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Table 1 Different subtypes of familial ALS and their genotype–phenotype correlations

From: Genotype-phenotype correlations of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

ALS type

Gene

Inheritance

ALS features

FTD

Other features/disorders

(chromosome)

ALS 1

SOD1

AD; AR;

AAO: adult > juvenile; Onset: LL > UL > bulbar;

Rare

PMA, PBP, BFA, cerebellar ataxia, autonomic dysfunction

(21q22.1)

De novo

Progression: rapid > slow; UMN + LMN > LMN dominant

ALS 2

ALSIN

AR

AAO: juvenile; Onset: LL, UL;

None

PLS, IAHSP

(2q33.2)

Progression: slow; UMN dominant > UMN + LMN

ALS 3

UN

AD

N/A

N/A

N/A

(18q21)

ALS 4

SETX

AD

AAO: juvenile > adult; Onset: LL > UL;

None

AOA2, cerebellar ataxia, motor neuropathy

(9q34)

Progression: slow; UMN + LMN > LMN dominant

ALS 5

SPG11

AR

AAO: juvenile > adult; Onset: bulbar, limb;

Rare

HSP, autonomic dysfunction, mental retardation

(15q21.1)

Progression: slow; UMN dominant > UMN + LMN

ALS 6

FUS

AD; AR;

AAO: adult > juvenile; Onset: UL, bulbar > LL;

Rare

PMA, Parkinsonism, essential tremor, mental retardation

(16q11.2)

De novo

Progression: rapid > slow; UMN + LMN > LMN dominant

ALS 7

UN

AD

N/A

N/A

N/A

(20p13)

ALS 8

VAPB

AD

AAO: adult > juvenile; Onset: limb;

None

SMA, motor neuropathy, autonomic dysfunction

(20q13.3)

Progression: slow; LMN dominant

ALS 9

ANG

AD

AAO: adult > juvenile; Onset: limb, bulbar;

Yes

PBP, PD

(14q11.2)

Progression: N/A; UMN + LMN

ALS 10

TARDBP

AD; AR

AAO: adult; Onset: limb, bulbar;

Yes

PSP, FTD with Parkinsonism, PD, chorea

(1p36.22)

Progression: variable; UMN + LMN

ALS 11

FIG4

AD

AAO: adult; Onset: bulbar > limb;

None

CMT4J, HSP, PLS, Yunis–Varon syndrome, epilepsy with polymicrogyria

(6q21)

Progression: variable; UMN + LMN > UMN dominant

ALS 12

OPTN

AD; AR

AAO: adult; Onset: bulbar, limb;

Yes

POAG, Parkinsonism, aphasia

(10p13)

Progression: slow; UMN + LMN

ALS 13

ATXN2

AD

AAO: adult > juvenile; Onset: UL, LL;

None

SCA2, Parkinsonism

(12q24)

Progression: variable; UMN + LMN

ALS 14

VCP

AD

AAO: adult > juvenile; Onset: limb > bulbar;

Yes

IBMPFD

(9p13)

Progression: variable; UMN + LMN

ALS 15

UBQLN2

XD

AAO: adult > juvenile; Onset: limb, bulbar;

Yes

PLS

(Xp11.21)

Progression: variable; UMN + LMN > UMN dominant

ALS 16

SIGMAR1

AD

AAO: juvenile; Onset: LL > UL;

Rare

motor neuropathy

(9p13.3)

Progression: N/A; UMN + LMN

ALS 17

CHMP2B

AD

AAO: adult; Onset: bulbar, limb;

Yes

PMA; Parkinsonism

(3p12.1)

Progression: N/A; UMN + LMN > LMN dominant

ALS 18

PFN1

AD

AAO: adult; Onset: limb;

None

N/A

(17p13.2)

Progression: N/A; UMN + LMN

ALS 19

ERBB4

AD

AAO: adult; Onset: UL, bulbar;

None

N/A

(2q33.3-q34)

Progression: slow; UMN + LMN

ALS 20

hnRNPA1

AD

AAO: adult; Onset: N/A;

Yes

multisystem proteinopathy

(12q13.1)

Progression: N/A; UMN + LMN > LMN dominant

ALS 21

MATR3

AD

AAO: adult; Onset: bulbar, limb;

Yes

distal myopathy

(5q31.3)

Progression: slow; UMN + LMN > LMN dominant

ALS-FTD

C9ORF72

AD

AAO: adult; Onset: bulbar, limb;

Yes

Parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia

(9p21.2)

Progression: rapid > slow; UMN + LMN

  1. Abbreviations: AAO age at onset, AD autosomal dominant, ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, AOA2 ataxia and oculomotor apraxia type 2, AR autosomal recessive, BFA benign focal amyotrophy, CMT4J Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, FTD frontotemporal dementia, HSP hereditary spastic paraplegia, IAHSP infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis, IBMPFD inclusion body myopathy with Paget’s disease and frontotemporal dementia, LL lower limb, LMN lower motor neuron, N/A not available, PBP progressive bulbar palsy, PD Parkinson’s disease, PLS primary lateral sclerosis, PMA progressive muscular atrophy, POAG primary open angle glaucoma, PSP progressive supranuclear palsy, SCA2 spinocerebellar ataxia 2, UL upper limb, UMN upper motor neuron; UN unknown, XD X-linked dominant