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Submissions for variant NM_002834.5(PTPN11):c.1403C>T (p.Thr468Met)

gnomAD frequency: 0.00001  dbSNP: rs121918457
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Submitter RCV SCV Clinical significance Condition Last evaluated Review status Method Comment
ClinGen RASopathy Variant Curation Expert Panel RCV000208002 SCV000616375 pathogenic Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines 2017-04-03 reviewed by expert panel curation The c.1403C>T (p.Thr468Met) variant in PTPN11 has been reported in the literature in at least 2 unconfirmed de novo occurrences as well as more than 5 other independent occurances of patients with clinical features of a RASopathy (PM6_Strong, PS4; PMID 25884655, 19864201, PMIDs: 20883402, 15520399, 17935252, 24767283, 12058348, 15520399). The c.1403C>T (p.Thr468Met) variant in PTPN11 has been reported in the literature to segregate with clinical features of a RASopathy in at least 7 family members (PP1_Strong; 24767283, 17935252, 15520399, 20883402). In vitro functional studies provide some evidence that the p.Thr468Met variant may impact protein function (PS3; PMID: 24935154, 18372317, 16638574, 18849586). The variant is in a location that has been defined by the ClinGen RASopathy Expert Panel to be a mutational hotspot or domain of PTNP11 (PM1; PMID 29493581). The variant is located in the PTPN11 gene, which has been defined by the ClinGen RASopathy Expert Panel as a gene with a low rate of benign missense variants and pathogenic missense variants are common (PP2; PMID: 29493581). Computational prediction tools and conservation analysis suggest that the p.Thr468Met variant may impact the protein (PP3). In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as pathogenic for RASopathies in an autosomal dominant manner. Rasopathy-specific ACMG/AMP criteria applied (PMID:29493581): PM6_Strong, PS4, PP1_Strong, PS3, PM1, PP2, PP3.
GeneDx RCV000077851 SCV000057438 pathogenic not provided 2022-02-11 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing Published functional studies demonstrate a damaging effect with the T468M variant inducing a weakening of the interaction between the N-SH2 and PTP domains, which leads to a mutant protein that is more readily activated (Yu et al., 2014); Missense variants in this gene are often considered pathogenic (HGMD); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 26607044, 26377682, 27236105, 25322695, 27484170, 17697839, 26686981, 29493581, 30025578, 28152038, 24803665, 21910245, 23813970, 20493809, 21365175, 16638574, 18372317, 18849586, 20883402, 16377799, 23457302, 22555271, 20308328, 24935154, 22585553, 25884655, 12058348, 24767283, 17935252, 27666661, 26742426, 26337637, 27659786, 26952712, 27238887, 28456002, 19174044, 29346770, 29084544, 16358218, 30762279, 29445579, 19054014, 30417923, 30050098, 31560489, 31722741, 32164556, 29907801, 31370276, 33318624, 33870545, 15520399, 32627323, 33673806, 27535533, 24077912)
Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga) RCV000077851 SCV000058283 pathogenic not provided 2017-07-24 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine RCV000208002 SCV000061274 pathogenic Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines 2020-03-12 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing The p.Thr468Met variant in PTPN11 has been reported in >30 probands with clinical features of Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines (Digilio 2002, Keren 2004, Tartaglia 2006, Cesarini 2009). It has also been shown to segregate with disease in 5 affected relatives (Digilio 2002, Keren 2004, Writzl 2007). It was absent from large population studies. In vitro functional studies and animal models in zebrafish provide some evidence that the p.Thr468Met variant may impact protein function (Stewart 2010). In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as pathogenic for Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines in an autosomal dominant manner based upon segregation studies, absence from controls, and functional evidence.
Invitae RCV000033533 SCV000253876 pathogenic RASopathy 2023-12-31 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing This sequence change replaces threonine, which is neutral and polar, with methionine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 468 of the PTPN11 protein (p.Thr468Met). This variant is present in population databases (rs121918457, gnomAD 0.004%). This missense change has been observed in individuals with LEOPARD syndrome and other Noonan spectrum disorders (PMID: 12058348, 21910245, 22555271, 22585553, 23813970, 24767283). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 13331). Advanced modeling performed at Invitae incorporating data from internal and/or published experimental studies (Invitae) indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt PTPN11 function with a positive predictive value of 95%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects PTPN11 function (PMID: 16377799, 16638574, 18372317, 20535210, 23457302, 24935154). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic.
