Interestingly, these mostly involved long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), for example, the gene fusion with the greatest burden in ALS was a neighbour fusion between the lncRNA LINC01572 and PMFBP1 (OR 3.3, 95% CI 1.6-Inf, Fisher’s exact test p 0.001). Here, PMFBP1 is linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.