties, including current landowners. You cannot just dig without the appropriate permits! Similar laws exist around the world, and if you are an archaeologist working in another country, it is your responsibility to adhere to any legal requirements surrounding excavation and the treatment/curation of any excavated objects.

      Un fortchanetly looteing is still ileagl because thy destoy the site for personal profit .And then sell them to people who dont care how they got it. Maybe if we made looting adeath sentence we might be able tosome day stop it.

    3. While archaeological surveys take place over regions and landscapes (see “Archaeological Surveys and Remote Sensing”), excavation takes place at the level of the archaeological site. But just what is a site? Although the term is widely used, its definition is deceptively complicated. Many in the general public assume an archaeological site must include some sort of ancient monumental architecture, but this is not the case.

      true a site can range in size frome a grape fruit to the size of new york city.Can you emangin goeing back 400years when it wasstill an island only ocupied by the indieans what theyd find if every time they had to dig they had to escvate frist. wow id love to be a fly in their onietment.

    4. Excavation is only a very small part of what practicing archaeologists actually do—and some archaeologists never go near a trowel. Background research, surveying, mapping, lab work, and analysis are all equally important components of the archaeological process.

      I couldnt just sitid want toget out and get dirty. but due to my deterating health . Im afraied its allim good for.but at least id still be haveing fun learing.

    1. expected reafference from an unexpected disturbance

      Differentiate between sensory feedback caused by its own movements and sensory changes that were not predicted from those movements

    2. dangerous as a theory

      Motor cortical representations overlap, and the activity of M1 neurons relates to multiple movement variables. There's no "point" in M1 that corresponds to specific body parts.

    3. Population activity evolves through structured dynamics that can generate temporally patterned output.

      The changing population activity can help generate the precisely timed muscle activation needed for the reach.

      This is different from imagining that each neuron independently represents a fixed variable, such as one muscle or one movement direction.

    4. what a circuit can be driven to produce is not identical to what it normally represents

      The experiment demonstrates that stimulating the site can cause a hand-to-mouth movement, but it does not establish that the site's normal function is to represent that entire action.

      This is a general issue in neuroscience: what stimulation can make a circuit do is not necessarily what that circuit normally encodes or computes.

      For example, stimulating a neural population might cause several connected circuits to become active together in a way that does not occur during natural movement.

    5. Long trains of cortical microstimulation in monkeys can evoke coordinated, multijoint movements that bring the hand toward the mouth, shape the hand, or orient the body into an action-like posture.

      Traditionally, researchers often used brief electrical stimulation to study the motor cortex.

      For example, stimulating one location in M1 might produce a movement of the fingers, whereas stimulating another location might produce movement at the elbow.

      These observations contributed to the familiar motor homunculus: different regions of M1 are broadly associated with different body parts.

      But what happens if researchers stimulate for longer?

      With long-train stimulation, rather than delivering a brief pulse or short train, researchers apply electrical stimulation over a longer period, sometimes on the order of hundreds of milliseconds.

      Under these conditions, stimulating certain cortical sites can produce coordinated movements involving several joints.

    6. reflexes below the lesion are often depressed or absent, muscles are hypotonic, and voluntary movement is lost.

      The crucial insight is that descending pathways normally provide both excitatory and inhibitory influences on spinal circuits.

      Even when you are not actively moving, neurons in the spinal cord receive ongoing descending influences that help maintain their excitability.

      When those descending connections are suddenly interrupted, the spinal cord loses not only inhibitory control but also tonic excitatory drive.

      Consequently, many spinal neurons become less responsive, and reflex activity is temporarily depressed.

      This explains why severing descending pathways does not immediately produce exaggerated reflexes.

    7. It changes the drive and operating state of spinal networks whose internal circuitry produces the detailed rhythm.

      Higher motor centers do not need to generate the detailed pattern of muscle activation themselves. Instead, they can control movement by adjusting the activity of lower-level circuits that already have the machinery to generate those patterns.

    8. sensory integration

      Spinal circuits receive and combine proprioceptive information (limb position and muscle state), load-related information (whether the limb is supporting weight), and cutaneous information (contact with the obstacle).

    9. phase-dependent reflex control

      The same sensory stimulus can have a different effect during stance, when the limb needs to support the animal's weight

    10. rhythm generation

      Rhythm generation answers: How does the nervous system produce repeated, alternating activity without receiving a separate command for every phase?

      But notice that generating this alternation is not sufficient for walking. The cat needs to coordinate many muscles and multiple limbs.

