“…We analyzed germline variants in 42 genes (VHL, SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, NF1, RET, HRAS, KRAS, EPAS1 (HIF2A), ATRX, CSDE1, BRAF, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, FGFR4, FGFRL1, SETD2, ARNT, TP53, TP53BP1, TP53BP2, TP53I13, KMT2D, BAP1, IDH1, IDH2, SDHAF1, SDHAP2, FH, EGLN1, MDH2, TMEM127, MAX, KIF1B, MEN1, GDNF, GNAS, CDKN2A, BRCA1, and BRCA2) reported previously to be involved in the development of paragangliomas/pheochromocytomas [34,52]. Three pathogenic and two likely pathogenic germline variants were found across six patients with CBT according to the predicted algorithms and public databases ( variants were characterized by high conservation scores (PhastCons) and had an allele frequency less than 0.01% in 1000 Genomes Project, ESP 6500, and ExAC databases.…”