Moreover, as we also observed a suppression of Nrf2/cncC in flies over-expressing human 0N3R tau or the ALS-related C9orf72 (GR) 100 di-peptide repeat protein (DPR) [40] in adult neurons (S3A and S3B Fig), our findings suggest that the accumulation of toxic proteins may lead to the generalised defect in Nrf2 signalling observed in neurodegenerative diseases. Here, C9orf72 is linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.