In contrast to our findings, GWAS conducted by IMSGC (International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics C 2010) as well as replication studies performed on a Spanish population (Varade et al. 2012) and Indian population (D'Cunha et al. 2016) identified polymorphism rs1132200G>A of TMEM39A as the potential risk factor for MS with the common allele (G allele) increasing predisposition. Here, TMEM39A is linked to multiple sclerosis.