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. 2023 May 12;17:1170996. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1170996

Table 1.

Genes associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Year Gene Chromosomal locus Mode of inheritance Overlay Probable functions
2021 SPTLC1 9q22.31 AD ALS; HSP; CMT Sphingolipid synthesis
2020 WDR7 18q21 Unknow ALS Calcium flux; neurotransmitter release
2020 CAV1 7q31.2 Unknow ALS Intracellular calcium homeostasis
2019 GLT8D1 3p21.1 AD ALS Ganglioside synthesis
2019 ARPP21 3p22.3 Unknown ALS Toxic factor acts synergistically with GLT8D1 mutation
2019 DNAJC7 17q21.2 AD/AR ALS Protein homeostasis
2018 KIF5A 12q13.3 AD ALS; HSP; CMT2 Intracellular traffic; axonal defect
2017 TIA1 2p13.3 AD ALS TDP-43 accumulation; RNA metabolism
2017 ANXA11 10q22.3 Unknown ALS; FTD Phospholipid and calcium-binding
2016 CCNF 16p13.3 AD ALS; FTD Autophagy; axonal defects; protein aggregation
2016 NEK1 4q33 AD ALS Cell cycles; DNA damage repair; cilia formation
2016 C21ORF2(also known as CFAP410) 21q22.3 AD ALS Cilia formation; DNA damage repair; mitochondrial function
2015 TBK1 12q14.2 AD ALS; FTD Autophagy; neuroinflammation
2014 CHCHD10 22q11.23 AD ALS; FTD; ataxia Mitochondrial function
2014 MATR3 5q31.2 AD ALS; FTD Ribostasis
2014 TUBA4A 2q35 AD ALS; FTD Cytoskeletal organization; axonal transport
2013 ERBB4 2q34 AD ALS Neuronal development
2013 HNRNPA2B1 7p15 AD; risk factor ALS; myopathy; cognitive impairment Ribostasis
2013 HNRNPA1 12q13:13 AD; risk factor ALS; myopathy; cognitive impairment Ribostasis
2012 ATXN1 6p22.3 risk factor ALS Nucleocytoplasmic transport
2012 EPHA4 2q36.1 Unknown ALS; ataxia Axonal degeneration
2012 PFN1 17p13 AD ALS Cytoskeletal organization; axonal grow and transport
2011 C9ORF72 9p21 AD ALS; FTD Intracellular trafficking; autophagy; protein stasis; nucleocytoplasmic transport
2011 SQSTM1 5q35 AD ALS; FTD Autophagy; neuroinflammation
2011 UBQLN2 Xp11 X-linked AD ALS; FTD Protein stasis
2010 SIGMAR1 9p13.3 AD/AR ALS; FTD Proteasome impairment; intracellular trafficking
2010 ATXN2 12q24 AD ALS; SCA2 Ribostasis
2010 OPTN 10p13 AD/AR ALS; FTD Autophagy; neuroinflammation
2010 SPG11 15q14 AR ALS; HSP; CMT DNA damage
2010 VCP 9p13 AD ALS; FTD Protein stasis
2006 ANG 14q11 Risk factor ALS; FTD Angiogenesis
2009 Fig 4 6q21 AD ALS Intracellular trafficking
2009 UNC13A 19p13.11 Unknown ALS; FTD synapse function
2009 ELP3 8p21 Unknown ALS Ribostasis; cytoskeletal integrity
2009 FUS 16p11 AD/AR ALS; FTD Ribostasis
2008 TARDBP 1p36 AD/AR ALS; FTD Ribostasis
2006 CHMP2B 3p11 AD ALS; FTD Protein stasis; vesicular trafficking
2004 HFE 6p22.2 Unknown ALS; Alzheimer’s disease; PD Iron homeostasis
2004 VAPB 20q13 AD ALS Protein stasis
2003 DCTN1 2p13 AD; risk factor ALS Axonal transport
2001 ALS2 2q33 AR ALS Vesicular trafficking
1998 SETX 9q34 AD ALS Ribostasis
1994 NEFH 22q12 AD; risk factor ALS Axonal transport
1993 SOD1 21q22 AD/AR ALS Protein stasis; oxidative stress

AD, Autosomal dominant; AR, autosomal recessive; ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; FTD, Frontotemporal Dementia; CMT2, Charcot–Marie-Tooth type 2 hereditary neuropathy; SCA2, Spinocerebellar Ataxia 2; HSP, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia; PD, Parkinson’s disease.