Theme 2 Genetics and genomics

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The samples used in this research were obtained from the UK National DNA Bank for MND Research, funded by the MNDA and the Wellcome Trust. We acknowledge sample management undertaken by Biobanking Solutions funded by the MRC at the CIGMR, University of Manchester. We thank people with MND and their families for their participation in this project. This is an EU JPND project. The project is supported through the following funding organisations under the aegis of JPND - www.jpnd.eu (UK, MRC (MR/L501529/1; MR/R024804/1) and Economic and Social Research Council (ES/L008238/1)) and through the MNDA. This study represents independent research part funded by the NIHR.

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Funding: MND Association (957-799); Science Foundation Ireland (17/CDA/4737).

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This research was supported / funded by the NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) / NIHR Sheffield Clinical Research Facility (CRF) and the MNDA (AMBRoSIA and NECTAR).

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The authors acknowledge the patients involved in this study, as well as funding from the Giumelli Foundation and the Ian Potter Foundation.

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We are grateful to Imperial College London for the award of a President’s PhD scholarship (to Midhat Salman), to the MRC and MND Association for funding the project and to the patients and their families for their contribution.

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The authors thank the patients and their families for their cooperation in this study. This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81671271), Joint Funds for the innovation of science and Technology, Fujian province (2017Y91010015) and Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University (2017B014).

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The authors thank the patients and their families for their cooperation in this study. This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81671271), Joint Funds for the innovation of science and Technology, Fujian province (2017Y91010015) and Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University (2017B014).

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The authors thank the patients and their families for their cooperation in this study. This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81671271), Joint Funds for the innovation of science and Technology, Fujian province (2017Y91010015) and Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University (2017B014).

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The authors have no actual or potential conflicts of interest.

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All subjects were enrolled in the Department of Neurology or Health Central, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University.

We are grateful to the participating patients for their involvement. This study was funded by the Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (#81671120, 81300981); the National Key Research and Development Program of China (#2018YFC1312003)

All authors declare no actual or potential conflicts of interests.

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The authors thank the patients and their families for their support and cooperation. This work was in part supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81671117) and the Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation (N0. BK20141439).

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Fund program: National Natural Science Foundation of China (81750002); Wu Jie ping Medical Foundation Clinical Research Special Fund (320.6750.17092);

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We would like to extend our deep gratitude to all patients who willingly participated in this study. The study received funding from the Malaysian Ministry of Education (FP043-2018A), ALS Association and Sydney South East Asian Centre.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (2018R1C1B5086476) and the Brain Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT (2017M3C7A1025366). There are no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Project funding provided by NHMRC and MNDRIA.

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This work was supported by grants PI17/00491 from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), and from the Consejería de Educación e Investigación de la Comunidad de Madrid “ELA-Madrid CM” (B2017/BMD-3813).

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We salute the millions of people who battle with ALS every single day - your courage is our strength. This research is in part an EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) project. The project is supported through the following funding organizations under the aegis of NL (ZONMW) and JPND - www.jpnd.eu (United Kingdom, Medical Research Council (MR/L501529/1 (STRENGTH); MR/R024804/1 (BRAIN-MEND)) and Economic and Social Research Council ((ES/L008238/1) ALS-CarE) and through the Motor Neurone Disease Association. This study represents independent research part funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London. This project has also received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n° 772376 – EScORIAL).