TDP-43 inclusions also occur in familial forms of ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) that are caused by mutations in other genes as well as in sporadic forms of these and other neurodegenerative diseases (Amador-Ortiz et al, 2007; Rademakers et al, 2012; Ling et al, 2013; Mackenzie & Neumann, 2016; Ayaki et al, 2018). Here, TARDBP is linked to frontotemporal dementia.