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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Genet. 2013;47:601–623. doi: 10.1146/annurev-genet-110711-155524

Table 3.

Genetic correlates of the neuropathological subtypes of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)a

Molecular classification Neuropathological subtypeb Mutated genesb
FTLD-tau Pick’s disease MAPT
Corticobasal degeneration MAPT
Progressive supranuclear palsy MAPT
Argyrophilic grain disease MAPT
Neurofibrillary tangle–predominant dementia MAPT
Multiple system tauopathy with dementia MAPT
White matter tauopathy with globular glial inclusions MAPT
FTLD–TAR DNA-binding protein 43 Type A GRN
C9orf72
Type B C9orf72
Type C
Type D VCP
FTLD–fused in sarcoma Atypical FTLD with ubiquitinated inclusions FUS
Neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease FUS
Basophilic inclusion body disease FUS
FTLD–ubiquitin proteasome system Frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 3 CHMP2B
a

Adapted from Reference 154.

b

Characteristic pattern of pathology, not the clinical syndrome.