GATA6 and proximal spinal muscular atrophy: In the context of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the reduction of inflammation and microglial phagocytosis of affected astrocytes, following GATA6 knockdown, highlights the central role of GATA6‐driven astrocytic dysfunction in SMA and its role in stimulating pro‐inflammatory pathways and neurotoxicity (Allison et al.