Human Down syndrome microglia are up for a synaptic feast.

Kiral, Ferdi Ridvan; Park, In-Hyun · Cell Stem Cell · 2022

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Abstract

In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Jin et al. report that human Down syndrome microglia exhibit enhanced synaptic engulfment and accelerated tau-induced cellular senescence in human-mouse chimeric brains. They show that inhibiting interferon signaling rescues both developmental and tau-associated phenotypes, rendering it a potential therapeutic target for Down syndrome.

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