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Key factors contributing to neuronal death include mitochondrial energy damage, oxidative stress, and excitotoxicity. The frontal cortex is crucial for action initiation, planning, and voluntary movements whereas the spinal cord facilitates communication with the brain, walking, and reflexes. By investigating transcriptome data from the frontal cortex and spinal cord, we aim to elucidate common pathological mechanisms and pathways involved in ALS for understanding the disease progression and identifying potential therapeutic targets. Methods: In this study, we quantified gene and transcript expression patterns, predicted variants, and assessed their functional effects using computational tools. It also includes predicting variant-associated regulatory effects, constructing functional interaction networks, and performing a gene enrichment analysis. Results: We found novel genes for the upregulation of immune response, and the downregulation of metabolic-related and defective degradation processes in both the spinal cord and frontal cortex. Additionally, we observed the dysregulation of histone regulation and blood pressure-related genes specifically in the frontal cortex. Conclusions: These results highlight the distinct and shared molecular disruptions in ALS, emphasizing the critical roles of immune response and metabolic dysfunction in neuronal degeneration. 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