TARDBP and neurodegenerative disease: Trans-active response DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) is a multifunctional regulatory protein, whose abnormal deposition in neurons was linked to debilitating neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, and Alzheimer’s disease with a secondary pathology.