Blueprint Genetics RCV000208002 SCV000264160 pathogenic Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines 2015-12-03 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Molecular Diagnostics Lab, Nemours Children's Health, Delaware RCV000077851 SCV000265848 likely pathogenic not provided 2015-10-01 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Institute Of Molecular Biology And Genetics, Federal Almazov National Medical Research Centre RCV000055884 SCV000494585 pathogenic LEOPARD syndrome 1 2016-06-14 criteria provided, single submitter research The patient was diagnosed with classical LEOPARD syndrome with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The pathogenic allele is inherited from mother who also has typical signs of LEOPARD syndrome but without hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Institute Of Molecular Biology And Genetics, Federal Almazov National Medical Research Centre RCV000106323 SCV000494587 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 1 2016-11-16 criteria provided, single submitter research The patient was diagnosed with typical signs of Noonan syndrome and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at the age of 2 years old.
ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories RCV000157014 SCV000604983 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 2016-11-25 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics RCV000515406 SCV000611300 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 1; Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; Metachondromatosis; LEOPARD syndrome 1 2021-10-17 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp RCV000208002 SCV000698055 pathogenic Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines 2021-01-21 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing Variant summary: PTPN11 c.1403C>T (p.Thr468Met) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the Protein-tyrosine phosphatase, catalytic domain of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 4e-06 in 251186 control chromosomes (gnomAD). c.1403C>T has been reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with Noonan Syndrome/Leopard Syndrome (e.g. Digilio_2002, Zenker_2004, Carcavilla_2013, Athota_2020). These data indicate that the variant is very likely to be associated with disease. Experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function demonstrated the variant to be catalytically defective, affecting SHP2 phosphatase activity and inducing a weakening of the intramolecular interaction between the N-SH2 and PTP domains, leading to a mutant protein that is more readily activated (e.g. Kontaridis_2006, Yu_2014). Eighteen ClinVar submitters including an expert panel (ClinGen RASopathy Variant Curation Expert Panel) (evaluation after 2014) cite the variant as pathogenic/likely pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic.
Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, Montreal Heart Institute RCV000077851 SCV000740649 pathogenic not provided 2016-12-30 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology, Centenary Institute RCV000853462 SCV000996373 pathogenic Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 2017-07-28 criteria provided, single submitter research The PTPN11 Thr468Met variant has been reported in over 50 probands affected with LEOPARD syndrome and other Noonan spectrum disorders, including at least 4 de novo events and has been found to segregate in multiple families (see literature). We identified PTPN11 Thr468Met in a proband of Southern Eastern European descent who was diagnosed with atypical HCM. Sanger sequencing did not identify this variant in either the proband's mother or father, hence the variant has occurred de novo in our proband. The variant is present at a low frequency in the Exome Aggregation Consortium dataset (MAF= 0.000008; http://exac.broadinstitute.org/). Computational tools SIFT, MutationTaster and PolyPhen2 predict this variant to be deleterious. Functional studies suggest that the variant results in reduced catalytic function (see literature). In summary, based on identification of the variant in multiple affected probands, the occurence of affected de novo individuals, functional studies displaying an affect on the protein function, segregation of the variant in affected family members, in silico tools in support of a deleterious affect and because missense variants in PTPN11 are a known mechanism of disease in Rasopathies, we classify PTPN11 Thr468Met as "pathogenic".
Broad Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard RCV000106323 SCV001164413 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 1 2018-12-03 criteria provided, single submitter research The heterozygous p.Thr468Met variant in PTPN11 was identified by our study in two unrelated individuals with Noonan syndrome. This variant has been identified in 0.004484% (1/22300) of European (Finnish) chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP rs121918457). Please note that for diseases with clinical variability, or reduced penetrance, pathogenic variants may be present at a low frequency in the general population. Although this variant has been seen in the general population, its frequency is low enough to be consistent with a rare disease sometimes diagnosed in adulthood. Computational prediction tools and conservation analyses suggest that this variant may impact the protein, though this information is not predictive enough to determine pathogenicity. The PTPN11 gene has a low rate of benign missense variation, raising the possibility that a change in this gene may not be tolerated. This variant has been reported as pathogenic in ClinVar (Variation ID: 13331). The p.Thr468Met variant in PTPN11 has been reported in 12 individuals with Noonan syndrome in the literature (PMID: 28681392, 27659786, 27238887, 12058348, 24767283). In summary, the p.Thr468Met variant is pathogenic based off of our findings, multiple de novo reports in ClinVar, and the literature. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PM2, PM6_Strong, PP1_Strong, PP2, PP3 (Richards 2015).
CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen RCV000077851 SCV001247468 pathogenic not provided 2022-02-01 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Genome Diagnostics Laboratory, The Hospital for Sick Children RCV001813197 SCV002060506 pathogenic Noonan syndrome and Noonan-related syndrome 2020-12-21 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
DASA RCV000157014 SCV002107105 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 2022-03-05 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing Well-established in vitro or in vivo functional studies supportive of a damaging effect on the gene or gene product (PMID: 24935154; 18372317; 16638574; 18849586) - PS3.The c.1403C>T;p.(Thr468Met) missense variant has been observed in affected individual(s) and ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (ClinVar ID: 13331; PMID: PMID 25884655; PMID: 19864201; PMID: 20883402; PMID: 15520399; PMID: 17935252; PMID: 24767283; PMID: 12058348; PMID: 15520399) - PS4. The variant is located in a mutational hot spot and/or critical and well-established functional domain (Y_phosphatase - PMID 29493581) - PM1. This variant is not present in population databases (rs121918457- gnomAD; ABraOM no frequency - http://abraom.ib.usp.br/) - PM2. The variant was assumed de novo, but without confirmation of paternity and maternity (PMID 25884655; 19864201; PMIDs: 20883402; 15520399; 17935252; 24767283; 12058348; 15520399) - PM6_strong. The variant co-segregated with disease in multiple affected family members (PMID: 24767283, 17935252, 15520399, 20883402) - PP1_strong. Missense variant in PTPN11 that has a low rate of benign missense variation and in which missense variants are a common mechanism of disease - PP2. Multiple lines of computational evidence support a deleterious effect on the gene or gene product - PP3. In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic.
Center for Genomics, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago RCV000515406 SCV002495906 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 1; Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; Metachondromatosis; LEOPARD syndrome 1 2021-03-30 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing PTPN11 NM_002834.4 exon 12 p.Thr468Met (c.1403C>T): This variant has been reported in the literature in several individuals with Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines and other RASopathies; it has been seen both as a de novo variant and as segregating with disease in multiple affected family members (Digilio 2002 PMID:12058348, Keren 2004 PMID:15520399, Writzl 2007 PMID:17935252, Lin 2009 PMID:19864201, Hansen 2009 PMID:19174044, Santoro 2014 PMID:24767284, Spatola 2015 PMID:25884655, Chinton 2019 PMID:31560489, Athota 2020 PMID:32164556). This variant is present in 0.009% (1/10440) of Finnish alleles in the Genome Aggregation Database (https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/12-112488466-C-T?dataset=gnomad_r3). Please note, disease causing variants may be present in control databases at low frequencies, reflective of the general population, carrier status, and/or variable expressivity. This variant is also present in ClinVar, with several labs classifying this variant as pathogenic (Variation ID:13331). Evolutionary conservation and computational predictive tools suggest that this variant may impact the protein. In addition, functional studies have shown a deleterious effect of this variant (Hanna 2006 PMID:16638574, Kontaridis 2006 PMID:16377799, Martinelli 2008 PMID:18372317, Oishi 2009 PMID:18849586, Yu 2013 PMID:23457302). However, these studies may not accurately represent in vivo biological function. In summary, this variant is classified as pathogenic based on the data above.
Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute RCV000208002 SCV002557046 pathogenic Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines 2020-05-21 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing Based on the classification scheme VCGS_Germline_v0.6.1, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. Following criteria are met: 0103 - Both loss and gain of function are known mechanism of disease for this gene. Loss of function has been associated with protein truncating variants causing metachondromatosis (PMID: 21533187), whereas missense variants have been shown to cause a gain of function effect resulting in Noonan syndrome and Noonan syndrome with multiple lengitines (PMID: 24935154). 0107 - This gene is known to be associated with autosomal dominant disease. 0200 - Variant is predicted to result in a missense amino acid change from threonine to methionine (exon 12). 0302 - Variant is present in gnomAD >=0.0002 and <0.001 for dominant indication (1 heterozygote, 0 homozygotes). 0501 - Missense variant consistently predicted to be damaging by in silico tools or highly conserved with a major amino acid change. 0602 - Variant affects known hotspot region or cluster of pathogenic variants (tyrosine-protein phosphatase; NCBI, PDB). 0703 - Comparable variant in relevant codon/region has moderate previous evidence for pathogenicity. Two alternative changes resulting in different residues have been reported pathogenic (ClinVar). 0801 - Strong previous evidence of pathogenicity in unrelated individuals. This variant has been previously reported as pathogenic multiple times (ClinVar) and changes in this residue are the second most common cause of Noonan syndrome with multiple lengitines (PMID: 29493581) 0905 - No published segregation evidence has been identified for this variant. 1007 - No published functional evidence has been identified for this variant. 1205 - Variant is maternally inherited. Legend: (P) - Pathogenic, (N) - Neutral, (B) – Benign
MGZ Medical Genetics Center RCV000106323 SCV002580322 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 1 2022-08-09 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Ambry Genetics RCV002390104 SCV002699162 pathogenic Cardiovascular phenotype 2022-07-12 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing The p.T468M pathogenic mutation (also known as c.1403C>T), located in coding exon 12 of the PTPN11 gene, results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 1403. The threonine at codon 468 is replaced by methionine, an amino acid with similar properties. This alteration has been well described in association with LEOPARD syndrome (also known as Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines), and has shown segregation among several families (Digilio MC et al. Am. J. Hum. Genet., 2002 Aug;71:389-94; Sarkozy A et al. J. Med. Genet., 2003 Sep;40:704-8; Tartaglia M et al. Am. J. Hum. Genet., 2006 Feb;78:279-90; Carcavilla A et al. Eur. J. Pediatr., 2011 Aug;170:1069-74; Kindel SJ et al. J. Card. Fail., 2012 May;18:396-403). One family described included individuals with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and overlapping clinical features of neurofibromatosis and LEOPARD syndrome (Carcavilla A et al. Eur. J. Pediatr., 2011 Aug;170:1069-74). Medulloblastoma has been reported in one individual with this mutation (Rankin J et al. Am. J. Med. Genet. A, 2013 Aug;161A:2027-9). This variant is considered to be rare based on population cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). In addition, functional analyses demonstrated that the p.T468M alteration resulted in loss of normal tyrosine phosphatase activity (Hanna N et al. FEBS Lett., 2006 May;580:2477-82; Tartaglia M et al. Am. J. Hum. Genet., 2006 Feb;78:279-90). Based on the supporting evidence, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation.
3billion RCV000106323 SCV003841775 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 1 2023-02-23 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing The variant is observed at an extremely low frequency in the gnomAD v2.1.1 dataset (total allele frequency: <0.001%). Missense changes are a common disease-causing mechanism. Functional studies provide strong evidence of the variant having a damaging effect on the gene or gene product (PMID: 16638574, 18372317, 18849586, 24935154). In silico tool predictions suggest damaging effect of the variant on gene or gene product (REVEL: 0.96; 3Cnet: 1.00). Same nucleotide change resulting in same amino acid change has been previously reported as pathogenic/likely pathogenic with strong evidence (ClinVar ID: VCV000013331). The variant has been observed in multiple (>3) similarly affected unrelated individuals (PMID: 12058348, 15520399, 17935252, 19864201, 20883402, 24767283, 25884655). The variant has been reported to co-segregate with the disease in at least 7 similarly affected relatives/individuals in at least two unrelated families (PMID: 15520399, 17935252, 20883402, 24767283). Different missense changes at the same codon (p.Thr468Glu, p.Thr468Pro) have been reported as pathogenic/likely pathogenic with strong evidence (ClinVar ID: VCV000040547, VCV000265663). Therefore, this variant is classified as Pathogenic according to the recommendation of ACMG/AMP guideline.