    1. __________________________________________________________________

      I will properly greet the professor and write a well worded message so it could be answered clearly.

    2. __________________________________________________________________

      I keep myself motivated to go to class because I know how hard it will be to catch up if I fall behind.

    3. __________________________________________________________________

      I would say planning since it has always been an issue for me. I've always been super disorganized and I believe that with proper planning I will be able to actually get things done well and be organized.

    4. __________________________________________________________________

      I would want to talk about my goals for the future and ask for help on what steps I could take to get closer and hopefully achieve them.

    5. __________________________________________________________________

      I would say to write down your ideas throughout class and then prepare how you are going to word/ask your question.

    6. __________________________________________________________________

      I have spoken less to my professor in my child development class because all the course material is understandable and she makes the class easy.

    7. because ____________________________________________________________

      I haven’t done a presentation yet, but before I used to get nervous and I couldn’t control my nerves. Now I know a couple of ways to help me control.

    8. presentation? ___________________

      I would say that I need to pay more attention managing my time and handling my nervousness it’s something that is difficult for me because my thoughts are always running. I also need to work on preparing for questions from the class after my presentation. Managing those stages more properly will help me give a better presentation.

    9. ended? ____________________

      If I develop a mentoring relationship with one of my instructors probably I would ask them for advice in my next goals or ask if they could write me a letter of recommendation in the future.

    10. class. ______

      I would first check my textbook and the class slides to see if the answer a my questions it’s already there if is not I would bring my notes with the part I don’t understand highlighted.

    11. of. ______

      Being a participant student can be helpful in so many ways, first, it helps the professor know that you’re learning something from them. It also helps you to share your ideas more clearly and trust in yourself.

    1. Conformers are the same compound shown with different rotations about single bonds.

      The difference will be in, AND ONLY, single bonds. The difference in questions is the atom being either located towards the front, the back, or/and either sides of the plane, in relation to the connection between the carbons

    1. 700 to 900 maternal deaths occur in the United States. In addition, the C.D.C. reports more than 50,000 potentially preventable near-deaths, like Landrum's, per year — a number that rose nearly 200 percent from 1993 to 2014, the last year for which statistics are available. Black women are three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as their white counterparts, according to the C.D.C. — a disproportionate rate that is higher than that of Mexico, where nearly half the population lives in poverty — and as with infants, the high numbers for black women drive the national numbers

      This number is extremely staggering we are the same species yet we have birthing morality differences in race and sex that only shows a manipulated or multiple manipulated variables. It has been caused due to availability of education, food, and support which has been marginalized to those that the system wants it to benefit,the white man. “The feminist focus on gender and identification of male domination as the source of reproductive repression often overlooks the importance of racism in shaping our understanding of reproductive liberty and the degree of ‘choice’ that women really have.” page 11. WC:100

    2. Black infants in America are now more than twice as likely to die as white infants — 11.3 per 1,000 black babies, compared with 4.9 per 1,000 white babies, according to the most recent government data — a racial disparity that is actually wider than in 1850, 15 years before the end of slavery, when most black women were considered chattel. In one year, that racial gap adds up to more than 4,000 lost black babies. Education and income offer little protection. In fact, a black woman with an advanced degree is more likely to lose her baby than a white woman with less than an eighth-grade education

      “The conception of Black women as unfit for motherhood was reinforced by their working lives.” Page 19. This quote explains how the system is built to not acknowledge how racial disparity especially for black mothers is an extremely pressing matter and has been for hundreds of years. This includes limited or no access to healthcare as well as systemic history backing the fact that most medical birth procedures came from experimenting on enslaved young women and children.

    3. That year, the reported black infant-mortality rate was 340 per 1,000; the white rate was 217 per 1,000. This black-white divide in infant mortality has been a source of both concern and debate for over a century

      The black baby mortality rate compared to the white baby mortality rate has shown to been drastic since at least the 1850's. This is due to social inequalities and violation of human rights throughout American history in which those who are not white don't get to enjoy the same freedoms of those who are. As well as the disproportionate focus on medical health towards women especially in past history. " “The social order established by powerful white men was founded on two inseparable ingredients: the dehumanization of Africans on the basis of race, and the control of women’s sexuality and reproduction.” page 27.

