FTL and neuroferritinopathy: The Neuroferritinopathy (NF) (OMIM, 606159, also labeled as hereditary ferritinopathies or NBIA3) (Curtis et al., 2001, Ohta and Takiyama, 2012) is a rare monogenic autosomal-dominant disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding the ferritin L-chain (FTL1) one of the two subunits of the main iron storage protein.