The strongestclinical, brain histopathology and functional overlap is observed for VCP,OPTN, SQSTM1 and UBQLN2 genes, suggesting that thesegenes represent the core of the disease continuum.21 Intriguingly, mutations in three of these(VCP, OPTN and SQSTM1) cause Paget disease, inaddition to ALS and FTD. The gene discussed is VCP; the disease is frontotemporal dementia.