Nuclear Cx43 restrains microglial neurotoxicity during brain development
Yixun Su, Qiumin Feng, Qi Wang, Parsa Khakpour, Hui Li, Chenmeng Wang, Xiaoying Chen, Zhonghao Wu, Shaoqi Zhu, Marie‐Ève Tremblay, Rao Fu, Hui Chen, Jianqin Niu, Alexei Verkhratsky, Chenju Yi
This study identifies a nuclear function of Cx43 in microglia that restricts neurotoxicity during brain development, revealing a channel-independent mechanism involving transcriptional regulation.
bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience