Meanwhile, six genes near MAPT in chromosome 17 including MAPT-AS1, SPPL2C, CRHR1, KANSL1, NSF, and WNT3 have been identified as risk genes by earlier GWAS for Parkinson’s disease, another common neurodegenerative disorder which might present clinical symptoms of FTD. The gene discussed is MAPT; the disease is frontotemporal dementia.