FTDALS1 C9orf72
FTDALS1 C9orf72Disease ID
FTDALS1
Gene ID
C9orf72
Updated
Jan 23, 2026
v2.15.0
v2.15.0
Clinical Links
Bioinformatical Links
Disease
DiseaseName
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant Description
Prevalence
Age of Onset Details
Locus
LocusDetails
Mechanism
Ambiguous
Alleles
Alleles
Ref. Motif
GGCCCC
Pathogenic (ref.)
GGCCCC
Pathogenic (gene)
CCGGGG
gnomAD
gnomADReferences
ReferencesDirect supporting references for info on this page.
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Repeat expansion disorders.
Zhongbo,Chen, Huw R,Morris, James,Polke, Nicholas W,Wood, Sonia,Gandhi, Mina,Ryten, Henry,Houlden, Arianna,Tucci
Practical neurology · 2025-05-15
pmid:393490432
Association of Non-Coding Repeat Expansions with Parkinson's Disease Risk: Evidence from a UK Biobank-Based Whole-Genome Sequencing Study.
Zhen,Hu, Qin-Qin,Yan, Jing-Jin,Wan, Yu,Fan, Jun,Liu
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025-10-11
pmid:410746923
C9orf72 intermediate expansions of 24-30 repeats are associated with ALS.
Alfredo,Iacoangeli, Ahmad,Al Khleifat, Ashley R,Jones, William,Sproviero, Aleksey,Shatunov, Sarah,Opie-Martin, Karen E,Morrison, Pamela J,Shaw, Christopher E,Shaw, Isabella,Fogh, Richard J,Dobson, Stephen J,Newhouse, Ammar,Al-Chalabi
Acta neuropathologica communications · 2019-07-17
pmid:313156734
Marie,Ryan, Mark A,Doherty, Ahmad,Al Khleifat, Emmet,Costello, Jennifer C,Hengeveld, Mark,Heverin, Ammar,Al-Chalabi, Russell L,Mclaughlin, Orla,Hardiman
Neurology. Genetics · 2023-12-22
pmid:381490395
Personalised penetrance estimation for C9orf72-related amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia.
Andrew G L,Douglas, Alexander G,Thompson, Martin R,Turner, Kevin,Talbot
BMJ neurology open · 2024-09-18
pmid:393153906
C9orf72 Frontotemporal Dementia and/or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Helena,Gossye, Sebastiaan,Engelborghs, Christine,Van Broeckhoven, Julie,Zee
GeneReviews® · 1993-01-01
genereviews:NBK2686477
Genome-wide structural variant analysis identifies risk loci for non-Alzheimer's dementias.
Karri,Kaivola, Ruth,Chia, Jinhui,Ding, Memoona,Rasheed, Masashi,Fujita, Vilas,Menon, Ronald L,Walton, Ryan L,Collins, Kimberley,Billingsley, Harrison,Brand, Michael,Talkowski, Xuefang,Zhao, Ramita,Dewan, Ali,Stark, Anindita,Ray, Sultana,Solaiman, Pilar,Alvarez Jerez, Laksh,Malik, Ted M,Dawson, Liana S,Rosenthal, Marilyn S,Albert, Olga,Pletnikova, Juan C,Troncoso, Mario,Masellis, Julia,Keith, Sandra E,Black, Luigi,Ferrucci, Susan M,Resnick, Toshiko,Tanaka, Eric,Topol, Ali,Torkamani, Pentti,Tienari, Tatiana M,Foroud, Bernardino,Ghetti, John E,Landers, Mina,Ryten, Huw R,Morris, John A,Hardy, Letizia,Mazzini, Sandra,D'Alfonso, Cristina,Moglia, Andrea,Calvo, Geidy E,Serrano, Thomas G,Beach, Tanis,Ferman, Neill R,Graff-Radford, Bradley F,Boeve, Zbigniew K,Wszolek, Dennis W,Dickson, Adriano,Chiò, David A,Bennett, Philip L,De Jager, Owen A,Ross, Clifton L,Dalgard, J Raphael,Gibbs, Bryan J,Traynor, Sonja W,Scholz
Cell genomics · 2023-05-04
pmid:373889148
Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study.