Lifecell International Pvt. Ltd RCV000106323 SCV003845204 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 1 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing A Heterozygous Missense variant c.1403C>T in Exon 12 of the PTPN11 gene that results in the amino acid substitution p.Thr468Met was identified. The observed variant is novel in gnomAD exomes and genomes. The severity of the impact of this variant on the protein is medium, based on the effect of the protein and REVEL score . Rare Exome Variant Ensemble Learner (REVEL) is an ensembl method for predicting the pathogenicity of missense variants based on a combination of scores from 13 individual tools: MutPred, FATHMM v2.3, VEST 3.0, PolyPhen-2, SIFT, PROVEAN, MutationAssessor, MutationTaster, LRT, GERP++, SiPhy, phyloP, and phastCons. The REVEL score for an individual missense variant can range from 0 to 1, with higher scores reflecting greater likelihood that the variant is disease-causing. ClinVar has also classified this variant as Pathogenic [Variant ID : 13331]. The observed variation has previously been reported for Noonan syndrome by Athota, Jeevana Praharsha, et al., 2020. In vitro functional studies and animal models in zebrafish provide some evidence that the p.Thr468Met variant may impact protei n function [Stewart, Rodney A., et al., 2010]. Prenatally, the diagnosis of Noonan syndrome has been suspected following certain ultrasound findings, such as cystic hygroma, increased nuchal translucency (NT) and hydrops fetalis [Lee, K. A., et al., 2009]. For these reasons this variant has been classified as Pathogenic.
Genesolutions, Medical Genetics Institutes, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam RCV000106323 SCV003934965 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 1 2022-06-22 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Clinical Genomics Laboratory, Washington University in St. Louis RCV000106323 SCV004177104 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 1 2023-10-23 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing The PTPN11 c.1403C>T (p.Thr468Met) variant has been reported in several individuals with clinical features of a RASopathy, and is reported to segregate with disease in at least one family (Kato H et al., PMID: 20883402; Keren B et al., PMID: 15520399; Lin IS et al., PMID: 19864201; Santoro C et al., PMID: 24767283; Spatola M et al., PMID: 25884655; Writzl K et al., PMID: 17935252). This variant has been reported in the ClinVar database as a germline pathogenic variant by many submitters, including an expert panel. This variant is only observed on 1/251,186 alleles in the general population (gnomAD v.2.1.1), indicating it is not a common variant. This variant occurs in a location that has been defined by the ClinGen RASopathy Expert Panel to be a hotspot or functional domain (Gelb BD et al., PMID: 29493581) and computational predictors indicate that the variant is damaging, evidence that correlates with impact to PTPN11 function. In support of this prediction, functional studies show altered protein activity in several different assays (Martinelli S et al., PMID: 18372317; Oishi K et al., PMID: 18849586; Yu ZH et al., PMID: 24935154). Based on available information and the ACMG/AMP guidelines for variant interpretation (Richards S et al., PMID: 25741868) and the ClinGen RASopathy Expert Panel recommendations (Gelb BD et al., PMID: 29493581), this variant is classified as pathogenic.
Institute of Human Genetics, Clinical Exome/Genome Diagnostics Group, University Hospital Bonn RCV000055884 SCV004239242 pathogenic LEOPARD syndrome 1 2023-12-22 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Center for Genomic Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center RCV000106323 SCV004805002 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 1 2024-03-17 criteria provided, single submitter research
OMIM RCV000055884 SCV000034507 pathogenic LEOPARD syndrome 1 2010-06-10 no assertion criteria provided literature only
GeneReviews RCV000055884 SCV000086890 not provided LEOPARD syndrome 1 no assertion provided literature only
Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP) RCV000106323 SCV000143815 not provided Noonan syndrome 1 no assertion provided not provided
Baylor Genetics RCV000033533 SCV000196651 pathogenic RASopathy no assertion criteria provided clinical testing Variant classified using ACMG guidelines
Greenwood Genetic Center Diagnostic Laboratories, Greenwood Genetic Center RCV000077851 SCV000207661 pathogenic not provided 2015-01-15 no assertion criteria provided clinical testing
Biochemical Molecular Genetic Laboratory, King Abdulaziz Medical City RCV000723326 SCV000854720 pathogenic PTPN11-related disorder 2018-07-05 no assertion criteria provided clinical testing
Clinical Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital RCV000157014 SCV001146853 pathogenic Noonan syndrome 2020-01-17 no assertion criteria provided clinical testing
Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen RCV000077851 SCV001744565 pathogenic not provided no assertion criteria provided clinical testing
Joint Genome Diagnostic Labs from Nijmegen and Maastricht, Radboudumc and MUMC+ RCV000077851 SCV001951468 pathogenic not provided no assertion criteria provided clinical testing
Clinical Genetics DNA and cytogenetics Diagnostics Lab, Erasmus MC, Erasmus Medical Center RCV000077851 SCV001969720 pathogenic not provided no assertion criteria provided clinical testing

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