In fact, our post-mortem study of PD/DLB cases did not reveal either a significant reduction in the numbers of late-stage BCAS1(+) cells (Additional file 3: Fig. S2F, H) or in the presence of cytoplasmic inclusions in BCAS1(+) cells (Fig. 2 C, D). Here, BCAS1 is linked to Lewy body dementia.