“…The most common clinical features of NCLs include epileptic seizures, progressive regression of intelligence, loss of motor function, retinal degeneration, and premature death (Haltia and Goebel, 2013; Mink et al, 2013; Warrier et al, 2013; De Silva et al, 2015). NCL is one of the most frequent classes of childhood-onset neurodegenerative diseases with prevalence around 0.5–8 per 100,000 live births varying by the regions (Oishi et al, 1999; Getty and Pearce, 2011; Cotman et al, 2013; Haltia and Goebel, 2013; Beltran et al, 2018). So far there are 13 genes identified as candidate genes of NCLs, i.e., CLN1/PPT1, CLN2/TPP1, CLN3, CLN4/DNAJC5, CLN5, CLN6, CLN7/MFSD8, CLN8, CLN10/CTSD, CLN11/GRN, CLN12/ATP13A2, CLN13/CTSF , and CLN14/KCTD7 (Kollmann et al, 2013; Warrier et al, 2013).…”