In five patients with Parkinson’s disease, four novel genetic variants including 11313449G>A, 11313811T>C, 11313913G>A, and 11314041G>A, were identified on the ATG7 gene promoter, implying the altered transcriptional activity of the ATG7 may be a risk factor (Chen et al., 2013). Here, ATG7 is linked to Parkinson disease.