    1. Emanuel Leutze (American, born Germany, 1816–1868). The Storming of the Teocalli by Cortés and His Troops, 1848. Oil on canvas, 7 feet, ¾ inch × 8 feet, 2¾ inches (215.3 × 250.8 cm). Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund~
      • Difference in skin color
      • Aztecs depicted partly covered, in one case exposed breasts
      • Aztecs in the back were seen as if they were begging to their gods because tehy were losing in battle. Cortez's men were climbing to the top of the temple carrying a flag to signal their victory
      • in the back there was an Aztec person carrying a child up in the air, the clip looks limp, deadlike, as if they are the sacrifce to the gods to win victoriously
        • depicting Aztecs as savages
      • in the background there are dark clouds, presumablly of smoke coming from the burning of the city.
    2. Guillermo Kahlo (Mexican, 1872–1941). Facade of the Chapel of Pocito, Villa of Guadalupe, Mexico City. From Iglesias de México, with text and design by Dr. Atl and photographs by Guillermo Kahlo, vol. 1 (Mexico City: Secretaría de Hacienda, 1924), p. 29

      Such villa shows Moorish influences.

    3. t passionately denied its antecedents and its ancestors–the Indian world and the Spanish world–and at the same time formed ambiguous links with both

      hybridity

    4. he Academy of San Carlos—in 1785, whose very purpose was to raise the level of teaching to a universal (essentially European) notion of values

      How European art spread was seen as superior

    5. The dominant opinions based on northern American and European values won out against the perceived excesses and brilliance of the images themselves and the effort of the Counter-Reformation

      think orientalism

    1. Meiosis occurs in specialized cells of the body called germline cells.

      germline cells go through meiosis to become gametes. they contain the full 46 chromosomes. - Mitosis uses somatic cells Meiosis uses germline cells

    2. Once they are pulled apart, the chromatids are now considered individual chromosomes

      biologists count no. of chromosomes by the no. of centromeres, so although the chromosomes with sister chromatids have 92 chromosomes it is considered 1 chromosome while in theory it has double the genetic information

    1. Let's break down the clusters: MCFI NEKP OGPW PIUD We will look at the position of each letter in the alphabet: M (13), C (3), F (6), I (9) N (14), E (5), K (11), P (16) O (15), G (7), P (16), W (23) P (16), I (9), U (21), D (4) Next, we calculate the shifts: 1st letter: M (13) to N (14) to O (15) to P (16) → +1 2nd letter: C (3) to E (5) to G (7) to I (9) → +2 3rd letter: F (6) to K (11) to P (16) to U (21) → +5 4th letter: I (9) to P (16) to W (23) to D (4) → +7 (considering wrap-around) Following this pattern, we can determine the next cluster: 1st letter: P (16) + 1 = Q (17) 2nd letter: I (9) + 2 = K (11) 3rd letter: U (21) + 5 = Z (26) 4th letter: D (4) + 7 = L (12) Thus, the next cluster is QKZL.

      working in concept section

    2. The triplet series is as follows: C G K G K O K O S O S W To find the next triplet, we observe the changes in the letters: From C (3) to G (7) to K (11): +4 From G (7) to K (11) to O (15): +4 From K (11) to O (15) to S (19): +4 From O (15) to S (19) to W (23): +4 Following this pattern, the next letters can be calculated by adding 4 to the last letters in the previous triplet (O, S, W): O (15) + 4 = S (19) S (19) + 4 = W (23) W (23) + 4 = A (1) (wrap around to the start of the alphabet) Thus, the next triplet is S W A.

      extra explanation

    3. Let's analyze the pattern: For the first letters: M (13) → N (14) → O (15) → P (16) → Q (17) For the second letters: I (9) → J (10) → K (11) → L (12) → M (13) For the third letters: N (14) → M (13) → L (12) → K (11) → J (10) From this, we can deduce that: The first letter increases by 1 each time. The second letter increases by 1 each time. The third letter decreases by 1 each time. Thus, the next cluster after PLK will be Q (17), M (13), and J (10), resulting in the cluster QMJ.

      extra explanation for the context section. remove?

    4. Putting these together gives us the next cluster: QMJ. However, the correct answer in the options provided is Option B: HGF, which seems to be a mistake in the question context as per the derived pattern.

      is this a glitch? please fix.

    5. you can quickly think of other SI units and their corresponding quantities.

      and what is that? the explanation needs to specifically call out what the correct answer is - "pressure"

    6. Practice authentic previous year question papers in real CBT exam conditions with sectional timer locking, detailed solutions, and Rocket Method shortcuts.

      could make this easier to read

    1. the perception of English as a safe linguistic space

      My takeaway is that students want to be themselves, but they also feel pressure to write a certain way to succeed in school and work

    2. Academic writing is all about how clearly you can get your point across to the reader.

      I see this side too. In school and technical writing, being clear matters. I think there should be room for both clarity and identity

    3. they are worried it will give them a bad grade

      I can understand why students stick to Standard English if they think using something different might affect their grades.

    4. it was extremely terrifying at first

      I did not expect being allowed to use Spanish in a class to feel scary. It shows how much earlier school experiences matter

    5. “English is always a safe spot for me

      This explains the conflict really well. English feels safer at school, but using only English can make someone feel farther from their culture.

    6. There is something more freeing about this

      This seems like a real benefit of the approach. Students can explain themselves in a way that feels more natural

    7. I had to learn how to speak Spanish better than a native speaker

      This shows it is not just about grammar. The student felt pressured to talk a certain way just to be accepted.

    8. [told] us we couldn’t speak Spanish in class

      Why would students be told not to speak a language they already know? I can see why that would stay with someone.

    9. rather than deducting points for code-meshing

      I did not realize a writing class could focus on getting the point across instead of marking every language difference as wrong

    10. strengthened sense of identity and cultural expression

      This stood out because students liked showing their identities, but some were still afraid to use their home languages in school.

    11. Participants included 38 undergraduate students

      I like that this is based on what actual college students experienced, not just an opinion about language

    12. the translingual approach views language differences as resources for meaning-making rather than barriers

      This reminds me of Baldwin. Speaking differently does not mean somebody has less to say.

    1. Is it possible that there are at least some specific social issues on which the library definitely should take an explicit and non-neutral position? This is where things get tough. For example, virtually all of us who work in libraries would, I’m sure, agree that racism is bad, and should be opposed. Shouldn’t the library take a firm position against racism? And how about child abuse, or sexism? How can the library fail to take a stance against these things? Few, if any, would say “racism is a good thing.” But reasonable people might disagree as to whether a particular book is racist. There’s a problem here, though, and that is that the population any library serves will not uniformly agree on how things like racism, sexism, and child abuse should be defined—and depending on how they are defined, there may be a variety of differing viewpoints held by reasonable and well-informed people. Few, if any, would say “racism is a good thing.” But reasonable people might disagree as to whether a particular book or group is racist. So while the library might wisely avoid collecting books that celebrate racism as such, it might also reasonably collect books that some members of its community consider to be examples of racism. (And depending on its mission, it might actively collect racist books for educational purposes.) On the issue of child abuse, a library might reasonably collect books that argue against any kind of corporal punishment for children and shelve them alongside books that argue in favor of corporal punishment — not because the library is neutral on the issue of child abuse, but because it declines to take an organizational stance on the question of whether corporal punishment necessarily constitutes child abuse.

      This is not a neutral standpoint

    1. Having access to transportation, public parks, and community-based organizations makes it easier to connect with others.

      Public transportation infrastructure is one of the most crucial things to both community access and the health of our world. The fossil fuel and motor vehicle industries need to be phased out in favor of more eco friendly and useful mass transit options

    2. Social connection not only has a positive effect on individual health and well-being, but it can lead to many positive outcomes at the community level.

      What would a community look like if more people had access to opportunities to connect with others. Would stronger social connections help reduce isolation, create safer neighborhoods, or encourage people to support one another? Could free and low-cost community programs help build trust and make people feel more included?

    3. Approaches that include work to change policies, systems, and environments can help to address and promote social connections.

      Communities can make changes to their policies, systems, and environments to create more opportunities for people to connect. I think this is important because people experiencing financial hardship may face barriers that make participating in community activities difficult.

    1. Ongoing post-deployment ML model maintenance had been known to create a large amount of ‘technical debt’ in a number of organisations,22 and FireEye had experienced such challenges as well.

      nega

    2. Sometimes, victims of cyber threats and attacks were not comfortable sharing their data, even with a specialised firm like FireEye that was there to help them deal with these issues. For these reasons, gathering data sets needed for threat attribution was challenging.

      intresting

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    1. syllabus

      North Idaho College requires its faculty to use a program called Concourse to create, upload, and share it syllabi. The program does not export as a PDF, but provides a URL. I've found that AI agents have difficulty interfacing with URLs directly. Copilot permitted me to upload the URL as a reference, and it lists it as "Content" it has access to. However, when I specifically ask it to reference it, it can't. Any recommendations besides cutting and pasting the text? Can this Pressbooks explore the topic of the limitations of feeding URLs to AI agents and recommendations for best practices?