“…During the preparation of this manuscript (Cougnoux et al , , ) described a similar microglia phenotype in the Npc1 −/− mouse, which mimics the most aggressive forms of NPC. Also supportive are the reports showing that microglial activation precedes neuronal death in Sandhoff disease (Wada et al , ); defective clearance capacity of glia cells promotes neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of mucolipidosis type IV (Venkatachalam et al , ); and bone marrow transplants with non‐mutated cells that transmigrate into the brain and produce microglia‐like cells are protective in mouse models of mucolipidosis type IV (Walker & Montell, ), mucopolysaccharidosis type I (Pievani et al , ), Fabry disease (Yokoi et al , ), Sandhoff disease (Wada et al , ) and NPC (Lee et al , ).…”