The FIG4 gene does not play a major role in causing ALS in Italian patients

Simonetta VerdianiDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health – University of Genova

Paola OrigoneDepartment of Internal Medicine and U.O. Medical Genetics of IRCCS AOU S. Martino – IST, Genova

Alessandro GeroldiDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health – University of Genova

Monica Bandettini Di PoggioDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health – University of Genova and U.O. Neurology of IRCCS AOU S. Martino – IST, Genova

Vittorio ManteroDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health – University of Genova and U.O. Neurology of IRCCS AOU S. Martino – IST, Genova

Emilia BelloneDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health – University of Genova, and U.O. Medical Genetics of IRCCS AOU S. Martino – IST, Genova, Italy

Gianluigi MancardiDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health – University of Genova and U.O. Neurology of IRCCS AOU S. Martino – IST, Genova

Claudia CaponnettoDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health – University of Genova and U.O. Neurology of IRCCS AOU S. Martino – IST, Genova

Paola MandichDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health – University of Genova, and U.O. Medical Genetics of IRCCS AOU S. Martino – IST, Genova, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]

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"The FIG4 gene does not play a major role in causing ALS in Italian patients." Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 14(3), pp. 228–229

Acknowledgements

We thank Miriam H. Meisler, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, USA for kindly providing us primers sequences and PCR conditions for FIG4 amplification.

This work was partly supported by grant ‘La sclerosi laterale amiotrofica (SLA) e le gravi malattie del motoneurone: dai meccanismi molecolari alla presa in carico del paziente’, Regione Liguria, to GLM and PM. The authors are also grateful to patients and their families for participation in the studies and ongoing support.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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