“…However, what is more surprising is that two novel ATP2B3 mutations have recently been found in tissue from a number of aldosterone-producing adenomas (APAs), a major factor in the development of primary aldosteronism which is the most common cause of secondary hypertension (27). Since Beuschlein et al's first report in 2013 (27), ATP2B3 mutations have been identified in APAs present in western European, Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, and American populations occurring at frequencies ranging from 0.6 to 9% (6,102,121,186,272,330,331,396,404,422). With the exception of one Taiwanese patient who exhibited a Tyr410Asp substitution (404), all mutations identified thus far involve the deletion of one or more amino acids between Thr-423 and Leu-433 lying in the M4 region of the plasma membrane, believed to be important in Ca 2ϩ binding during its transport to the extracellular space.…”