Common ALS/FTD risk variants in UNC13A exacerbate its cryptic splicing and loss upon TDP-43 mislocalization
Anna‐Leigh Brown, Oscar G. Wilkins, Matthew J. Keuss…·Pietro Fratta
The paper shows that ALS/FTD risk variants in UNC13A increase sensitivity to TDP-43 depletion by promoting cryptic exon inclusion and protein loss.