Given that a range of cGAS and STING inhibitors have been developed recently (Haag et al., 2018; Vincent et al., 2017), including those which we have shown here to prevent TDP-43-induced inflammation, it should be possible to determine whether targeting this pathway can improve the symptoms of neuronal decline in patients with disease involving TDP-43 proteinopathy. This evidence concerns the gene STING1 and proteostasis deficiencies.