Elisa,Majounie, Alan E,Renton, Kin,Mok, Elise G P,Dopper, Adrian,Waite, Sara,Rollinson, Adriano,Chiò, Gabriella,Restagno, Nayia,Nicolaou, Javier,Simon-Sanchez, John C,van Swieten, Yevgeniya,Abramzon, Janel O,Johnson, Michael,Sendtner, Roger,Pamphlett, Richard W,Orrell, Simon,Mead, Katie C,Sidle, Henry,Houlden, Jonathan D,Rohrer, Karen E,Morrison, Hardev,Pall, Kevin,Talbot, Olaf,Ansorge, Dena G,Hernandez, Sampath,Arepalli, Mario,Sabatelli, Gabriele,Mora, Massimo,Corbo, Fabio,Giannini, Andrea,Calvo, Elisabet,Englund, Giuseppe,Borghero, Gian Luca,Floris, Anne M,Remes, Hannu,Laaksovirta, Leo,McCluskey, John Q,Trojanowski, Vivianna M,Van Deerlin, Gerard D,Schellenberg, Michael A,Nalls, Vivian E,Drory, Chin-Song,Lu, Tu-Hsueh,Yeh, Hiroyuki,Ishiura, Yuji,Takahashi, Shoji,Tsuji, Isabelle,Le Ber, Alexis,Brice, Carsten,Drepper, Nigel,Williams, Janine,Kirby, Pamela,Shaw, John,Hardy, Pentti J,Tienari, Peter,Heutink, Huw R,Morris, Stuart,Pickering-Brown, Bryan J,Traynor
The Lancet. Neurology · 2012-03-09
pmid:2240622810
Relationship between C9orf72 repeat size and clinical phenotype.
Sara,Van Mossevelde, Julie,van der Zee, Marc,Cruts, Christine,Van Broeckhoven
Current opinion in genetics & development · 2017-03-17
pmid:2831973711
Analysis of normal
Silvia,Peverelli, Alberto,Brusati, Valeria,Casiraghi, Marta Nice,Sorce, Sabrina,Invernizzi, Serena,Santangelo, Claudia,Morelli, Federico,Verde, Vincenzo,Silani, Nicola,Ticozzi, Antonia,Ratti
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration · 2024-01-23
pmid:3809960512
C9orf72 and triplet repeat disorder RNAs: G-quadruplex formation, binding to PRC2 and implications for disease mechanisms.
Xueyin,Wang, Karen J,Goodrich, Erin G,Conlon, Jianchao,Gao, Annette H,Erbse, James L,Manley, Thomas R,Cech
RNA (New York, N.Y.) · 2019-05-02
pmid:3104849513
Targeted long-read sequencing to quantify methylation of the C9orf72 repeat expansion.
Evan,Udine, NiCole A,Finch, Mariely,DeJesus-Hernandez, Jazmyne L,Jackson, Matthew C,Baker, Siva Arumugam,Saravanaperumal, Eric,Wieben, Mark T W,Ebbert, Jaimin,Shah, Leonard,Petrucelli, Rosa,Rademakers, Björn,Oskarsson, Marka,van Blitterswijk
Molecular neurodegeneration · 2024-12-21
pmid:3970947614
Age-related penetrance of the C9orf72 repeat expansion.
Natalie A,Murphy, Karissa C,Arthur, Pentti J,Tienari, Henry,Houlden, Adriano,Chiò, Bryan J,Traynor
Scientific reports · 2017-05-18
pmid:2852283716
Roadmap for C9ORF72 in Frontotemporal Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Report on the C9ORF72 FTD/ALS Summit.
Rita,Sattler, Bryan J,Traynor, Janice,Robertson, Ludo,Van Den Bosch, Sami J,Barmada, Clive N,Svendsen, Matthew D,Disney, Tania F,Gendron, Philip C,Wong, Martin R,Turner, Adam,Boxer, Suma,Babu, Michael,Benatar, Michael,Kurnellas, Jonathan D,Rohrer, Christopher J,Donnelly, Lynette M,Bustos, Kendall,Van Keuren-Jensen, Penny A,Dacks, Marwan N,Sabbagh
Neurology and therapy · 2023-10-17
pmid:3784737217
pTDP-43 levels correlate with cell type-specific molecular alterations in the prefrontal cortex of
Hsiao-Lin V,Wang, Jian-Feng,Xiang, Chenyang,Yuan, Austin M,Veire, Tania F,Gendron, Melissa E,Murray, Malú G,Tansey, Jian,Hu, Marla,Gearing, Jonathan D,Glass, Peng,Jin, Victor G,Corces, Zachary T,McEachin
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025-02-25
pmid:3999916718
Expanded GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat in noncoding region of C9ORF72 causes chromosome 9p-linked FTD and ALS.
Mariely,DeJesus-Hernandez, Ian R,Mackenzie, Bradley F,Boeve, Adam L,Boxer, Matt,Baker, Nicola J,Rutherford, Alexandra M,Nicholson, NiCole A,Finch, Heather,Flynn, Jennifer,Adamson, Naomi,Kouri, Aleksandra,Wojtas, Pheth,Sengdy, Ging-Yuek R,Hsiung, Anna,Karydas, William W,Seeley, Keith A,Josephs, Giovanni,Coppola, Daniel H,Geschwind, Zbigniew K,Wszolek, Howard,Feldman, David S,Knopman, Ronald C,Petersen, Bruce L,Miller, Dennis W,Dickson, Kevin B,Boylan, Neill R,Graff-Radford, Rosa,Rademakers
Neuron · 2011-09-21
pmid:21944778Additional Literature
Additional LiteratureAdditional literature related to this locus.
Raw PubMed search results
(All PubMed results returned by searching for this gene, tandem
repeats, and disease, in medline format)
Preclinical Evaluation of the Assembly Modulator PAV-615 in a Mouse Model of
Jingfen,Su, Jorge,Alaiz Noya, Anuradha F,Lingappa, Dennis,Solas, Jimei,Tong, Lillian,Daughrity, Monica,Castanedes-Casey, Aishe,Kurti, Dennis W,Dickson, Vishwanath R,Lingappa, Leonard,Petrucelli, Yongjie,Zhang
Cells · 2025-12-17
pmid:41440030Loss of Y chromosome and its implications in male amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: insights from the UK Biobank.
Wei-Ming,Su, Qing-Qing,Duan, Sheng-Yi,He, Ru-Yin,Liu, Xiang-Jin,Wen, Nan,Zhang, Ting,Chen, Bei,Cao, Yong-Ping,Chen
BMC medicine · 2025-12-24
pmid:41437053The role of disease-associated short tandem repeats in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Joke J F A,van Vugt, Ramona A J,Zwamborn, Egor,Dolzhenko, Michael A,Eberle, Ben,Weisburd, Erwin,Bekema, Maarten,Kooyman, Bi-Nan,Wang, Erik-Jan,Kamsteeg, Monique,Losekoot, Frank,Baas, Camilla,Novy, Helle,Høyer, Ruben P A,van Eijk, Michael A,van Es, Wouter,van Rheenen, Ammar,Al-Chalabi, Leonard H,van den Berg, Jan H,Veldink
Brain communications · 2025-12-09
pmid:41426430Support vector machine classification of
Chunmeng,Tang, Juliette,Foucher, Linn,Öijerstedt, Fouke,Ombelet, Caroline,Ingre, Philip,Van Damme, Koen,Van Laere, Joke,De Vocht, Michel,Koole
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025-12-22
pmid:41423553Thermally activated irreversible homogenization of G-quadruplexes in an ALS/FTD-associated gene.
Daniel,Ross, Olivia,Lewis, Olivia,McLean, Sundeep,Bhanot, Shane,Donahue, Rachael,Baker, Randi,Dias, David,Eagerton, Vaibhav,Mohanty, Bidyut K,Mohanty
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025-11-24
pmid:41394713The molecular mechanism of uptake and cell-to-cell transmission of arginine-containing dipeptide repeat proteins.
Alexandra B,Sutter, Benito F,Buksh, Jelena,Mojsilovic-Petrovic, Casey,Dalton, Nicholas A,Till, Danielle C,Morgan, David W C,MacMillan, Robert G,Kalb
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025-11-28
pmid:41394638Brain metabolic connectivity in ALS due to C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansion: a [
Antonio,Canosa, Stefano,Callegaro, Umberto,Manera, Rosario,Vasta, Sara,Cabras, Francesca,Di Pede, Filippo,De Mattei, Francesca,Palumbo, Barbara,Iazzolino, Anastasia,Dei Giudici, Enrico,Matteoni, Grazia,Zocco, Emilio,Minerva, Alessandra,Maccabeo, Giorgio,Pellegrino, Daniela,Pascariu, Maurizio,Grassano, Pietro,Piombino, Marcella,Testa, Giulia,Polverari, Giuseppe,Fuda, Ilaria,Merulla, Federico,Casale, Salvatore,Gallone, Cristina,Moglia, Andrea,Calvo, Marco,Pagani, Adriano,Chiò
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025-12-11
pmid:41379346Quantifying multimodal longitudinal brain changes in presymptomatic C9orf72 disease.
Dario,Saracino, Lorenzo,Cipriano, Marion,Houot, Giorgia,Querin, Daisy,Rinaldi, Armelle,Rametti-Lacroux, David,Wallon, Emmanuel,Gerardin, Philippe,Couratier, Marie-Paule,Boncoeur, Thibaud,Lebouvier, Olivier,Colliot, Pierre-François,Pradat, Raffaella,Migliaccio, Isabelle,Le Ber
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025-12-01
pmid:41366786Novel and rare variants in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis genes identified in Malaysian patients.
Nurul Angelyn,Zulhairy-Liong, Suzanna,Edgar, Melina,Ellis, Danqing,Zhu, Kaitao,Lai, David Paul,Capelle, Sakinah,Sabirin, Eu Way,Pek, Prasana,Nair, Chui Munn,Ang, Marina L,Kennerson, Nortina,Shahrizaila, Azlina,Ahmad-Annuar
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration · 2025-12-08
pmid:41359433